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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] heat tape
  • Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:28:23 -0500

Keep a supply of sand or soil nearby and cover past graft with a
mound of sand or dirt if a freeze is coming. Easy enough for a few
prized trees. Harder if you have an orchard.

---- Original Message ----
From: holycow@frontiernet.net
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] heat tape
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:58:31 -0500

>My parents live about 50 miles too far north to grow Key limes. They
>had a
>permanent 8x8x8' frame of pipe around their tree, and when it was
>going to
>get really cold (for central Florida) they'd put a heater in there
>and tie
>tarps on the frame. They had good crops off that tree for about 15
>years,
>till a bad freeze got it and it never really has recovered. Usually
>with
>citrus if you can keep the graft from freezing, the tree will grow
>back up
>and be back in action in 2-3 years. Donna
>
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