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["Bruce Hansen" <brucehansen@ACD.NET>]

I think it depends on the severity of the winter. I overwintered a bunch of
MM7 rootstock in pots last winter. Actually, I forgot about them. No mulch,
no nothing. They all survived and are ready for budding.  Bruce z5 MI

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My experiences :

I first tried over-wintering potted trees (these happened to be apple) near
the south side of a white, unheated shed.  I mulched all up the sides of the
pots (5-gallon buckets with many drain-holes punched out), and protected
them from water/ice accumulation.  In short, I "thought of everything"
(didn't I ?)  The next spring, one did not leaf out-- dead-- and the other
gave up before summer got hot.

Next I tried over-wintering potted trees (apples & pears, on 3 & 2 different
rootstocks, respectively) in an unheated part of the house.  This area sees
frost only during extended bitter cold, which we had that winter.  All trees
were fine and grew well.

Tanis Cuff, southern WI, zone 4


>From: fuwa fuwa usagi <fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com>
>Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] Re: nafex digest, Vol 1 #113 - 8 msgs
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Doreen wrote:
>
>I planted two miniature pear trees each in 10-gallon cans this spring.
>They were bare root and have grown nicely throughout the season.  I still
>cannot put them in the ground due to job-related reasons, but I have to
>carry them through my Zone 4b Wisconsin winter.
>
>My reply:
>
>I am not sure what minature pears are, but...
>
>In 1997 I grafted out some pears on OhxF333 rootstock.  They are still in
>pots and doing fine.  I am in zone 4b also.  I don't really do anything to
>them except situate them on the North side of my house.  I reasoned that
>the freezing-thawing-refreezing would reek havoc on them, so since the
>North side is the stablest environmnet I situate them there.
>
>I also have a couple of apples on M27 going into their 4th winter...they
>seem fine too.
>
>By the by, I saw the NAFEX article in Mother-Earth_News at the library.
>Good job.
>
>All the best, today, tomorrow...
>
>TFB
>
>
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