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I am new to 名媛直播 and have a winter protection question. I have three silver trees that I am growing from seed that have had only one season of growth. I live in Chicago were the temps can occasionally fall well below -23 C. How do I keep them protected for the winter? I do not have a garage or basement so that is not an option.
1) I am considering heeling them in my garden inside the pots. Will that be enough to protect them?
2) If not heeling, then what do I protect the pots with? Towels?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge. I really want these trees to survive so that I can eventually train them.

Thanks

I do not know what heeling is.

When it gets really cold (I do not know what rang your maples can stand, verify that), you can place them in the sahe, out of the wind. For most trees that is sufficient. When I get temps below -5, -10, I start moving my deciduous trees in a well-ventilated shed. So far, so good. (Note: Unheated, not connected to the main house; It will stop the spikes in temp, but not constant low temps).

Hi RP名媛直播,

Overwintering is something that's been confusing me for a while.
I live in northern Ontario which is Zone 4b and makes for a difficult winter. There isn't much info out there on overwintering in my area so I've been looking more toward how a few people in Alaska go about it.
Last year I made an insulated box for my bonsai but that really didn't work, my cotoneaster died.
My research has led me to this which I'll try this coming winter:

-water prior to overwintering & water as required
-heal them into the ground and mound/heal the trunks carefully with mulch or compost
-to protect from snow load (we get a lot in my area) I'm covering them with overturned recycling bins once the ground is frozen

The idea is to protect the roots from a constant freeze-thaw cycle and instead provide a safer consistent environment for dormancy.

If anyone can provide some better advice please share. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the feed back! This helped a lot. I am going to heel them in the ground and mound the mulch around them. As far a covering them should the cover still allow some ventilation? A few holes here and there?
Here's hoping we have healthy trees in the spring!

I'm using upside-down recycling bins that have holes in them. From what I've read enclosures with no holes buffer the temperature a little bit more. Having no holes prevents the outside air that is colder from entering around the tree and reduces the dew that reaches the tree. My understanding of that is the lack of holes will provide for better consistent temperature reduction & control. Again I'm still a beginner.