It's nice to see you don't have any snow yet! We've got about 3 inches here now. Nothing compared to south western Ontario where they have had over 5 feet 😯 ... Any snow for you in the forecast?

Nice work, Jim! The first trunk-cut trachy looks really good! I also need to protect my small t. fortunei sometime next week, it's gotten down to -9 C here a few times!

Nice job. 😯

Jim,
it all looks super. Thanks for the detailed photos so I can figure out what to do next year 😀
That storm looks brutal. If you can, share some after photos for comparison.
We're just going to get a glancing blow it looks like--wind, but no snow, and lows only to 12 oF or so.
--Erik

Looks good mister Jim!

I saw 4f last night for my low, thanks for the 15f weather channel forecast! 4 needles, and 5 minors look fine after being exposed for two days below freezing 😯

Sorry to hijack your post but I've been to busy to post pictures. So I'm chiming in know.

Nice post Jim, Your palms look mint 😀 😀 😀

Bill

Thanks guys

Blizzard watch has turned to a Blizzard warning,so far it looks like the heavy snow stays north.

We may get 2-3" they say,if it's on the high side of that the lows of -3(F) may end up more like -10(F)

The wind is forecast to gust over 50mph late tonight,possibly as high as 70mph,I just hope everything holds!

I feel for you Jim.

We'll be thinking about you, Jim.
Just a glancing blow expected here--no snow, and lows to 11 oF or so. Phew! I'm not done with protection yet (work has kept me busy). --Erik

I still can't get over how that trunk-cut Trachy has responded.
Wouldn't have believed it without pics.

your stuff's growing 😆 😆

...and I'm throwing out my Neem Oil.

Was your Sequoia under a solid (no sun) cover last winter?
Evergreen foliage can burn to a crisp clear-covered in winter sun.

I managed to do it with black landscape cloth on pyramidal cedars to prevent deer damage.
Burnt to a crisp all southside branches.
The black plastic heated the foliage too much.
Clear lets even more sun in.

Thanks for posting those great pics, Jim.
....ah, it was just a few months ago that yard was FULL 😥

Barb

Great work. I guess you do not utilize leaves?

Barb

It's going to be to cold/windy here the next few days for the sun to bother
the Sequoia much,be lucky to see 40(F) in it's little G-house tomorrow.
The unbrella greenhouse is the only cover big enough to put over it-
it also has over a half foot of mulch over the ground and is well watered in 😀

It may just turn brown no matter what I do here just to windy to try and cover with anything else.

The main issue is protecting it from the frigid wind chills of -30 to -40(F) the next few days.

Jack

I used leaves to cover the Bananas,then a foot and a half of mulch.

wind chills of -30 to -40(F) the next few days.

😯 Hell, do up the zipper!

I had a dream last night my Washys and Butia were blown away(by the 60mph wind gusts) with their protection!

The Washy trunks had turned to jelly in the cold and the leaves were nowhere in sight!

I almost went home to check at 5am,what could I have done anyway?
I would have blown away with the plants.

Came home this morning and all is well,babies are snug and warm with no idea
of the deadly cold millimeters away from their leaves! 😀

That dream account made me shiver.
More like a nightmare, and waking up in a sweat.

You know you're getting older when you dream about plants. 😆 😆