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  • From: Jwlehman@aol.com
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Record cold
  • Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 22:29:26 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 1/6/2014 4:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
amandaisoutdoors@hotmail.com writes:

> I just planted my trees this past spring. It is supposed to get -11
> tonight and -1 high tomorrow in western PA. I am worrying about my trees
> not being well established enough to survive. Should I be trying to pile
> hay around them or something else?
> Thanks, and hope all of your plants do alright!!
>

Do you have snow on the ground? Six inches of snow will provide a lot of
insolation. Unless it is a species that tends to be winter tender they should
be OK. But 6 inches of mulch will not hurt anything, just keep it away from
the tree trunk as that can provide cover for hungry mice and they chew the
cambium layer.

Jerry

Jerry
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Amanda, the Vineland research station near me has a historic low
temperature since records were kept, going back about a century, of
minus 16 degrees F.

They grow peaches, apricots and sweet cherries and many vinifera
grapes.
We often have "open" winters in this area with little snow.
Quince A rootstocks are regarded as hardy at the station, though not
above the Niagara escarpment where winters are slightly colder.
So unless you are growing super-tender cultivars of these species, or
more cold-tender species, I don't think you need to worry much.

Some sour cherries tend to suffer from drying of the buds in strong
cold winds. If you are in suburbia, especially an older section with
lots of trees, probably no worries.

That's assuming that your trees established reasonably good root
systems and went into the winter with normal sap solutes and water. If
any did not make reasonably good growth this past season, all bets are
off.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada



On Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:36:13 -0500, Amanda Courtney
<amandaisoutdoors@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just planted my trees this past spring. It is supposed to get -11
> tonight and -1 high tomorrow in western PA. I am worrying about my
> trees
> not being well established enough to survive. Should I be trying to
> pile
> hay around them or something else?
> Thanks, and hope all of your plants do alright!!
> Amanda




  • Re: [nafex] Record cold, Jwlehman, 01/06/2014

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