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best material for tree protection
« on: April 15, 2023, 05:06:43 PM »
What is the best material to use to protect trees from cold temps?

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Re: best material for tree protection
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2023, 06:17:28 PM »
I don' t know what the best material is, but I can show, how I protect my frosthardier citrus.



For younger plants, or plants with new grafts, I take
a double layer protection with inner layer oc cocos mat and
a second layer with frost protection fleece.
For good wrapping and space around the plants, that not so much leafes touch the protection layer, I put some bricks around the plant and put sticks of bambus in the holes of the bricks. Around bricks and sticks I wrap the layers and fix them with clamps. In the inner I still lay some water bottles.



For the Prag chimera, which grows slow and is hardy but still small, I used only one layer of frost protection fleece.


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Re: best material for tree protection
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2023, 07:53:33 PM »
Thank you.  Why the brick? 

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Re: best material for tree protection
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2023, 02:31:07 AM »
The brick is a quick and easy way for posting the bamboo sticks and perhaps he also brings a little bit of protection to the lower part of the plant.