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PENINSULA FLOWERS NURSERY ,
Tropictotropic,
Bambooworld,
Ive got from all these, but the Peninsula flowers nursery had the biggest. They arent realy listed on there website other than how to grow them.
Send them an email and they can set you up

cedardave

The K-Star is a 5 kilowatt pool heater. The pump and heater push foodgrade antifreeze thru 300 or so feet of underground pipe that coils around the root balls of each plant in the buildings. I have 35 bales of straw surrounding the plants. I figure this will help keep some moisture in the soil as we...

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I will chime in here.For spring I have a second Bismarkia waiting for me as well as a second queen palm.(both 30 gallon) Im lucky, the place I buy my plants from is willing to bring in whatever I want that they can get there hands on. My wish list includes a 30 gallon australian tree fern and a coup...

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the insulation below ground goes down 2 feet and sits on another piece of insulation at the bottom. In 3 of the plants they are sitting on another 6-8 inches of the foam insulation to avoid water collecting at the base of the roots. I started it up yesterday where the soil temps sat at 50 degrees an...

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I have a 4 foot butia capitata, An 8 foot tall bismarkia, 4 foot european fan palm, and 2 windmill palms. In Winnipeg it can reach -40 celcius in the winter for weeks at a time., so the ground freezes hard and deep.These plants are all to big to bring indoors this year so heres what Ive done so far....

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I was thinking of a more permanent housing as you suggest. it would indeed be better to have it remain in the ground. Im thinking I will wrap the roots and insulate the ground around it with some added heat as well. Protection over the winter will be achieved with similar strategies that I have read...

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I just picked up a pretty good sized windmill palm from a local greenhouse and put it into my greenhouse. The forcast here has temps that could go to -8 or so a couple nights. Im thinking I will wait a few weeks yet to put in the ground. What temps would be fairly safe to plant a new windmill into t...

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Well....in Winnipeg today its below zero and snowing.....I hope this isnt a sign the winter will be terrible. I spent all day yesterday bringing palms and bananas in the house.

cedardave

thanks very much. I will check them out.

cedardave

My family will be heading to the west coast mid summer for vacation. I would love to find somewhere ther that I can get a fairly large palm to bring back with us. I plan on hauling along a good size trailer for our adventure anyway. I am in winnipeg so as you can guess the plant may be coming indoor...

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They all look really good. Did the seedlings you dug up have a seed attached? They kinda look like grass to me...

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Well Im convinced...Our WalMart got a bunch in ,so for 10 bucks I shall try again. Day 1 and its still alive.

cedardave

Thanks..I may have to try them again.

cedardave

Those are really nice. Whats the secret to growing these. They are the only palm I have tried that die without fail...

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nice job. They all look pretty good.

cedardave

thats a beautiful garden. Im sure its very satisfying to look out and see that everyday. Well done

cedardave

My garden plans, although constantly changing, are adding 6 musa basjoo. This years are much taller than last years. New to the team is also musa saba and ornico. Palm additions include 2 Bismarckia , 2 mexican fan and a large mediteranian fan palm.I also found a really neat crinum the other day.Lot...

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thanks very much...very helpful

cedardave

Hello, I just bought a couple of Bismarckia palms. The nursery didnt know anything about them so here I am. Are these as cold hardy as the windmill palm?I suspect not but could use some care and maintenance advice from anyone who may have these.

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yup.. thats the specific one I was refering to. I was going to put it outside in the summer.. inside for fall and winter. Ive heard there very durable, just what Im looking for.

cedardave

Well... I dont have one of these yet... but soon,maybe. Does anyone here have or have had one of these. They sound almost indestructable. Its getting closer to spring... and that must get plants tingle has begun.

cedardave

If its a triangle palm you need why not pick one up at Rona. The Rona in Winnipeg has small ones(about a foot tall) for $7 and larger ones( around 4 feet tall ) for $29. I dont know if the stores in your area have the same suppliers.. but its worth looking. Just in case your seeds dont arrive.

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Yup.. I think its a gonner. I had the same appearance on mine after overwintering one year. Its to bad your so far away... I have one in my yard I dont know what Im gonna do with over the winter. If your interested I could send you a couple seedlings to appease you until spring...

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they all look great.. well done

cedardave

My smallest Mexican fan palm hasnt done anything this year... spear pulled yesterday. Do these recover at all
, or is it a gonner....I suspect the later but wanted a confirmation before I dig and chuck.

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very inportant suggestion. Be very stingy with the water. I had one that held a water bubble in the stem and rotted the plant to death. Be careful

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Very nice....... but you know your not done yet...lol

cedardave

7 feet, I would guess about 3-4 years old depending on from where it came. I have a couple of these. One from Hawaii and one from Florida. Both do well with lots of light, lots of warmth and lots of humidity. Dont let the soil temp ever drop below 55 degrees or the health of the plant drops like a l...

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You have some beautiful plants.Well done

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That is a beautiful plant.

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the home depots in winnipeg have some..... maybe to far a drive eh...

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For sure a pygmy date palm. very nice.

cedardave

Arg... no snow where I am... but frost warning. I have just spent the last couple hours tarping ,wrapping and setting up heat around most of my goodies. 2 degrees with the risk of frost for tonight.YUK

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Ohh....its on. :D You get a couple more palms... now I have to go get a couple more. Thats what I keep telling my wife. " Other people are getting more.. so I should also." She keeps telling me they look nice in the yard but where am I planning to keep them come winter. ....... I forgot ab...

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I have a christmas palm that was overwintered indoors. The palm has pretty much stalled any growth...no biggie, probly not warm enough yet. There seems to be a bubble of water mid way up the trunk! The trunk below this is now misshapen and bubbles out where the water is. Is this tree a gonner?

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Interesting... I think sometimes the nurseries bring in only the "disposable" palms with the expectation of repeat business when they die. One of our largest nurseries here treats Queens , Christmas, Mexican fan, windmill and even Bottle palms as annuals. They are sold as summer patio plan...

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The christmas palm was stumbled on at my favorite garden center. The guy said he couldnt get any this year for me and then 6 or 8 turned up a few weeks later for sale. I jumped on the smaller of the ones he had. The bigger was another $100 over what I paid, and was to big to fit in the van. Indeed i...

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Usually once everything starts to get aclimated to there new garden home peolple will start to slow down or stop as they drive by. As for bananas, I am growing... Hua Moa,Goldfinger, Enano Gigante,Manzano,Musa Merelli, Musa Basjoo,Bordeleon,Ice Cream, Dwarf Cavendish, and Abbassynian.So far a lot of...

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Thanks... I was hoping it would be ok. It did so well last summer I didnt want to loose it.

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Will mexican fan palm recover

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