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by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:51 am
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: Palms after -30 C (note: lots of pics)
Replies: 30
Views: 17124

Eric, I know it's so bad! Sorry, man! I read all these comments but would not able viewing the pictures. Something wrong with my picasaweb (or with the antivirus)... :angryfire: But it's nothing comparing what you feel... Hope my spring smile will help you overcome. http://s3.postimage.org/2h5wb8dac...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:43 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Eatin' crow
Replies: 8
Views: 5717

Re: oopps!!!

BILL MA wrote: There's plenty of palms waiting to jump in it's grave in the greenhouse though.
Sounds too optimistic for those who are planing to plant their palms into the ground this spring! :twisted:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:43 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Ice Cores = Climate Change History
Replies: 10
Views: 4030

Oh yeah, I know! My house was built as a summer cottage 23 years ago. Since we have sold our huge apartment in order to paying a settlement fund when my sister's family and me had been immigrating to Canada, my parents were moving to this cottage. When I came back to Kazakhstan 6 years ago I were st...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:10 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Ice Cores = Climate Change History
Replies: 10
Views: 4030

lucky1 wrote:...while I'm freezing my arse off in the computer room. Barb
Barb, why don't you want to switch your heater on? :wink:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:02 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: -30C !!!!
Replies: 46
Views: 16108

Erik, sorry for the extreme cold in your area! Any worries about the palms you are growing?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:24 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: -30C !!!!
Replies: 46
Views: 16108

For the last 100 years the abs. minimum in my town was registrated the last days of February 1951 (- 37,2 C). The second minimum some November's day 50 years ago (-34,2C). And minus 30 three or four times in history in January.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:08 am
Forum: Cold Hardy - General
Topic: Need some help choosing a tree.....
Replies: 16
Views: 8051

Russian olive. Walnut - Juglans nigra. Phellodéndron amurénse. Syringa amurensis.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:16 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: -30C !!!!
Replies: 46
Views: 16108

Paul Ont wrote:I lied. Sable Island wins (as usual)... Low to date is -9C (15.8f).
Paul, you didn't lie! You were not informed properly! Buy the way the lowest was minus 23C at my place...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:14 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: The Blizzard,I am guessing 15+" of snow its hard to est
Replies: 23
Views: 9627

hardyjim wrote:,the idea of leaving it 'as is' has
suddenly become more appealing.
:headbang:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:44 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Where can Canadians buy large palms
Replies: 40
Views: 20905

I don't think if those palms are staying outside in winter. :?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:24 pm
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: See 'em while they are still green
Replies: 38
Views: 16321

water reservoir, we have the pool Tell me you don't use chlorinated pool water to irrigate...please! I think Igor's reference was to irrigation supply? Barb Right my previous reference was regarding a tap water supply... Me and my two neighbours built a reservoir meaning a irregularities of drinkin...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:57 am
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: See 'em while they are still green
Replies: 38
Views: 16321

Eric, don't you have a power generator, do you? Struggling for life here in Kazakhstan I've build underground water reservoir (5 cubic meters) and bought a power generator a couple of years ago. It helps a lot! Some days we have no hydro for 12 hours. You know it's so uncomfortable in winter time wi...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:58 am
Forum: Talk about what's growing in your garden and yard
Topic: Pushing the limits 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 24679

:thumbleft: :thumbleft: :thumbleft:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:11 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Finally got to see the sun, after the cold spell.
Replies: 66
Views: 29878

Oh boy! Unbelievable Y. filamentosa looks so awful! What was the minimum t there? Recurvifolia is too bad as well. Mine was touched by the hard prolonged frost last winter but rot at the middle of the stem after late April frost... Friend of mine has Echinocereus for many years growing outside. What...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:11 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Coldest temp in years.....
Replies: 7
Views: 3753

Re: Coldest temp in years.....

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:
canadianplant wrote: Thank you lake supirior!!!
It has not been frozen yet?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:10 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Coldest temp in years.....
Replies: 7
Views: 3753

Re: Coldest temp in years.....

canadianplant wrote: Thank you lake supirior!!!
It has been not frozen yet?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:58 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Oh yeah! Love the both either the hiking or fishing! Those four years I had been living in Toronto I were hiking or fishing or canoeing each weekend. No chance doing that here in Kazakhstan :evil:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:52 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Someday I should seeing you in Thunder Bay... Have a dream driving along the highway from Toronto to Thunder Bay...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:39 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

You take care, Jesse! What is your bet for the passiflora we had a chance seeing in the November?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:01 pm
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: new Cocos nucifera
Replies: 63
Views: 31893

