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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Get the hay on 'em now! Although some kinds are sturdy against such cold, 
depending to some extent on what rootstock they stand on. Don't take chances.
Dave Liezen


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> From: amandaisoutdoors@hotmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:36:13 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Record cold
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Matt Demmon
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 11:33 AM
> To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Record cold
>
> It sounds like it'll be worse for the more southern folk than for us up
> here. The low predicted for tonight here is -12, which is pretty low, but
> within the 'normal' range for us. We've also currently have about 20" of
> snow on the ground, a lot for us. I've experienced -22 at my location, and
> we typically get lows below zero 5-10 times a winter. But not for the last
> several winters. Unfortunately I planted some semi-hardy things last spring
> like jujubes and mulberries that often die back here in severe winters, and
> I was hoping for a couple more mild winters for them to get established
> before it got really cold.
>
> Hopefully the snow and the straw I piled around them will balance out the
> -12 temperature and the 30 mph winds!!
>
> -matt
> z5 se MI
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn
> <ehilborn@mebtel.net>wrote:
>
>> Good luck to everyone. Best wishes for high rates of plant survival.
>>
>> Betsy Hilborn
>> 6a? Central NC
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