Alpines in lockdown
By Andrewr
31 Oct, 2020
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The alpine bed covered to stop the plants getting waterlogged and then frozen during the winter. In the wild, they would be safe under buried a layer of snow
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All settled in for the winter ........
1 Nov, 2020
Kate - it's semi transparent. I've used this for several years now and the plants don't seem to mind
1 Nov, 2020
I see you have plenty of bricks on top of your frame. My lid, over my scree bed (open sided) blew off last night. Replaced and put more bricks on this morning.
2 Nov, 2020
Nice one! Good idea! Thanks for sharing, Andrew.
2 Nov, 2020
Good idea.
This last winter we built a plastic tent trying to save the Tibouchina Mutabilis, unsuccessfully. The cold weather and frosts burnt it to the ground. Using wood might help.
6 Nov, 2020
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Andrew, is the cover transparent then? I can’t quite see it clearly.
1 Nov, 2020