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teamjbar · 11-15-2013, 04:54 PM

Hello all,
I have two doubles now—one is about 5 ft tall and the other is about 4. I live in the SF Bay Area, and it only freezes a few times a year here. During one of those overnight frosts last winter we forgot to bring it in and killed the parent plant to these two.

Because the temp only gets to about 30 at the lowest, and because it's so infrequent, I thought perhaps I could get away with using a small greenhouse to let them live in for the coldest months. My question is: Is that enough, without a light bulb to heat them, if I only need to raise the temp a few scant degrees? The variety is meant to withstand most temps in this area.

On the non-freezing but cold nights, the plant seemed to do fine when we left it out, although we were trying to bring it in when we could. Thing is, we're not always here, and anyway the plants are getting too big to move now.

What do you experts think? I thought that by keeping the dew off the leaves, and perhaps raising the temp by 2-3 degrees, a little greenhouse could work.

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