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meanwhile not even the cat likes to go too far.

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just a little bit more and I'll get rid of these. Trachy (big box in front) will come out as soon as possible, but washy (skinny box in the back) will stay in till May but I'll take out the tarp so I can open it up in warm days. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_...

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next week time for the annual trip to South Carolina. This is the weather will have there:

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It's a shame that the weather sticker doesn't show the temperature at the time when the post was made instead of being update all the time. Would be nice to go back and review the posts and see what was the temperature. Anyway, tonight -25C (-13F) feels like -35C(-31F), but I send everyone in this f...

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96 cars pile up just north of Toronto:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/27 ... ar-barrie/

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Thank you Barb.

I started to play with Al's gritty mix, but it was too heavy to move the pots around. (I still have a few lemon trees in it)

So I replaced the granite with perlite. I have a few indoor palms in it and they are all doing great: enough humidity but no stagnant water.

Tavi

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Last year I bought a double that I wanted separate. This is the thread: http://palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5114&highlight= I did separate them and put them in an almost soilless potting mix (bark, perlite, turface and a little red worms castings) I brought them in my office over the win...

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my hydro bill is on automatic payment. I'm afraid to open the envelope. I will after the cold is gone

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a little concerned about this as I wrapped the boxes in tarp, but there's no way I can even look inside with the cold and snow that's still outside. I can see the lights are still turning on and off and the temperature is around 5C.

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considering what happen last year with my washy, I will open that box probably at the beginning of May (Trachys can come out at the beginning of April). 6 Months in a cage, that's not fun.

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is it the time for this, or it's too early?

Spring is almost here! I can now see the deer moving around in our back yard.

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when is that January meltdown? I got enough of this: http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/Mobile/weather1_zps260b4ddb.jpg The US is set for its coldest month this century after weeks of sub-freezing temperatures. The Daily Mail reported: America is set for the coldest month of the centu...

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Thank you for the map link

Tavi

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Thank you Paul,

So is there a place where we can check the usda zone for our area, or we have to calculate it ourselves?

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teebee, they look good to me. I just wait for the spring to come. How much more it is?

Tavi

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probably was done before, but can you please explain the plant hardiness zones? The Canadian index is based on 7 climate variables, not just minimum temperature Markham is in a 5b zone. According to the US zoning the minimum temperature for us 5b is −26.1 °C (−15 °F) to &#872...

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I wrapped all my boxes in tarp, so too much hassle to open them. I'll see the damage in the spring :-( What worries me is that all my wireless thermometers now show the same temperature. They are the same manufacturer and I assume they now read the same sensor. When I started I'm sure they were pair...

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Came out of the house in the morning and my reaction: oh, it's not that cold anymore

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My wife woke up in the middle of the night. This is what she heard: "Awaken by a loud boom — thought a family member was in trouble," said a tweet by @JanineBaijnath. Others reported hearing similar noises overnight as Toronto and much of the eastern half of the country were under an extre...

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My daughter is first year student in Montreal and she is in love with the city, so...'the beauty is the in the eye of the beholder'

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congratulations on your beauties

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why am I doing this? I have plants and flower pots all over my house (and now my office too), but I could not resist and ordered some travelers palm seeds from ebay.

Yes, your plant looks very nice. How long did it take to grow so big?

Tavi

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http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/Mobile/IMG_20131120_080506_zps2d3151c4.jpg you can not see the details from my pictures, maybe this one. An 8x4 sheet is about $18 at HD and the insulation $22. for a 2'x2'x8' box that would be around $80 for walls. Some extra for the frame, glue, s...

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http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/Mobile/IMG_20131120_080417_zps96126d22.jpg I attached the corrugated plastic to the 2x2 frame with PL300 foamboard adhesive and then used #6 screws with 1/4" washer. Then I glued the insulation inside the frame also with PL300. Each wall is ver...

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I created first a 2'x2' base from recycled 2x4 (from the scrap bin from hd) http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/Mobile/IMG_20131119_093820_zps3c63092c.jpg This base is fixed in the ground with 4 2ft long steel bars. Then the walls I created them from 2x2 with corrugated plastic outside...

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There are some articles on the web that claim that cfl bulbs are not made to be turned on and off very often. Also that they don't work very well in the cold. Optimal use for a fluorescent light is to be left on all the time at temperatures between 50 and 80 degrees (F). You can still experience sav...

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What lamp holder are you using? Isn't a problem if the lamp is too close to the thermocube?

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I realized that the palm protection is not only important to do it's job, but also to be light enough so you don't kill yourself in the summer. My first hut was this: http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2013/Garden/20130406_7245_zps4cda10ee.jpg Made from recycled material. It lasted 3 ...

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Is this microclimate in all Niagara-on-the-Lake or just restricted to your area. If it's just an area, were would that be? (planning my retirement

)

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Beautiful. Incredible it's only a short distance from Toronto, still such a difference. Congratulations.

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Great pictures, thank you for posting.

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any guess of the age of the original post yucca?

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Teebee, are you tfhobby?

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If not, where did you get the agave from?

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Any of the three survived?

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this winter I took 2 palms inside my office (close to a window but no sun from December to March). A bottle palm and a spindle palm. From what I read, I understood that I have to keep them wet. The spindle palm is outside now and it grew a lot, the bottle palm died rotten. Which way it is with adoni...

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so far I split them in 2 parts and they are OK. They opened one frond. But they are outside and the weather is very nice (for them); hot and humid

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beautiful garden. This year I wintered my plumerias in the garage for the first time and the result was disastrous; I lost them all. I'm looking for plumeria cuttings.

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