Hello, everyone.
A quick update on our recent frost: it's not as bad as we feared it might be.
Before the frost, the Lila avocado was covered with a sheet and also wrapped in a C7 incandescent strand. Y'all will note that a rock was place to keep the sheet from blowing away. (Fairly stiff winds were forecast for this front--almost a true Blue Norther in fact.)
After the frost, the sheet was removed and the light strand was moved to the base of the baby tree. As y'all can see, she has survived. Though with her branches bent over from the weight of the wire and sheet.
She grew about 7 inches or so last year after we painted her stems with white latex paint. It's almost time to get the paint out again and protect those new, tender inches of growth.
We're going to keep the light strands where we placed them until potential frosts are in the rear-view mirror.
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