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20-Jan-2007
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
Join Date: Jan-2005
Location: SE Massachusetts
Country: USA
USDA Zone: 6
AHS Heat Zone: 4-5
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Again, the temps below 32F won't harm them...bringing them inside for 10 hours a day in mid winter most likely will. Find an area out of the wind and sun to over winter them, and mulch the pots.
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20-Jan-2007
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You do not need much shelter for elms in S.E. Va. A simple mulch covering in a sheltered area will be fine. My elms here in N. Va. stay outside all the time and have weathered some pretty low, sustained temperatures.
Bringing them inside for even a few hours can set off new growth with this warm winter we've been having. Elms are not fragile. Your bringing them inside probably resulted in the early bud break. Let them be, under mulch, protected from the wind. |
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22-Jan-2007
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I have junipers, pines and elms. They stay outside--well mulched and protected from the wind--all winter, and we usually get down into the single digits several times each winter, and often below zero. A terrace is a different story. You don't have much heat from the earth to help you up there. I'd leave them outside down to 20 degrees or so, but definitely do something to protect the root zones if it drops down to 15. One thing you can do is use heat mats or cable. That way the tops of the trees get the chill they need, while the roots stay in the comfort zone.
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25-Jan-2007
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As most of the poeple have already stated, you don't need to bring your elms inside, they can handle some low temps. what you need to do first off is decide whether you are going to put them inside or outside. i would leave them outside, but mulch them in a bit. There are more than one type of freezes in the plant world. It has to become so cold that the cells in the plant become affected and that is some low temps that you are not experiencing at 32F.
I brought my elm in about a week ago because the winter was so mild the elm starting budding new leaves so i felt it was time to bring it inside FOR THE REST OF THE WINTER and let it start growing early. Elms are semi-deciduous so you can pick a place and keep it there. If it is still dormant then just keep it outside and protect it from freezing temps.
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