Barb! I know you know... Every post you make I hearty laugh! Nothing more. I have no words expressing my admiration to every post you make. Jesse, sorry, you have too many things to announce! I like your youthful ardour! Never mind your syllable. Everything is so clear! Even for me the bloody Russia...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:35 am
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: new Cocos nucifera
Replies: 63
Views: 31893

Oh, Barb! I told you earlier you are the BEST! Jesse, I like your disorderly posting! It's so FUNNY! Don't worry! Every time I'm reading your posts I either laughing or LAUGHING! It's so really funny! It makes me stronger in following the bright English! I don't care if it's the Canadian or the Amer...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:16 am
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: new Cocos nucifera
Replies: 63
Views: 31893

I would to follow up but I can't . Too complicated for Russian speaking fellow...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:41 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Oh, yeah, the last year spring was awesome in Ontario!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:31 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

When it starts blooming there? Ours usually bloom from the end of the March until the middle of the April.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:05 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

canadianplant wrote: I finally Id a yellow flowering shrub down the street, as forsythia, which is hardy to zone 4 or 5 depending on source....
Depending on variety... I know the one selected in Alberta. Forsythia 'Northern Sun is cold hardy to zone 4.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:58 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Big apple orchards here too, Igor, all along the valley bottom around Kalamalka Lake and Okanagan Lake. End-April/early May is so lovely with the apple blossoms. Barb Barb, I mean wild growing apple-apricot forests in the Northern TienShan but not the orchards themselves that by the way are quite f...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:58 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Oh, boy! Mountains around my town is a center of apricots and apples natural origin. When they bloom the hills surrounded my house are looking like they are covered with pinkish clouds.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:46 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Jesse, it is no problem sowing apricot pits. It grows pretty fast. I have an apricot tree grown from the pit that is the same size as a Circassian walnut tree of the same age.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:17 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: New Low temp!
Replies: 75
Views: 28447

Jesse, when the apricot trees start blooming in your place? I mean the coldest part of my town got minus 27 this winter but I'm pretty sure the apricots will start blooming there on the end of March. In my place there was minus 23 cold but the apricots will start blooming around the April 10th as we...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:12 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Olive tree
Replies: 14
Views: 12878

Barb, do you mean the European olive or the Russian olive? :?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:38 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Araucaria araucana
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

There are 2-3 regions of Ukraine were A.a. can be cultivated: Uzhgorod (z7), Odessa (z7) and South coast of Crimea (z8-9)... I'd like to have the one in my garden but it's seldom imported to Kazakhstan.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:06 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Araucaria araucana
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

Here is a one growing at one private property not so far from my place. Has survived a few cold winters in Almaty. Doesn't look very healthy but it has see many days of prolonged frees down to minus 25 - minus 27 C. http://s4.postimage.org/2zqonem04/IMG_0932_araucana_1.jpg http://s4.postimage.org/2z...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:51 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: south central Idaho desert pics
Replies: 18
Views: 10468

Aaron, super! Reminds Kazakhstan landscapes very much. Sometimes will post my pictures. It's pity I can't insert pics right to the post... :mumum:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:12 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: my plants, croatia, usda 7a
Replies: 146
Views: 121088

Igor, it'll be interesting to hear how that is doing. It would be wonderful to get more plants that way. Barb Since I were there with my Lovely girlfriend the only seed has been raised from our Croatia trip is the Love that has been lasting for a while! http://s4.postimage.org/2n9hmj5d0/DSC0053_res...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:43 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: my plants, croatia, usda 7a
Replies: 146
Views: 121088

How far you are from the Pula region? This is the only region of Croatia I visited two years ago... oh, you have been here? nice! :D pula is at coast, i live near hungarian border,eastern croatia. it about 450 kilometers. in summer i like to go to makarska, its a small town in Dalmatia,our southern...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:27 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: my plants, croatia, usda 7a
Replies: 146
Views: 121088

Barb, my "old" Recurvifolia died last spring so I've haven 4 or 5 suckers instead of it as well as a top of mature (died) plant rooted during the growing season.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:38 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: my plants, croatia, usda 7a
Replies: 146
Views: 121088

Barb, I believe the "yours" is Y. gloriosa. But it doesn't matter.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:32 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: my plants, croatia, usda 7a
Replies: 146
Views: 121088

How far you are from the Pula region? This is the only region of Croatia I visited two years ago...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:29 am
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: Up-potting 1 year old Foxtails
Replies: 16
Views: 9090

Oh, boy! Your are doing something so incredible!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:27 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Arundo Donax... any opinions on this stuff?
Replies: 8
Views: 5716

Sorry for that but your experience helps to the Others. By the way have you ever haven an experience with the sweet bay? Or Fuchia magellanica? I'm trying to find out some similarity of your climate with mine. At your place how the apricots, peaches or the Circassian walnut are doing?

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