october

Hello Dale... Well, normally, I put the cold hearty trees in a vacant room in a vacant apartment with no heat for the witer. There are 3 big windows in there, however, no real sun, just light. The room is anywhere from 32-52 degrees f through the winter. My tropicals go in a heated room under flourescent and incandescent light.

Since I just got this Cedar, and it's my first true cedar. I can only say what I think to be correct. This tree came form California, so Its probably used to somewhat warmer temps. It was in the heated greenhouse at the nursery in(massachusetts) last week when I purchased it.

The owner told me that it would need protection this year because of the 2 situations that I have just mentioned. I told the owener of the nursery that I intended to keep it in a hallway that is in the 50's for the rest of the winter. He said that it was perfect for the tree at this time. However, he did say that next year it can go into normal winter storage, down to 20 degrees f.

Right now, it is in my hallway to recover from the repotting. The hallway gets a moderate amount of sun and is anywhere from 45-60 on average.

I just repotted it this weekend. It really needed it and I needed to do it before the buds opened up. It is sitting in a big, somewhat literati like grow pot from China.

I may post some pics of the repottted tree in this thread in a little while.

Rob

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