Tobias

thanks guys,

my reasoning for leaving the trees indoors for the time being is to prevent them from being exposed to the freeze thaw cycle that jay mentioned. assuming that these trees did pull through, and i'm confident that they didn't, i didn't want to expose them to this cycle, especially since nights are still in the teens and lower twenties, and i don't have any good protection to provide them.

my understanding of the consequences of bringing them indoors is that, if they did bud out, growth would be very leggy, leaves would be large, etc. I understand that the indoor conditions wouldn't be ideal for these types of trees, but i'm not sure why advancing their departure from dormancy by leaving them inside for a few weeks would necessarily spell certain doom for the plants. i'm thinking, john, maybe you know something i don't. if you do, i'd very much like to be educated.

I can bring the plants to tomorrows meeting, but i'm hesitant to do so. the reason is that this would require me to explain my overwintering setup, which honestly jay is so stupid that its embarrasing. its one of those things that i do where the whole time i'm saying to myself "this is really dumb. i know i'm gonna kill these trees" but i do it anyway. this will be even more ignomineous considering that suthin will be there! but i will bring them.

sometimes you have to learn lessons the hard way. lesson learned.

thanks again,

toby

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