Re: snow protection
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] snow protection
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:23:20 -0500
I always go knock snow off the boxwoods, if nothing else, as they
have fairly brittle stems that break easily under the load. If it's
ice, I leave it as I can do more damage than the ice. Will also
knock it off anything else bent double. Find a broom handle very
good for this - lift up from under the branch and jiggle.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Lynn Barbee <msgardens@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Date: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:38 AM
>
> 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
>
