yep it will need a large frame when fully grown. I placed it pretty close to the house which will force me to keep it pruned to a small 5' maybe 6' tall size so the frame won't be too insane.
I haven't put a thermocouple inside but I have been using a regular thermometer and my IR gun regularly. The IR gun is what gave me the temps in my first post.
Tonight they have announced -8 with a windchill of -20 which is unheard of for around here so I added a blanket and used snow to bury all the way around the base. At this point the tree will remain sealed up until it warms so hopefully it does OK. a thermocouple would be awesome right about now but my arduino just shipped from Hong Kong this morning....
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