I think im screwed, dont know what to do.

I live in the carolinas and the weather people are saying the tropical storm will affect my area tommarow evening/over night with anywhere from 4 to 8 inches of rain and winds sustained around 35 with gusts to 45 or better possible. I have 3 big beautiful ladies anywhere from 2 weeks to a month away from finishing and Im worried Im going to lose them to this storm. 2 of them are close to 8 ft. tall and the other is 5 ft. They are all in containers, the 2 big ones in 40 gallon pots and the little in a 10 gallon. I could possibly move the small one inside until the storm is over but moving the big ones are basically not an option.

I thought about tying them up with twine and maybe running a few pieces of rebar in the ground around the containers and tying them to those as well. They do have a natural wind block in the form of bieng 3/4 of the way surrounded by thick brush and some tall trees but I dont know if that will be enough. Any advice would be apreciated.

Stake an cage those ladies

@getawaymountain has awesome examples of cages

The thought of making cages has crossed my mind. Am definately going to tie them up. Might have to go buy a roll of wire.

Chicken wire and big stakes in the ground would do it.

Don't sweat it man.I went through the the same shit a couple years ago.Like everyone here says stake up your big branches and you should be fine.

Got a roll of wire, a few long pieces of rebar and a roll of twine. Will probably be working on this better part of the evening hope it works :/

Anyways, thought id share a couple pics.

Hope your ladies make it through intact as well as you.

Not too worry,take some string or wire and wrap all around like a wrapped xmas tree then just lay the plants over during storm. There in pots you can move them.

northeastmarco said:

Not too worry,take some string or wire and wrap all around like a wrapped xmas tree then just lay the plants over during storm. There in pots you can move them.

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What he ^^^ said

wow, i have to imagine you're already top heavy, 30-40 mph wind is bad enough, but 6-8 inches of horizontal rain is what would worry me.40 gal pot is heavy, but not impossible. slip a skid under it and move it.piece of plywood some rope and a strong back! good luck

Thanks for the kind words and advice. I should have prepared earlier in the year but we havent really had tropical weather in a long while. I know its no excuse and next year I will do things alittle differently. I got the plants staked up pretty good. Got a bit of rain earlier, when it stopped I went out and gave them a shake. Will do the same tommarow if it lets up any. Hopefully ill still have plants saturday when its supposed to be moved on through.

well, anyone hear from johnny p hurricane yet?

Somthing I really use allot is electrical tape I would steak and tape with that you should be so straight another thing I do is flip the tape so the sticky side is out and band the plant this helps allot

All 3 of them survived although i lost a few branches. Will post some new pics next time i check them.

Johnny P Pine said:

All 3 of them survived although i lost a few branches. Will post some new pics next time i check them.

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good to hear congrats on the victory

nice to hear from you.glad you w

ere spared.mother nature huh? either miraculous or merciless. don't know if i spelled that right. later