Tom
I am in zone 5 and I do the same as Lucky, Pots above ground, in a circle
starting in the middle. I put up a 18 inch high chicken wire a little bigger
so that I can stuff leaves down around and in between followed by couple
inch layer to top it off. But the plants stick up. This year i have a 2 year
old chip pile. I shoveled out a flat spot, moved all potted plants into it
and hilled around and some on top. I put protective tubes over the stock to
keep away from rabbits mostly.
Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, Michigan
gc_nofs@hotmail.com
Tom,
I've overwintered apple/quince, pawpaw, oak, pecan/hickory/walnut in
above-ground pots, though my zone 6 winter may be milder than yours. I
usually try to get all my containerized stuff into one central location in
the garden and mulch heavily around (and over, to some degree) with
leaves/pine needles.
Only real failures I can think of have been an occasional fig that probably
would have done better if I'd gone to the trouble of actually sinking it in
the ground. However, I had some that survived last winter above ground,
and I never even got around to doing the mulch thang.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY
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