Used correctly fleece will save your tender plants from winter damage

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@richf_tropical_garden_projects Ай бұрын

Great video, my thoughts exactly as well, i use/ try to use dry fleece but really only for cold spells and remove once frost has passed, but do wrap my bananas with straw and fleece abd that stays on all winter, i definitely agree its a case of using it correctly

@Islandgirl4ever2 Ай бұрын

Hi there Jim.. Fully agree!! I used fleece on my nasturtium plant and it has survived the frosts we have had and EVEN 10 cm of snow! I did this so that I could harvest seeds, since they are pretty expensive for a packet.. I have also used fleece/plus a plastic bag when raining/ over my not-so-hardy red star cordy and my rainbow phormium, and remove it all when the temps go up above a few degrees.. So far so good.. I bought 8 banana plants to plant out when warmer.. 2 are the golden lotus ones, can't wait! Also got 2 pink bananas.. Cheers, Leesa in France

@jimspalmsuk5098 Ай бұрын

@Islandgirl4ever2 You'll have lots to keep you busy in spring. As will I, can't wait 👍

@ward1compost Ай бұрын

I've been using wool blankets over the frost tents. At night it'll sometimes drop low 20s/-6C or a bit lower. I'll see in the spring if it actually worked 🤞🤞

@jimspalmsuk5098 Ай бұрын

@@ward1compost Should definitely help 👍

@richf_tropical_garden_projects Ай бұрын

i also had the same with my butia from seagraves on that deal at about the same time, not huge amounts but certainly some damage

@jimspalmsuk5098 Ай бұрын

@richf_tropical_garden_projects It will grow out eventually, we will just have to be patient.

@davidmaski8467 Ай бұрын

Hi Jim, I love your video's. If I'm correct, you also protect the roots from rain? I'm trying phoenix canariensis and washingtonia robusta here, Kortrijk, Belgium. Zone 8b, so I'm creating microclimates 9a in my garden. I'm following your tips. One thing I add, is soil biology. Mycorrhizal fungi.. glomus irregularis just like grass, with additional glomus mosseae.. is more compatible with lava soil. It makes ph canariensis more adaptive to environmental changes.. drought, cold and so. In combination with extra potassium, less nitrogen fertilizer during fall season

@jimspalmsuk5098 Ай бұрын

@davidmaski8467 All good points, I am on sandy soil and have no problem with drainage. In my location we don't get penetrative frost's. But in do out 2 inch layer of dark to protect shallow roots 👍

@davidmaski8467 Ай бұрын

@jimspalmsuk5098 Sandy loam with patches of clay here. Palm trees are still toddlers in pot. I plan to plant them on the highest spot of my lawn. Over the years they should be sheltered by fence and italian cypresses, to protect them from north/northeasterly cold winds. Not sure about the soil outdoors yet. Maybe organic soil matter with some pumice and lava in a variety of particle sizes. And a layer of pine bark on top. In winter, I will protect the roots from too much moisture. Heat cable, fleece, plastic to protect the leaves. In the last 10 years we as good as never had temperatures below -10 C in this part of Belgium. Even -5 has become very rare. Once the wind blows from the west, this can easily last for weeks or months. Thanks to the "shadow of england", we almost never have snow. Although snow can protect plants from the lowest temperatures 😀

@Islandgirl4ever2 Ай бұрын

P.S... I see your primrose is in bloom, as well.. It always strikes me strange to see the first of the spring flowers flowering in autumn and winter..

@jimspalmsuk5098 Ай бұрын

@Islandgirl4ever2 They don't usually, but it's been so mild so far this winter. Let hope it stays that way 🤞