how does the glass enclosure help to keep the tropical plants warm during winter in colder climates?
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There are how to protect tropical plants in the winter steps you can take. These include:
- Heavy mulch - At least to two inches.
- Protective barriers - Keep the snow, wind and ice off your plants with protective barriers. These may include coverings, keeping the plant in a pergola or gazebo, and wind breaks, such as fences or rows of shrubbery.
- Acclimate plants to colder weather gradually.
- Select a site that receives plenty of sunlight, and will absorb the most heat. Brick walls, stone fences and paved areas absorb some of the sun's heat.
- Create a microclimate that is favorable for the plants. Your microclimate will bring warmth to the area you've chosen, and help to hold it there.
- Proper plant nutrition - If your plant receives optimal nutrients, it will tolerate cold temperatures better and recover faster than malnourished plants. Fertilize approximately four times per year. Do not fertilize just prior to winter so as to discourage new plant growth in the coldest season. Do not fertilize if the plants have been frost damaged.
- Tree canopies, arbors, trellises or outdoor buildings can protect the plants by raising night temperatures and reducing radiant heat loss.
- Watering before a freeze may help protect plants. The moist soil will absorb more solar radiation and re-radiate the heat through the night.
- Push container plants together in a group to reduce heat loss.
- Covers not only keep wet snow and frost off plants, but they help reduce radiant heat loss. (A light, dry snow covering can actually help protect some plants by acting as a covering to hold in heat.) Sometimes people put a light bulb under the covering to protect ornamental plants that cannot be moved.
- Sprinkling plants with water is a method sometimes used for ornamental plants. This will keep temperatures to 32 degrees F. However, this is risky since sprinkling must begin when freezing temperatures are reached and continue until thawing occurs. The water has to be evenly distributed to keep a film of liquid water on the surface.
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the co2 traps the heat.
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actually co2 performs the function of trapping heat emitted by plants by green house effect. this helps in temperature control
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