Viewing post #1324181 by chris1948

Bubbles said:I moved this from "weather" to " brugs" since we sort of hijacked the weather thread. I just didn't have time to do it earlier.

I'd be very leary of leaving brugs out if the weather gets cold and wet. I've lost brugs that I thought would be fine based on previous winters.

I've tried lots of ways to over winter them. One year, I covered some of the trunks with bubble wrap, further covered with pipe insulation. The moisture got in anyway and though the trunks remained standing, they were never the same. I eventually lost those. They never really thrived. It only takes a couple of freezing nights do really do them in.

I don't have much of a choice this year as my greenhouses are full. Since I've already got some cuttings with roots I'll stick them into some 1gal nursery pots and get them started just in case.

I think come spring I'm going to try and make a small PVC greenhouse for overflow. I'm just getting too many plants that need winter protection.