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- Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:58 am
- Forum: Indoor Palms
- Topic: plants for cleaner indoor air
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4418
great ted talk. I am good with the 6-8 Areca Palms, but if I put the other plants in my house I will have less room for my palm trees. not good. my studies indicate that overwintering any form of palm in your house is good for your attitude and well being. Of course I have no scientific proof with m...
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:17 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: what about those palm wraps?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5511
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:27 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: what about those palm wraps?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5511
what about those palm wraps?
anybody care to discuss their experience with wrapping larger palm trees during winter. I think last year a number of people experimented with wrapping your trees like a burrito. How did everything turn out and what will you do differently this year? I have a trachy fortunei that's 10 foot tall (wit...
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:21 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Grub warms
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2601
that's a fine looking tree. nice growing job. don't have an answer on the grub thing, although, I use spectracide granular bug killer (grub killer) on my yard a couple of times each summer and it surely gets on and near my in ground palm roots and have never had a problem. just don't over treat and ...
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:12 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Best winter protection for SE Kansas (zone 7a)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6935
Are you serious? you cant grow palm in Kansas. what are you .... crazy? I am north of you about 2 hours and I use an insulated box and a thermocube (I use the 10/20) and 2 outdoor lights with two 60 watt bulbs for winter time. I have never watered my outdoor palm trees in winter. My palm trees are c...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachys are weeds in Wisconsin :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4582
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: July 2014 garden update with palms.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2298
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:04 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Smurf Village completed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6543
Kent, :lol: Nope, solar pool covers seem only to be available in blue. How's your stuff wrapped up for winter? Barb Wrapped my outdoor palmtrees last weekend (the 16th of Nov). I'd show them to you but they are wrapped in camouflage tarps and you wouldn't be able to see them anyway. I'll get a pic ...
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:38 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Smurf Village completed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6543
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:23 am
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: Post your first snow pics...ugh
- Replies: 98
- Views: 58928
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:07 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Ever try lighting your palms at night?.couple other pics...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5495
- Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:58 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
- Replies: 88
- Views: 64169
you are right Scott from Omaha, the livistonia chinensis is a tough palm. good luck with yours. I just thought it would look better in a container and I'll pot plant it each summer in my front flower bed. didn't know how many years it could take getting its rear kicked in winter and then come back s...
- Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:18 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
- Replies: 88
- Views: 64169
update pics
a couple of pictures of the Trachy Fortuneis and livistonia chinenesis planted on the north side of my house in June/July 2009. these never get any sun. In wintertime I build a very simple palm hut and just add leaves , no heat provided. The first picture on this thread shows them in Oct 2010. Here ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:06 am
- Forum: Indoor Palms
- Topic: adonidia palm tree
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9321
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:40 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: How far will you go to over winter your palms.......pics!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7002
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:53 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Had to look
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10916
my protected stuff looks pretty boring right now. My stuff at home has been covered since about the middle of December. I also have a few in ground palms at our lake house, which is about 2.5 hours south, a little safer zone 6. I am heading down there early next week to cover those palms for the win...
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:26 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Had to look
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10916
- Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:53 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Day/Night
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3512
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:24 pm
- Forum: Indoor Palms
- Topic: CIDP must be eating its soil...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7781
I'll post a pic soon. Its pretty good size but its 4 palms growing in one pot. Its very heavy. This summer , rather than move it up to the next size container (which I would be unable to lift) I decided I would trim roots on the palm and put it back in the same container. True Story here, I cut the ...
- Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:53 am
- Forum: Indoor Palms
- Topic: CIDP must be eating its soil...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7781
that trunk is getting fat so he/she must eating the soil. maybe you should try some low calorie soil, made with vegetable compost. my cidp does the same thing. I think they grow a ton of feeder roots just on top of the soil. I keep covering mine up but they just grow through each year. thats a good ...
- Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:26 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: New Greenhouse
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26120
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:00 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Every palm that is in the ground-z5 Iowa
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6999
- Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:37 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Mommy wrap technique for Trachy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3386
- Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:53 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachy end of season pictures
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3590
- Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:16 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Tough Love for one of the Brahea Armata twins
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7418
- Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:42 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: update on T Fortuneis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3571
Barb - not sure when I will separate. Probably will have to do something soon as they are pretty close together.
John - yes , just using leaf mulch in a protected enclosure. I have this thread which shows how I protect my palms.
viewtopic.php?t=3970
John - yes , just using leaf mulch in a protected enclosure. I have this thread which shows how I protect my palms.
viewtopic.php?t=3970
- Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:10 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus near pool..
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3813
- Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:02 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: update on T Fortuneis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3571
update on T Fortuneis
I am getting ready to protect my outdoor inground palms in the next few weeks. Thought I would show you some amazing growth on several little fortuneis I planted on the north side of my house in 2009 (probably during summer months but not absolutely certain when they went in ground). I had a bunch o...
- Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:36 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: New base for Trachy hut
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9331
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:23 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: hello
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8673
- Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:07 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Protection hut dismantled
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5520
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:16 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
- Replies: 88
- Views: 64169
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:16 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
- Replies: 88
- Views: 64169
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:12 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
- Replies: 88
- Views: 64169
heres a pic of the palm tree thats behind my pond. coincides with the pics the last 3 posts on page 1 of this thread. I build a frame around this palm, put a 20F/30F thermocube in it and a 60W outdoor light in the insulated hut. Seriously I'll bet it came on just 5-10 days this winter , so the palm ...
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:05 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
- Replies: 88
- Views: 64169
springtime update
thought I would show you the springtime 2012 pics of my palm trees that I overwinter outside. I took the protection of these palms on 3/17/2012. first up is the palms on the north side of my house. these palms are protected with just leaves jammed in a 1X2 frame and covered with plastic. no heat. Ou...
- Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:10 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Palm pics from 2-16-12
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9823
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:23 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Checked the plants in the cold building
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6404
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:19 am
- Forum: Indoor Palms
- Topic: Happy plants overwintering in my library
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8626
- Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:33 am
- Forum: Seed Exchange
- Topic: Gathering Seeds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9383
this is stating the obvious, but when I collect seeds, I look up at the tree and see if there are any seeds hanging, if not, I move on to another tree. If there are seeds hanging I then focus my attention on the looking around the base of the tree for seeds and seedlings. take several small baggies ...
- Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:24 am
- Forum: Indoor Palms
- Topic: hydrogen peroxide?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11946
I am sorry to report the hydrogen peroxide thing is not working on the fungus gnats. My teeth, however, are as white as they were in second grade. Not sure what happened, but last weekend I had an explosion of fungus gnats in my basement grow room. I literally filled up 3 of those yellow hanging sti...