Olafhenny
10-15-2013, 06:55 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54905 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54905&ppuser=7269)
As is easy to see the poor thing looks bedraggled enough to
motivate me to provide it with some protection
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54906 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54906&ppuser=7269)
First order of business: slice off the leaves
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54904 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54904&ppuser=7269)
Next shape a little groove around the plant to fit the base of the shelter
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54903 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54903&ppuser=7269)
Place the shelter in the groove and form a little soil ramp around the base to
keep the draft out. This ramp will be augmented with a good swat of leaves,
when they drop from the trees.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54907 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54907&ppuser=7269)
Pound in a bamboo stake at each side, stick the lid on top and weigh it down with a fair sized rock.
I know, that the shelter will protect this little Maurelii securely from frost. Will it survive the extended
darkness? – ask me next spring. Although the guaranteed frost free period will start here sometime
between May 5 and 15, I plan on taking the lid off as early as March on warm days and quickly stick
it back on, when frost threatens. – One of the big advantages of this shelter over some other means
of wintering. I will even be able to do that “on and off thing” with the whole shelter, later, when frost
becomes more unlikely, but remains still a threat.
As is easy to see the poor thing looks bedraggled enough to
motivate me to provide it with some protection
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54906 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54906&ppuser=7269)
First order of business: slice off the leaves
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54904 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54904&ppuser=7269)
Next shape a little groove around the plant to fit the base of the shelter
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54903 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54903&ppuser=7269)
Place the shelter in the groove and form a little soil ramp around the base to
keep the draft out. This ramp will be augmented with a good swat of leaves,
when they drop from the trees.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54907 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54907&ppuser=7269)
Pound in a bamboo stake at each side, stick the lid on top and weigh it down with a fair sized rock.
I know, that the shelter will protect this little Maurelii securely from frost. Will it survive the extended
darkness? – ask me next spring. Although the guaranteed frost free period will start here sometime
between May 5 and 15, I plan on taking the lid off as early as March on warm days and quickly stick
it back on, when frost threatens. – One of the big advantages of this shelter over some other means
of wintering. I will even be able to do that “on and off thing” with the whole shelter, later, when frost
becomes more unlikely, but remains still a threat.