How to protect a palm tree against frost using garden fleece/mesh?

pjontheroadagain · Post by **pjontheroadagain** » Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:07 pm

I've been advised to protect the leaves of a newly planted palm tree from frost and winter winds using garden fleece/mesh.

However, I'm unsure how to wrap the leaves and how many layers I need to give them sufficient protection without blocking out the sunlight.

Should I wind it loosely like a bandage or perhaps sew it into a bag to place over the top of the tree and tie around the trunk? And how many layers would I need?

The mesh is 1.6-metres wide by 5m long, so I've got plenty to work with!

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:58 pm

2 layers, tied (not too tightly) around the trunk

Nos · Post by **Nos** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:14 am

What type of "Palm" tree is it? what are your winter lows? where are you? how big is it? some "Palm" trees are frost hardy to -5 and below, some will die of at +3/4. You need to protect the leaves not so much the trunk, but as said it depends on the size, a large trees trunk will not need covering, but the leaves will, sorry need more info.