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Over winter zone 7 container plants heat tape insulation
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Posted by spauls Z-6 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 28, 09 at 15:29
| Any thoughts about grouping containers against protected wall,heat tape (thermostatically controlled at 30-32 degrees)wrapped around pots then wrapped with insulation around the out side of containers. thanks |
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RE: Over winter zone 7 container plants heat tape insulation
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| follow up to my own post (still evolving my thoughts)might need to wrap heat tape around water jugs to keep from heating individual containers |
RE: Over winter zone 7 container plants heat tape insulation
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- Posted by jroot 5A Ont. Canada (near (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 30, 09 at 19:25
| Sounds like an expensive venture, but it might work. Only experimentation will tell. Mind you, experimentation has helped many of us overwinter tropical plants in cold climates. |
RE: Over winter zone 7 container plants heat tape insulation
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| Go to the Palms and Cycads forum and check out the way a poster named Artictropical overwinters great big palms in zone 4 Utah using styrofoam boxes and cfc lightbulbs for warmth. He has posted a lot of pictures on several threads. Extremely impressive. This method should be adaptable to a lot of plants and situations. The key to it seems to be the use of extremely thick, high R-value foamboard, sealed pretty tightly -- you can use a fairly low amount of heat as long as you trap it very efficiently. |
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