I'm pretty sure Gary Hollar told me last year they found some sabal minors in So. Virginia on some island. Like Erik said it's much more temperate then Oklahoma's natives thanks to the Ocean.
Bill
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- Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:37 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Fairfax, Virginia (Wash DC area) palms
- Replies: 52
- Views: 19493
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:20 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: winterproofing bamboo
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12341
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:06 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
Hey Jim, Man does the greenhouse hold the heat good, after the sunny day two days ago the temps when up in there and stayed up for a long time after the sun went down. Yesterday the sun was out for maybe 45 mins. all day and it was easily 15-20f warmer then outside. All the palms packed in there are...
- Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:16 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
I'm going to fill it up with as many tropicals as possible to great a rain forest environment for best optimal growth. All the big palms are coming out in Early April and getting transplanted into tree boxes just in case they don't sell right away, this way they'll remain healthy. I'm sure they won'...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:35 pm
- Forum: Germination
- Topic: Seeds arrived!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8898
Wow your brave to try wax palms. They are so amazing in the tropics, I saw some real beauties in Panama about 5 years ago. I saw to in greenhouses last winter in coral gables and in davie Fla. They came close to biting it to as I was told from temps in the mid 40's. Nice kit though, it will be fun t...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:26 pm
- Forum: Germination
- Topic: Grow lights
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6879
I guess it depends on what your trying to accomplish with your lights? I use about 12 four foot double fixtures around the edges and 2 metal halide 600 and 250 watt in the middle along with a 430 watt hps light. They are working amazing but it's a lot of juice. How many plants are you planning on li...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:17 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: T.nanus x T.wagneranius
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6438
I really think there all fairly close, within 5f or so, the slower growers can take more duration of cold I think. Jim would probably have a better answer for you. I suspect the duration is more important then the actual low within reason of course. For instance a palm that saw 0f for three hours an...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:03 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
Thanks again guys! It's nice to be on the home stretch trust me. Not really sure about heat John but I'm thinking it won't be all that bad. I'm hooking it in to my natural gas line which is much cheaper then anything else by a lot. I have a 100000 btu furnace that is 80% efficient which is way more ...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:28 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
Thanks so much Jim! Just a few little things left to do other then the furnace but that's easy. I'm going to trade a trachy to a guy to make my duct work, good deal right :lol: I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked but what can ya do right :wink: I can't wait to pull those trachies ou...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:18 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Fairfax, Virginia (Wash DC area) palms
- Replies: 52
- Views: 19493
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:12 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachy Pics Side by Side
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4242
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:08 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4213
Thanks Cameron, I'm going to leave it up, original I wanted to take it down but it's way to much work and then I'd need to store it somewhere too. It will work great for growing potted stuff in the spring and summer since the temps will be like So. FLA. in there :lol: Thanks Tim, I think the washies...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:01 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
Hey Paul, Yeah, there's a lot of palms in there for sure. Not really much room to do anything in there either, I can walk down the edges and ends a little now but more stuff is going in soon which will really limit access. I'm going to run 5-6 soaker hoses in there so I can actually water stuff if I...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:56 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
Thank You Barb and your husband too! The schedule 40 pipe is actually galvanized pipe, I got it from a commercial fence company right do the street. It's about three times as thick as the HD stuff. Funny story real quick, when I was buying the pipe somehow I was actually talking to the owner of the ...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:06 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:51 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4213
Yeah Erik, 20, and 22 on consecutive nights plus long freeze events. When I looked at them on the cold nights the fronds where covered in ice/frost. It was more like ice! I'd leave them out longer but I'm running out of time to protect them. I need to cover the washies soon as are weather is about t...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:31 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4213
Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
Hello folks, Here's the outdoor greenhouse pictures that have been promised for way to long. I'm not sure if it qualifies as a sanctuary in biblical terms, but a palm sanctuary it is. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone :lol: So Here it is from the beginning, I decided it was a good idea to buy a few h...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:30 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19016
Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse"
Hello folks, Here's the outdoor greenhouse pictures that have been promised for way to long. I'm not sure if it qualifies as a sanctuary in biblical terms, but a palm sanctuary it is. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone :lol: So Here it is from the beginning, I decided it was a good idea to buy a few h...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:53 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Plants in the cold building
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4950
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:22 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: T.nanus x T.wagneranius
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6438
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:17 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: This Hobby is Killing Me
- Replies: 63
- Views: 22758
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:55 pm
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: We'll need this new smiley
- Replies: 49
- Views: 19925
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:22 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: As promised here are the pictures
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7136
That's what I'm up against, 3 ten foot huts and 1 thirteen footer :shock: People mostly waive and give a big smile, some even stop and ask questions about getting their own, and some look discussed. Not that many but who doesn't have a few buzzards in their neighborhoods who hate everything :lol: :l...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:07 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: This Hobby is Killing Me
- Replies: 63
- Views: 22758
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:05 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: First Snowfall - Trachy Protection
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9753
Hey guys, I didn't mean anything special about antifreeze in the palms, I was just referring to the color they change when it's cold out. We had a really good frost going with are low 20's last night. All the fronds had frost all over them and they had that cold palm color in the fronds, that's all ...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:51 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: This Hobby is Killing Me
- Replies: 63
- Views: 22758
I wouldn't bother with the adapter as it will only cause you problems. As long as your outlet is off the ground so it doesn't get wet you'll be fine. I bet your cube is fine too, stick it in the freezer for 5 minutes and then plug it in I bet it will work like a charm :lol: :lol: :lol: Thank You Atl...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:45 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Sago
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4266
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:59 am
- Forum: Off Topic Area
- Topic: Where I live
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4040
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:56 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Winter protection - zone 6
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9016
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:53 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Palm Hut interior getting too warm
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13273
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:48 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: First Snowfall - Trachy Protection
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9753
Iphone got wet on Thanksgiving morning and is dead as a doornail!!! I haven't gotten around to getting another one yet, not sure if a 4 is worth the money that's why I haven't replaced it, 3gs is all I need most likely. Trust me I'll have loads of time to post pictures when all this stuff is done :w...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:41 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: As promised here are the pictures
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7136
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:37 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Washys are covered
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13651
You sure did have snow last year Mike :shock: You have a very favorable climate to grow a trachy, I've seen many pictures of them growing unprotected in your area with a super micro climate of course. I'm sure you have a place in mind up against your house somewhere maybe you can dig out a rhodie or...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:28 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: First Snowfall - Trachy Protection
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9753
Erik, No pictures yet man, Sorry! My girlfriend left my camera at work all last week :shock: I planned on posting some on Thanksgiving. Not really much to see hut wise yet anyways because none of them are up yet :lol: Just a couple of frost cloths and blankets on the washies, I'm toughening everythi...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:19 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: First Snowfall - Trachy Protection
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9753
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner Heidi. I think Tim gave you good advice about getting the plastic off of it, moisture would build up in there for sure and drip into the crown = Bad :lol: Chances are your temps won't be all that bad in the near future so I personally would just cover it when it...
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:05 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Sago
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4266
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:59 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: First Snowfall - Trachy Protection
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9753
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:48 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: As promised here are the pictures
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7136
- Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:14 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Palm hut -- about time!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16916
Nice palm house Erik. Sorry I didn't get right back to you that night I was burnt out to the max. All I was saying about the inferred spot lights is they can totally suck the life out of palm fronds by drying them up with heat. Just keep an eye on them, I would hate for you to go through all that wo...
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:56 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Waterproof heating cables
- Replies: 48
- Views: 25885