Re: snow protection

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• Subject: Re: [SG] snow protection
• From: B* D*
• Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:57:57 -0500

I do it, too. The weight of snow and especially ice can definitely break
the shrubs, and even if not, they can then become very misshapen and
unattractive.

We have 7" here, with a good crusting of ice on top of that!

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Lynn Barbee wrote:

> Here in NW Indiana we've had several inches of snow fall in the last few
> days. I went outside and knocked the snow off my boxwood, holly and
> arborvitae, because they were bent over with the weight of the snow.  Do you
> guys do that, or is it not necessary?  I had a feeling the snow wasn't going
> anywhere real soon. Lynn

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