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Originally Posted by Hammocked Banana
Country boy knows your zone better than me, but correct me if im wrong, sdc dont like any temperature below 10C (50F). So if you're getting months where the temps are dipping into the 30s its not going to last long. Honestly it will cost you a fortune to heat that hoop house. I thought you had it in a basement last year? Is it too big to be just put there just w/o the grow light?
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Yeah, it would get expensive, I don't plan on heating the whole green house area just the insulate tree itself during cold temps. Keeping the SDC at 50+ could be a problem. I would love to keep the whole tree alive but I realize it is most important to keep the corm from freezing. When my wife got me my SDC in July 2013 she did not realize what it would take to protect outside in the winter months.
I had it in a closet last year but this summer the SDC is really widening out with larger leaves. Also my wife wants our living room walk in closet back. I don't blame her, space in our home is a real premium.
I have come a long ways and learned a lot on this forum during the last year of my SDC's life. I want to give it its best chance I can this coming winter.