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Gardening

zeusdogmom

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8. Snow cover makes a great blanket for plants

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 03:31 PM

Apr 2021

Tulips are deer candy. My big problem has been the fluffy tailed tree rodents (squirrels) and chipmunks who would eat the bulbs after I planted them. Last fall I had a huge amount of small garlic bulbs in addition to my normal nice sized ones. So I planted the little heads of garlic in and around the tulips. The little critters left the bulbs alone so I have beautiful tulips! The deer haven’t eaten them either ... yet

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I was VERY worried that 2 nights worth of freezing temps would destroy my blooms [View all] Siwsan Apr 2021 OP

I understand we had two nights of freezing weather Sherman A1 Apr 2021 #1

I'm wondering about the fruit trees Siwsan Apr 2021 #2

it's more about pollination/fruit mopinko Apr 2021 #4

To my untrained eye, it appears the flowers are ok. Siwsan Apr 2021 #5

Last year my Japanese Red Maples were out in leaf doc03 Apr 2021 #3

Japanese maples are SO sensitive to cold temps. zeusdogmom Apr 2021 #6

So far I think the snow cover saved my trees from doc03 Apr 2021 #7

Snow cover makes a great blanket for plants zeusdogmom Apr 2021 #8

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