Re: [IBC] Why Mulch ??

Mark Hill wrote:

> Shelly / Craig;
>
> Are you suggesting I leave the Bloodgood indoors ?
> Hmmmmm .....

Not at all.  Keep them outside.

>
> I started a dozen trees from seeds this spring from a parent tree in my
> mothers front yard.
> Her tree is a multi-trunk that's 25 feet tall.
> 30 years ago she was told it was a Bloodgood, and from my research, it
> certainly looks like one.
> Maybe it's the seedlings that can't survive the cold.
> This would account for the fact that none of her garden seedlings have ever
> survived the winter.
>
> Mark

The seedlings should stay outside, just mulch them well.

Craig Cowing
NY
zone 5b/6a Sunset 3

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