No one freak out by the brutal cold that will be here in a few days
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Maiden69
Masterpiece
21 degrees this morning, 17 predicted for tomorrow. I replaced the frost blanket over all the trees until Sunday that night temps are supposed to go above 40 degrees. I have 2 trees that I repotted, O.Sweetgum and a momiji that I got from Brent that are resting inside the garage. A lot of the trees already started pushing leaves, elms, trident seedlings, J.Quinces... they are under the blanket, hopefully they will be fine.
BrightsideB
Omono
I came here to north GA from SoCal as a late teenager. Working at Subway my first summer to a new place and a tornado hit very close by. People jumping out of their cars not even turning them off to get in the store.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
My tamarind, water jasmine, bougie, and ficus all went inside today.
namnhi
Masterpiece
I have a feeling it is going to be colder than what they forecasted. i.e. They said today's high will be in the 40s but it never really gets anywhere higher than 34. My bird baths are frozen at the surface. The low they forecasted now is low 20s.... the kids will have to tough it out now.
This is how far the Trident Maple and Chinese Quince progress
This is how far the Trident Maple and Chinese Quince progress
namnhi
Masterpiece
Is that a Tulip poking out of the snow?
It's tough having sympathy for your cold spell. It's 13 degrees here currently. I noticed when I came home the cat's automatic waterer in the garage was frozen.
Fingers crossed for the trees in there....
Michigan Tree Murderer
Masterpiece
Looks like most everyone is getting some old man winter. 
It's generally easier to warm up than to cool down. Just glad -26 is super rare here (TY Lakes).
Friendly nose warming tip. And leg snow!
It's generally easier to warm up than to cool down. Just glad -26 is super rare here (TY Lakes). Friendly nose warming tip. And leg snow!
Excalipoor
Sapling
Yep summer is brutal here too.
Gabler
Masterpiece
Florida people can't handle cold. You should have heard the whining during those horrible 3 weeks. I spent so much time on TV and trying to warm my butt by crouching over the space heater
At least it's warm there now.
Michael P
Omono
I haven't read the whole discussion, but here is some information from my backyard. Overnight low was 12F. My trees are on the ground with mulch around the pots and a tent of light canvas over the top. A soil probe in a pot read 32F this morning. I did bring the olive into the garage, but all other temperate zone species are outside as described.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
You can keep your swarm clouds of biting black flies up there
I just want to know where our mail carriers go on snow days where I live.
Sure aint where they belong I can tell you that. And those scanners send a signal
to the district office if they're stopped for 10 minutes so they red flag their location
and mgt is supposed to inquire. If you as much as back up, the scanner detects it
and flags you if it's not a predetermined turn around point.
namnhi
Masterpiece
We clock in at 26 this morning. Not as bad as feared
Black flies are up north...You can keep your swarm clouds of biting black flies up there
I just want to know where our mail carriers go on snow days where I live.
Sure aint where they belong I can tell you that. And those scanners send a signal
to the district office if they're stopped for 10 minutes so they red flag their location
and mgt is supposed to inquire. If you as much as back up, the scanner detects it
and flags you if it's not a predetermined turn around point.
RobGA
Mame
Another single digit wind chill dip. Hopefully the mosquito population gets decimated.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
LOL wuhl yer fur-nough up Nawth for me brotherBlack flies are up north...
I mean just look at your name, snow, man. Love it.
Really though I have some very fond memories of the UP
It's just the drive getting there is so monotonous in that last stretch.
Mikecheck123
Omono
Mistakes were made.... but not all is lost!
During the last cold snap down to 6F, my spidey senses were going off about this Chinese elm that I usually leave outside over winter.
The snow had melted off of it, so there was nothing covering it. And the remaining snow in my yard was too hard and crunchy to shovel more snow on top of it.
But I decided to stop worrying about it because Chinese elms are tough!
The tree didn't look good after that, so I brought it inside afterwards. I think some yet-to-be-determined portion of the top is toast. But I've been hanging on to hope that some of it is still alive.
This is better than nothing!! It's my first tree acquired in 2014.
During the last cold snap down to 6F, my spidey senses were going off about this Chinese elm that I usually leave outside over winter.
The snow had melted off of it, so there was nothing covering it. And the remaining snow in my yard was too hard and crunchy to shovel more snow on top of it.
But I decided to stop worrying about it because Chinese elms are tough!
The tree didn't look good after that, so I brought it inside afterwards. I think some yet-to-be-determined portion of the top is toast. But I've been hanging on to hope that some of it is still alive.
This is better than nothing!! It's my first tree acquired in 2014.
elijah_moncrieff
Sapling
I've been curious to try one of these out. I know some people are using them (on youtube) to keep tropical plants at 65 degrees and that's nowhere near the same as us keeping plants right around freezing, but when I heard someone in a video say they go through $100-200 of propane every two weeks to a month I completely ruled this out for myself. I currently use two oil filled radiator heaters and see minimal ($20-35 a month) increase in my electricity. Not sure if that cost could be beat with one of these propane heaters, but curious what your experience has been in relation to cost of operating one of these?
elijah_moncrieff
Sapling
I wonder what the risk may be when the snow starts to melt (pulling branches down could snap limbs etc.) and what could be damaged. Never done this with my bonsai, but I have had landscape plants that I piled snow on with my snow blower and depending on the speed the snow melts and snow density (how wet or dry the snow is) I have broken some branches. Thankfully they weren't bonsai!Yes burying completely provides a lot of protection. I was hoping the snow would stick around on the ground/trees through the deep freeze. Rain on Saturday though
