Just wondering what you will do with this information once you have it.....?
I ask because just reading that post is unsettling.
Seems a lot of worry about something we can't, or shouldn't, change, or try to "play God" with.
I've never done anything special for winter, mostly because I couldn't.
Until this spring I never had anything wake up early.
I messed with them and they died.
Lesson learned.
If something wakes up early.....
Just dont do anything.
Don't move it, don't repot it, don't worry about it.....
Ooooooooeeeeewww......
Forgive me but this "as the buds swell" BS.
My buds on these (Amur/Ulmus) started swelling in February....
For near 2.5 months they stayed like that through further freezes and thaws until they knew it was time to wake up, when they continued growth.
I am certain had I just left them alone they would be alive.
I am certain, seeing buds swelling, even opening a little, has caused people to move their trees into a different place, in hopes to try to "save" them..
This can work.
But fret not I say......
The tree is well equipped to know the weather.
More equipped than we are aware.
I view a setup like Judy's working.
Where everything is consistent.
My NFG system works. Cold froze don't care.
But this in-between.....
Inconsistent, garages, coldframes...etc....
Seems to make everything so much more difficult than it needs to be.
Of course........
Everyone enjoys bonsai differently.
Maybe some folks yearn to carry heavy shit and fret....
I'd rather be eating Xmas cookies!
Sorce