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Wed. February 15, 2006, 06:48am PST
Seeking frost-related advice
Since the temperature is going to dip pretty sharply here in Tacoma the next couple days, I wanted to solicit some advice from my reader(s). Should I cover any of our plants? The ones I'm particularly concerned about are the roses and hydrangea. The latter is already growing new leaves and since it had such a rough summer with some weird fungus and everything I wanted to give it a better season by avoiding it getting frost bitten.
How about the roses? I haven't looked at them closely but thought they can be pretty sensitive to weather swings like frost. It's going to get cold here, folks, as there's some body of cold air in the Yukon that's going to sweep over us. Their talking about highs in the 20s and lows in the teens with wind chill ever lower than that.
If I do cover things up, should I use plastic bags bunched up around the base of the plants and tied off with twine or tape? Thanks anyway for the advice.
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2/15/2006 @ 10:27am
There's a ton of info on winter protection of hydrangeas at www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/winter_protect.html. the roses are actually pretty hardy and eventually come back even if they get frozen.
by lanny
2/15/2006 @ 10:43am
Interesting -- thanks for the link! I wonder of there's a more temporary solution that might work out? Our hydrangea seems to be leafing a bit already and I only want to cover it up for this cold snap. Now I have a good start though...
by KevinFreitas
2/15/2006 @ 2:55pm
the US national arboretum says:
It may be possible to protect plants from weather-related flower bud damage by covering them during late spring freezes with blankets, sheets, etc. (www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/hydrangeafaq2.html)
as for cat vomit on carpet, if you're ever replacing carpet, go to carpet tile northwest down by the dome. I'm boggled at how well kitty puke comes out of that industrial-type carpet!
by Elaine
2/15/2006 @ 7:19pm
Elaine: Thanks for that link. I already put an old towel around the hydrangea in hopes that it'll do the trick.
Yeah, we have some pretty hefty burber carpet that actually does OK. Fortunately, we don't really have very barfy cats. Maybe that last line should've read, "Tune in next time when we explore the ins and outs of male pattern baldness and how Congress should do more to prevent this affliction that plagues it citizens..."
Cheers! ~ Kevin
by KevinFreitas