4 Ways To Beat A Freeze and Keep Tropical Plants Alive During Winter

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I was wondering if there is a way to keep the Soil Warm because If I water water during cold season the temperature of the water from the garden house is TOO Cold.. So I have to bucket a mixture of hot and cold water..

My problem is that each barrel on the ground takes up space there that could be used for gardening.

I may have missed it, but how big is your green house? You used 8 fifty five gallon barrels of water for the thermal mass heating in it. How did you compute how many were necessary for your size green house. I am planning on building one, but not for certain as to how big just yet. Probably 18'X12' or so. How many barrels/drums would that size require?

Thanks for posting the video.

easy and best

Have you tried growing banana or papaya using the straw frost protection? I think you'd also have to keep the ground around their base from getting wet in the winter, but that's easy to do with a plastic tarp.

great video. thanks

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What soil mix to use for a mango plant please?

Would this tent setup be enough to extend a zone 5 growing season(late may to late sept/early oct) a couple months on either end? Where exactly are you situated?

Lol the Phantom citrus! I'm trying to grow Moringa this year and will need to find a way to overwinter it in Northern Virginia- I wonder if the straw wrap method would work? Our Temps have dropped to single teens a couple of times already this winter though. Might have to invest in a greenhouse?

Thermal mass, the key to passive solar. Draw faces on you sheets to scare any nosy neighbors. LOL

Hey David where did you buy your greenhouse tent?

Informative & entertaining. Mmmm

Imagine the weed this guy could grow...

great advice. i learned a lot here.

Extend the wall insulation into the ground and store the heat there by isolating the earth underneath from the rest of the ground. Google Passive Annual Heat Storage, and see homes that maintain stable temps all year with little to no backup heat.

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Nice presentation. It is helpful. Thank you.
I have pomegranate trees that freezes off to the root and shoots back up in spring. doing this for two yrs in Northern Virginia.. I am going to try what you have shown this yr.. I hope to save it so it can grow well and start fruiting . It is about 4 yrs old now.

Greetings from the far north in east tennessee! i love your videos and the thermal idea, i have an angle trumpet thats been in the ground for about 7 years, of course it dies back to the ground every year but i get lots of blooms from august till frost. i am in zone 7a.