5F feels like -11F
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Jigfig
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It’s not that cold today, but coming in a few days we’ll be hitting those temps.
Motherwise
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Has anyone looked at the concrete insulation blankets? I was wondering about hanging one inside greenhouse or draping over it during winter.
Tiger garden
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It's getting around 10F at night in Maryland. I have my heater heating up my garage when temperatures get down to 40F. My garage has a lot of places where heat can leak out. I keep my potted plants and tropical plants in this garage. So far all of my plants including my tropical plants; Limes, Bananas are still alive from what I can see.
superdave336
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Someone here constructed a wooden box and then wrapped in the concrete insulation blanket. Can't remember who but I think @TorontoJoe copied it in a post.
MalilayR
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I run a heater in my greenhouse. Currently -1f feels like -13f but its 77f in the greenhouse. I use a small vevor diesel heater connected to an afterburner thermostat. I've also insulated the greenhouse and added some lights for the winter as well.
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Very nice setup. I Could run a heater, my greenhouse is a coldframe, so that being said for me to turn it into what you are doing would take a lot of work. I have basically unlimited grow space indoors so i put my money into lights heater etc for an indoor tent, to extend my season for figs. I still use the greenhouse but i basically render it useless for these 2 or 3 months of brutal winter. My issue being is my grow room ceiling is fairly low so i cant start my big trees in pots til around mid february. Then they will go in the greenhouse and heated til its nice enough outside.
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I watched that very older italian gentleman on youtube i think its spicynonna he does that to his inground trees. Very interesting, i will have a row of inground trees i will likely need to do this to next year.
I tarp my greenhouse, it helps a lot especially from the elements but eventually it just gets too cold here. I thought about making a box out of insulation board and just using some lighting inside to keep it warm. But i just decided to tuck them away in basement its 55. May wake them but i will deal with that if it happens
MalilayR
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My house is small and full of children so my greenhouse is my little spot. I did underestimate the growth rate of some of my trees and it does get stressful worrying about a failure with heating. I definitely wish I could have a more secure indoor area for winter.
TorontoJoe
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I think you may be referring to the fig sarcophagus that @Tinyfish uses
FWIW, if you have the yard space and don't want to fill up the garage, @Tinyfish employs the sarcophagus method. It's an outstanding way to store figs. No added heat. No watering over the winter. Just lay them down and let the earth take care of the trees
It can be as simple as a wooden raised bed with some covering to hold in the earth's heat
It can be as simple as a wooden raised bed with some covering to hold in the earth's heat
superdave336
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Yes that’s it. Isn’t that wrapped in concrete blanket?I think you may be referring to the fig sarcophagus that @Tinyfish uses
FWIW, if you have the yard space and don't want to fill up the garage, @Tinyfish employs the sarcophagus method. It's an outstanding way to store figs. No added heat. No watering over the winter. Just lay them down and let the earth take care of the trees
It can be as simple as a wooden raised bed with some covering to hold in the earth's heat
TorontoJoe
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Concrete blanket is an excellent choice but I don’t recall now. Let’s see if we can get @Tinyfish ‘s attention to ask him
Figgerlickinggood
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Heard they work good but the good quality ones are expensive.
TorontoJoe
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They’re not especially cheap but they’re built quite rugged and should last a very long time given they’re intended for outdoor construction
superdave336
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Yes, I used search function with his name and found post.Concrete blanket is an excellent choice but I don’t recall now. Let’s see if we can get @Tinyfish ‘s attention to ask him
Post in thread 'Winter protection advice'
https://figfanatic.com/threads/winter-protection-advice.3293/post-50012
TorontoJoe
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superdave336
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It's not SUPPOSED to be cold here. But try telling Mother Nature that....I thought y’all live down south because it’s not supposed to be cold there?