To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: Siberian Growing Methods
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:13:49 -0500
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:42:34 -0800, you wrote:
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> Unfortunately this does not work on the Canadian prairies. Why not? We
>don't get the predictable snow cover. As an example, for two years I grew a
>Lapins sweet cherry on dwarf rootstock in a very large pot. I planted the
>pot on its side in the garden in late fall. However, even though I
>shovelled all the snow off the entire back yard, there wasn't enough of it
>to cover the tree reliably, and I had a lot of winter damage. Mind you, I
>had the only backyard in Edmonton with no snow on the grass...My contacts in
>Siberia have told me they get reliable heavy snows, up to 6 ft. of snow, so
>this method works for them. So some years this would work here, but many
>years this method would not work due to the lack of enough snow when some
>really cold weather, say -35C or -40C hits.
I wonder what would happen if you covered the tree and pot
with insulation in lieu of snow? Maybe it would work?
Pat
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