C-c-cold

[Attmos]

Well, it's not like I have much to loose.... but I'm guessing 25 below zero is gonna kill what I do have. lol

 

[rockm]

Well, it's not like I have much to loose.... but I'm guessing 25 below zero is gonna kill what I do have. lol

That wind chill or actual air temp. Plants don’t feel wind chill. What they get is windburn from dry winds (extremely cold air is extremely dry for the most part). Shelter the roots. Make sure the plants are out of the wind

 

[Wulfskaar]

Good luck to all of you in the cold!

 

[Attmos]

That wind chill or actual air temp. Plants don’t feel wind chill. What they get is windburn from dry winds (extremely cold air is extremely dry for the most part). Shelter the roots. Make sure the plants are out of the wind

I just looked again, they were talking about wind chill temps.
Looks like it's only going to get down to about negative 3 degrees, which is a little better I guess. lol

 

[Willster]

Well I don't have a lot of bonsai experience, but my potted plants in general have done fine in 10-20 below weather as long as the roots are insulated like rockm said, although it really depends on the species of trees for how well they do. If your trees are native or hardy to your zone, I wouldn't worry too much, but -3 is a bit chilly for your area. When it got down to 20 below over here last week, I just added another inch or 2 of mulch and buried all of my trees almost completely in snow, and will probably leave them that way for at least the rest of January.

 

[Attmos]

Well I don't have a lot of bonsai experience, but my potted plants in general have done fine in 10-20 below weather as long as the roots are insulated like rockm said, although it really depends on the species of trees for how well they do. If your trees are native or hardy to your zone, I wouldn't worry too much, but -3 is a bit chilly for your area. When it got down to 20 below over here last week, I just added another inch or 2 of mulch and buried all of my trees almost completely in snow, and will probably leave them that way for at least the rest of January.

I kind of put mine under a cold-frame, if you could call it that. lol
Don't have anywhere to dig unfortunately, but they are sitting on the ground.

 

[The Barber]

What they get is windburn from dry winds

Any of mine left outside are wearing a windbreaker of ice right now.

 

[Attmos]

Any of mine left outside are wearing a windbreaker of ice right now.

Will they survive?

 

[Willster]

I kind of put mine under a cold-frame, if you could call it that. lol
Don't have anywhere to dig unfortunately, but they are sitting on the ground.

If you have a sort of cold frame that blocks some of the wind and provides some insulation that should be good. I didn't have any space I really wanted to dig out either, so I just made a large wooden box with an open bottom that I put my trees in that I filled in with mulch, and I haven't had any problems with the cold so far, but also my greenmound juniper is my LEAST coldhardy tree right now, most of my trees are siberian elms that I collected because they grow everywhere around here and are almost impossible to kill and a couple ERC that I plan on using mostly for wiring practice.