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   Subject: Re: [nafex] Care of D. kaki seedlings

  Generally Speaking Jerry Lehman is Correct I have never been able to over
winter anything out side with the exception of Seedling rootstock without
some type of damage. 
   But what we have been doing since 2014 is building a rampart of
containers Stacked no more that 3 high end on end with all air space
utilized by stacking the pots tightly together And building a berm with
Straw that encompasses the seedling trees in all direction 2 bale high it
can be up against the tightly sealed building or in a crawl space "L" shaped
area so that you do not have to use so much straw and Covering with one peel
segment of the straw deep till tightly covered and then one bale spread out
on top to insulate the layers 
   The justification for this is the straw will begin to break down with
long exposure to Rain / snow and snow is what you want to blanket the straw
I keep using the word straw because Field is not advised because of the
weeds,  brambles sticks and such 

I have seen the straw hold snow well into Spring the only issue I have found
that it is a mess to clean up in the spring and this is how we hold
thousands of Seedling during the winter months 

By experience is that if the roots are in a saturated mixture ( Wet Soil )
when they freeze the root are insulated more so than if the soil in the pots
are Dry and in the case of the dry roots the Roots freeze dry and the wet
soil is somewhat insulated due to the ice and at about 20 degrees is a root
killing temp for most sensitive trees

I know this is to much information but it has worked for us even in the
polar vortex of 2014

Cliff      


Thank you
Kum Hui and Clifford England
England’s Orchard and Nursery 
2338 HIGHWAY 2004
Mc Kee,  KY.  40447-8342
Specializing in alternative crops.
www.nuttrees.net 
Email:  nuttrees@prtcnet.org  
Ph. # 606 965 2228
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