Chinese Elm Winter Prep. - bonsaiTALK Community

21-Oct-2003	#1
jacobonsai bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: Buffalo Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 58	Chinese Elm Winter Prep. What should i do with my chinese elm this winter? I live in Buffalo, NY btw...

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23-Oct-2003	#2
Adam bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Apr-2002 Location: Effingham,Illinois Country: Usa USDA Zone: Zone 6 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,197	Jacob, Chinese elms are pretty hardy when it comes to cold. Depending on wich variety you have winter care is not that hard. First you would want to store your elm low to the ground(under bench possibly) and then you might want to insulate the whole bench area with straw. Chinese elms are cold hardy down to about 15 degree's without protection, anything below you will need too protect it. I have three different kinds of elms and when winter comes they go off my bench and uderneath it, I cover the whole bench with a clear plastic and put straw all over the bottm half's of all my tree's(only dedicous done this way). I hope this info is at all useful to you as nobody else replied to this thread. Adam __________________ [Adam] "Cass Bonsai Gardens" "Bonsai Knowledge" "DaGhostCrew"

23-Oct-2003	#3
jacobonsai bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: Buffalo Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 58	Thanks Yeah thanks a lot...i don't kno why people did not reply...i don't think they like me! jk

23-Oct-2003	#4
David Yedwab bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Jun-2003 Location: NJ Country: US USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 4 5 Posts: 408	don't tak offense, nobody likes anybody here, we just like trees :-} more likely that nobody who viewed the question knew an answer. I would think in Buffalo, you'd want to protect virtually anything in a pot, extremely well. Protecting means more from wind and dessication, not so much cold for hardy species. But I get concerned when temps stay below 15-20 for extended periods, so my gbood trees winter in a cold house that doesn't freeze, except last winter. __________________ David Yedwab

23-Oct-2003

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Yeah thanks a lot...i don't kno why people did not reply...i don't think they like me! jk

Nope, it's just a question of experience. We don't have winter where I live, sorry.

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23-Oct-2003

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We don't have winter where I live, sorry

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24-Oct-2003	#7
wmcorcor bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Oct-2003 Posts: 148	For two season now I have wintered my chinese elm in my unheated garage. This past winter was brutal with temps dropping into the teens and 20's in late Nov. and staying there until March. We literally had about 4 days above 30F all season. I thought when I pulled it out that my Elm was toast. No visible buds or any sign of life. About mid May it finally broke bud and came back. If they can survive that they can survive almost anything...in fact the leaves came back even smaller after that. There is some debate in books about Chinese Elm being indoor or outdoor in our area (I'm zone 4-5) but after speaking with clrosner who is in NJ I went the outdoor route and mine seems much happier.

24-Oct-2003	#8
Adam bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Apr-2002 Location: Effingham,Illinois Country: Usa USDA Zone: Zone 6 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,197	I too decided that elms would do much better outside instead of inside. Adam __________________ [Adam] "Cass Bonsai Gardens" "Bonsai Knowledge" "DaGhostCrew"

24-Oct-2003	#9
Lui bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: miami Country: usa Posts: 113	Me and the winters you guys have dont mix. Get chills just from reading these posts. Lui

24-Oct-2003	#10
Adam bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Apr-2002 Location: Effingham,Illinois Country: Usa USDA Zone: Zone 6 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,197	I remeber my first winter. My first winter I lost 6-7 trees that were all starters. I was not that mad. I did lose one tree that was a spruce that I won at a bonsai show in San Franscico. I was really mad when I lost that tree. Hopefully this winter I dont lose any tree's. Adam __________________ [Adam] "Cass Bonsai Gardens" "Bonsai Knowledge" "DaGhostCrew"

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