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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Triloba Tracker on March 11, 2017, 12:16:30 PM

Title: Cold protection for new muscadines?
Post by: Triloba Tracker on March 11, 2017, 12:16:30 PM

I have some muscadine vines that I bought and planted last November.
One of them has started to swell its buds but no true bud break yet. We are about to have a couple of nights in the low 20s.
Any ideas what effect this will have on the vines?
Should I take heroic measures to protect the above-ground part of the vines (about 5 feet)?

Was wondering about wrapping them in Christmas lights with or without some kind of envelope around.
And/or maybe I should be worried about the roots too ....

Sincerely,
Anxious in Tennessee

Title: Re: Cold protection for new muscadines?
Post by: Triloba Tracker on April 11, 2017, 10:09:40 PM

I did nothing and the vines are fine.
 ::)