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by hardyjim
Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:35 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Rain and winter cover
Replies: 99
Views: 43057

I definitely plan on updateing this thread as I go along and that includes any cave ins this winter :shock: :P I have found that the tape I planned on using stuck to everything!,untill I tried it on this plastic :evil: ,I think because this"greenhouse film is so much thicker than anything else ...
by hardyjim
Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:42 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: imbracata (tree cholla)
Replies: 11
Views: 10070

These are really cool succulents,mine have,well ,just look at how much they grew this year even though they had to root first ,I started with 4 pieces like the one in first pic(4") and you can see the clump in center of second pic(maybe 12"x12"),biggest prob with these is keeping them...
by hardyjim
Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:05 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Rain and winter cover
Replies: 99
Views: 43057

Thanks barb,I think you guys would be surprised at how strong this stuff is,its called cattle panel and when arched like this would support quite a heavy load,this structure also does not have much room center top for snow,if it is braced on each end and supported across in the middle I think it cou...
by hardyjim
Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:03 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Rain and winter cover
Replies: 99
Views: 43057

Barrie,good question about how to secure the plastic,I think I have a system worked out that will work but I tried using some tape and it did not stick,I am going to order some special plastic tarp tape,if tape does not hold well the back up plan is to lay chicken wire over the plastic on the whole ...
by hardyjim
Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:56 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Any one growing Trithrinax campestris?
Replies: 26
Views: 18041

My guess is once these get a few nice fans they will take off! Post a pic in the spring when you plant it,hopefully I will have a pic of this one to post next spring :?:
by hardyjim
Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:35 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Anyone have a nannorhops ritchiana pics?
Replies: 11
Views: 7521

Nannorrhops Silver- <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/?action=view&current=7-17-08008.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/7-17-08008.jpg" border="0" alt="Nannhorrhops S.silver 7-17-...
by hardyjim
Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:42 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Any one growing Trithrinax campestris?
Replies: 26
Views: 18041

D-zone,this thread is an old one but the blue needle palm is one of my favorites,so much so that I considered digging mine up today :wink: however I will give this a go here in 5b this winter,this palm has been pretty solid all summer so why not?Here is a pic when it was planted a little over 3 mont...
by hardyjim
Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:18 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Rain and winter cover
Replies: 99
Views: 43057

Thanks Barrie.The archs will be connected across the middle,as in braced from one side to the other about a third of the way down from the top,this keeps it from flexing and allows tha arch to support a heavey load like an arch should.I will also have posts near the bottom of each corner to make sur...
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: My desert
Replies: 18
Views: 13294

Thanks Josef,I actually have a Echinocereus reichenbachii,very cool!
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Rain and winter cover
Replies: 99
Views: 43057

Rain and winter cover

So here are a few pics of winter and rain protection,this first phase is to help with keeping cactus on dry side as there is still quite a bit of moisture 4" down in cactus bed.I have already grown tired of covering the cactus bed even though I only had to do it once so far,this structure will ...
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:28 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachycarpus Fortunei
Replies: 27
Views: 12601

Oppalm,looking forward to your stratiegerie :wink:
Antti,good to see you over here! :D
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:03 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Yucca brevifolias ( Joshua Trees )
Replies: 89
Views: 54322

Beautiful yuccas D-Z,I did not realize they are so beautiful when young.We have had a wet summer here in Iowa and mine rotted,it was also covered in scale!it has since been cleaned up and rotted stuff cut off so hopefully it will come back for next year,I did not know their growth could be on par wi...
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:45 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
Replies: 33
Views: 24780

I just put up my rain shield on my cactus garden,which will become the winter cover for the palms too. <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/?action=view&current=10-16-08038.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbe...
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:39 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
Replies: 33
Views: 24780

Wow!,now I feel like the lucky 1 :shock: ! I did not even notice there is a desert area,its going to take days to look through all these threads :lol:
by hardyjim
Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:33 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: My desert
Replies: 18
Views: 13294

Beautiful blooms!What kind of cactus is that?
by hardyjim
Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:07 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachycarpus princeps
Replies: 5
Views: 4142

I agree that princeps is one of the faster growing trachys,mine has put out 5 new leaves since opening its first fan in march- <a href="http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm220/orbea641/?action=view&current=9-29-08001.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i297.photobucke...
by hardyjim
Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: Most Northern Palms
Topic: Palm Trivia -- did you know?
Replies: 13
Views: 11572

Very cool palm,thought it would be more cold hardy,guess I won't be growing one in Iowa :lol:
by hardyjim
Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:29 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
Replies: 33
Views: 24780

Absolutely beautiful!!! :lol:
by hardyjim
Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:45 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
Replies: 33
Views: 24780

WOW!awesome pictures!I think we can all agree that trachys have mixed like the domestic dog.Your palm really looks like a, dare I say TAKIL oh god,I said it,well of coarse it could never be takil :wink: however it certainly is not pure fortunei and thats a good thing (not that there is anything wron...
by hardyjim
Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:53 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: green or blue princeps?
Replies: 3
Views: 3195

I think the palm pictured is referred to as T.nova
by hardyjim
Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Pics of my Trachy Fortunei and need some suggestions.
Replies: 8
Views: 5998

Palmman.definitely don't fertilize anymore from roots,you want it to start hardening growth off at this point for winter,the only fertilizer I would use this late in the season would be something like dyna-gro, pro-tekt a potassium&silicon based solution for increasing cell wall thickness cold a...
by hardyjim
Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:40 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Variations of blue Sabal Louisiana
Replies: 3
Views: 2792

Beautiful Sabals.S.louisiana has become one of my favorite sabals,all three of the small ones I bought this year started growing as soon as they hit the ground,if I can bring these through the winter(with protection) they should look that nice by next year :wink: http://www.postimage.org/Pq1lSS80.jpg
by hardyjim
Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:01 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Palm tree in the Grand canyon??
Replies: 4
Views: 3436

Thats a strange looking rock its growing out of,it almost looks like a pot :evil: