Maybe a bag idea.

[Eckhoffw]

Haha!!
Is this complete foolery?

So after manically buying a dozen dwarf Alberta Spruce trees.,


I thought maybe I’d bag em for extra protection?
Is this have any benefits?
I might add they are all on top of a heated cold frame to 38°
They have been “cleaned”to different levels. A couple have been manhandled and will surely bite it.
4 of them I left alone/untouched.

Any merit to this effort? Or just counterproductive?
I might add that it is currently 4° outside and looks like this.
Thanks!

 

[penumbra]

I think they would be more comfortable outside nestled in that snow.
Seriously! It is a zone 2 plant. That is zone 2 in the landscape, 40 below.. Mine sat right on the bench at -14 degrees and loved it.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Thank you. I think your right. Out in the bunker either others.

 

[Eckhoffw]

I meant with the others.

 

[sorce]

Possibly counter productive, certainly uneccesary.

I've had Dem trimmed to right naked and make it thru way worse winter then this.
You'll be fine.

Sorce

 

[JoeH]

Plastic as cold protection for any plant is foolish. it won't insulate at all.

 

[penumbra]

Plastic as cold protection for any plant is foolish. it won't insulate at all.

Principally I agree but there is a big difference between not knowing and foolish.

 

[JoeH]

When you work in horticulture in Florida you see it every year when a freeze hits. And its always a fluff story on the local news, too.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Thanks y’all. I think walking by them everyday in the garage is/was not helping. Unnecessary worries.
Just got 6” of fresh snow to blanket them in there proper place outside. Nature to nurture