Hello,
I've been reading up on growing trees, and it seems almost universal that, even for trees native to areas with harsh winters, like maples, you should let them spend at least one winter indoors. That seems counter-intuitive to me, since such trees get no such pampering in the wild, and they seem to do just fine. I guess it's probably a matter of numbers; they shed so many seeds that even if 99% of them die off during their first winter, the 1% that somehow survive are enough, but if you're just trying one sapling, it's almost certainly gonna croak in any type of harsh winter. Is that about the size of it, or is there something else to it?
I've been reading up on growing trees, and it seems almost universal that, even for trees native to areas with harsh winters, like maples, you should let them spend at least one winter indoors. That seems counter-intuitive to me, since such trees get no such pampering in the wild, and they seem to do just fine. I guess it's probably a matter of numbers; they shed so many seeds that even if 99% of them die off during their first winter, the 1% that somehow survive are enough, but if you're just trying one sapling, it's almost certainly gonna croak in any type of harsh winter. Is that about the size of it, or is there something else to it?
