Comments on: Cold Protection Advice From People Who Know About These Things

By: Gwen Aldrich

Gwen Aldrich — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:43:04 +0000

Thanks for this great info. I’ve never heard of this special bubble wrap, but will check it out next year. I had a collection of hostas in different pots; since I live in Colorado and do not have a lot of shade and wanted to give hostas a try. The shade we do have is on the north side of our house under a balcony/deck. I brought the potted plants in one winter & kept them in the basement which is heated but stays pretty cool, and took them back out the following spring and they survived. The next winter I did the same thing and only one survived. That was a rather expensive experiment because I had collected some pricey, harder to find varieties. Next time I’ll start out with a smaller collection.

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:15:29 +0000

Cindy — Me neither! But like I said, protecting pots from freezing temps isn’t really something I do all thst often.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:54:46 +0000

This is interesting. I had never heard this method before. We usually bring our few containers to our basement to go dormant. I’ll be checking back to see what other people say.