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CountryBoy1981 · 08-18-2014, 09:33 PM

I don't know what your highs are like during the day but I have been able to use blankets to protect tomato's in the low twenties. The key is to hold in the heat from the ground. I had gran main, dwarf red, and dwarf cavendish outside unprotected with lows in the mid to high 30s without a problem.

08-18-2014, 09:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
CountryBoy1981 Location: Baldwin County, AL Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 221 BananaBucks : 55,051 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 98 Times Was Thanked 234 Times in 118 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 6 Times	Re: Winterizing an SDC in zone 8b I don't know what your highs are like during the day but I have been able to use blankets to protect tomato's in the low twenties. The key is to hold in the heat from the ground. I had gran main, dwarf red, and dwarf cavendish outside unprotected with lows in the mid to high 30s without a problem.