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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Storing in unheated garages.
  • Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:10:20 -0500

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:27:30 EST, <Jwlehman@aol.com> wrote:

Correct, an unheated, stand alone garage will get just as cold as the outdoor temp. especially during long cold periods. Problem with storing potted material in them is the raising of tempatures in the early spring as well as higher temperatures during the night. The building will have higher average temperstures.
With early bud break trees like most prunus, they will break dormency way ahead of their counterparts planted outdoors.


Hello,

My garage is attached to the house, but is unheated. It is usually above 32F (0C) as the snow and ice melts off the vehicles. The only times things freeze in there is if we get -25F (-25C) for an extended period. And that only brings it down to freezing.

My guess is that it stays around 40-45F pretty consistantly throughout winter.

Would a 30 gallon planter be enough mass to beat the heat/thaw problem? (it stays frozen). I know that a frozen turkey of that size would take days to thaw.

There must be a pot size point when anything larger than it is pretty safe from freeze/thaw (generally speaking).

If I could keep the tree inside the unheated garage through the worst of January temperatures, and then put it outside (north side of building) late February, I could avoid the worst winter damage. That is if the 30 gallon planter has enough mass to avoid thaw/freeze issues in the root zone.

Opinions?

Thanks,
Tom
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