Thank you for taking the time to post this video! I have your book and refer to it regularly. Very excited to see that you are posting videos on RUclips as well. In the UK, it’s the wet that seems to be a bigger issue than the cold. I’m keeping fingers crossed. My collection has grown and I don’t have a greenhouse!
I’m very happy to have found ur channel, Mr. Garcia! Good quality info/care practices for azalea bonsai, that I can trust, is limited. That is unless u can speak Japanese…….. which I don’t. I very much look forward to ALL ur future videos! Take care and have a blessed day
Some satsuki can take -5F as healthy large landscape plants. Others that are less hardy, to 15 or 5 F. Potted plants are less hardy. And even more so unhealthy potted satsuki or satsuki that suffered an insult, like a hard (root)-prune. Additionally, wind, snow cover, and the summer and length of the growing season matters. Satsuki notoriously have done poorly in Europe because of the short cool summers. And finally, satsuki are more prone to damage of late frosts because they start to grow earlier than normal azaleas, and even earlier if they are potted as this warms up the roots earlier. For people in zone 6, you probably need shelter every winter. And a greenhouse is not a magical solution. It is actually quite complex. In part because you want the trees to experience cold weather first, before they go into the greenhouse. And then stay dormant inside the greenhouse for as long as possible. Which may mean moving the trees indoors and outdoors many times. And if you mess up once, you may regret it. On a sunny winter day, your greenhouse may heat up a lot , making the trees think it is spring. Or you will have really warms days and cold nights. And if it then gets really cold again, like below 0 F, you need to heat your entire greenhouse. And if your greenhouse is not insulated, it is going to be very hard to create all that warm air because it will escape immediately. And you are just heating the entire outdoors. Which may mean you want two greenhouses, one normal one, and one insulated with double or triple walls. Making things even more complex. The stale air of a greenhouse also risks fungal growth. Especially in winter with low UV. The glass or plastic also blocks the UV, btw. The main benefit of a polytunnel or greenhouse is actually extending the growing season when it is not winter.
Another brilliant video, thank you for sharing. Really pleased the book is available to purchase for download, its a brilliant read, many thanks.
Very excited about upcoming videos from this channel
Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to post this video! I have your book and refer to it regularly. Very excited to see that you are posting videos on RUclips as well. In the UK, it’s the wet that seems to be a bigger issue than the cold. I’m keeping fingers crossed. My collection has grown and I don’t have a greenhouse!
Thank you, and well-done!
I’m very happy to have found ur channel, Mr. Garcia! Good quality info/care practices for azalea bonsai, that I can trust, is limited. That is unless u can speak Japanese…….. which I don’t.
I very much look forward to ALL ur future videos! Take care and have a blessed day
Thank you! I'm happy you found us as well!
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Some satsuki can take -5F as healthy large landscape plants. Others that are less hardy, to 15 or 5 F. Potted plants are less hardy. And even more so unhealthy potted satsuki or satsuki that suffered an insult, like a hard (root)-prune. Additionally, wind, snow cover, and the summer and length of the growing season matters. Satsuki notoriously have done poorly in Europe because of the short cool summers. And finally, satsuki are more prone to damage of late frosts because they start to grow earlier than normal azaleas, and even earlier if they are potted as this warms up the roots earlier. For people in zone 6, you probably need shelter every winter. And a greenhouse is not a magical solution. It is actually quite complex. In part because you want the trees to experience cold weather first, before they go into the greenhouse. And then stay dormant inside the greenhouse for as long as possible. Which may mean moving the trees indoors and outdoors many times. And if you mess up once, you may regret it. On a sunny winter day, your greenhouse may heat up a lot , making the trees think it is spring. Or you will have really warms days and cold nights. And if it then gets really cold again, like below 0 F, you need to heat your entire greenhouse. And if your greenhouse is not insulated, it is going to be very hard to create all that warm air because it will escape immediately. And you are just heating the entire outdoors. Which may mean you want two greenhouses, one normal one, and one insulated with double or triple walls. Making things even more complex. The stale air of a greenhouse also risks fungal growth. Especially in winter with low UV. The glass or plastic also blocks the UV, btw. The main benefit of a polytunnel or greenhouse is actually extending the growing season when it is not winter.