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Scott that`s a great idea "sun tubes"for the garage. I have been using T5 fluorescent bulbs to give extra light in my garage. The sun would be a whole lot cheaper

How much all in for one sun tube? I may need two or three next winter.

John

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Thanks Aaron for the comments. Barb thanks for the heads up on BoP blooming info. Now I just have to get the chainsaw running to cut a hole in ceiling for the BoP next winter

John

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Scott great pics and info on your palms. Really like the barrel`s for protection idea. I`m not the only palm nut using the garage as a storage area for palms. What are you using to heat the garage in the winter?

John

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Thanks Barb and Chad. Barb I`ve had that BoP for several years now and still nothing doing with a bloom yet. Any tips for me on getting it to bloom?

John

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Here are my Yuccas that have been planted since 2008. The Y.rigidas look like they barely made it again this year.

www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/

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Chad. Great pics. Your pics reminded me I have to get some more Agaves for my collection. What is the cold hardiest Agave? Our snow and cold has disappeared for weeks now. We now know where it went to.

John

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Duke. Very nice collection of palms, bananas, bamboo, cactus, and other exotics. Do you put the potted plants into the double garage in the winter? Great video thanks.

John

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Hi Barb. Don`t give up on that date palm just yet. Mine looked similar to yours when I uncovered it last year. www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/16554503815/ www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/16552824831/ Give it some tlc for the next couple of months in the crown. You can put it in a smaller pot ...

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Hi Barb. I have had some mold issues not pink but I`m sure they are just as bad no matter what color. I`ve lost a few palms because I didn`t treat them right away. The mold killed the newest spear and then it was off to a happier place

I`m going to check all mine again for mold.

John

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Aaron those Joshua`s look great. I`ll take some pics of mine. Maybe you can tell what variety I have? Can`t wait till mine get that large.

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Barb nice to see everything doing good. Are you going to spray that Washy with some hydrogen peroxide? I`m going to try planting one more larger W.filifera this spring. You have done well with them since planted. Your Y. rostrata`s have grown a lot since I remember them last as well as the Brahea ar...

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Barb I mummy wrapped the CIDP with fiberglass insulation. That was it`s downfall. No light for 2 1/2 months and lack of air circulation caused spear rot. I sprayed the crown with hydrogen peroxide just in time. It took all spring summer and fall to grow 3 small fronds. It would not take another wint...

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Hi Barb. Great to get back to talking palms on PN. Thanks for the well wishes. How is that CIDP doing this winter. Mine barely survived last winter. I dug it up in Nov. It`s now happy in a pot and experiment is over. Now you get teach that little grandson of yours how to grow palm trees :D Congrats....

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Great pics Aaron. I never get tired of pics from Arizona. Wow quite the deluge down mainstreet from that storm. Had a chuckle with the two guys with bailing buckets in their front yard.

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Thanks guys! I will try and post a little more often.

John

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Mike Palms do survive here with protection. They have to be cold hardy palms. My favorite is Trachycarpus fortunei.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachycarpus_fortunei

John

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Some info. http://gardenguides.com/106899-plant-li ... bulbs.html.
http://bhg.com/gardening/houseplants/ca ... ow-lights/

You might want to check your local buy and sell for used grow lights. Hope this helps.

John

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Thanks for your comments Beny. Igor my palms go into my heated double garage for the winter.Not very expensive to heat it. Winter here has been very mild thanks to El nino this year.

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Just my 2 cents worth. First off great job. You will have to put a small fan on those seedlings as they will fall over from lack of resistence from outside wind. They will stretch for the sunlight outside. Get a strong grow light with high lumens to slow the stretch. Keep up the good work.

John

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Here is the tallest T. fortunei growing in my area. http://flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/15995707182/ Some of my palms. Scroll for more pics http://flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/15994561711/ Vancouver BC. palms. Scroll for lots of pics. http://flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/15720184404/ Still got ...

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39c 102f with no humidex. Just 65 miles south of us Osoyoos B.C. 41c 104f.

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Jim WOW!!! Everything looks great. How old is the Pachypodium in the pot? Seed grown? I have one about that size and everyone always comments on the jurassic look . Cheers amigo.

Johnny

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92f 34c . Bring on da heat!!!!!!!!!!

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Barb it looks great planted. Did you use any root booster after the chop?

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I mummy wrapped it in fiberglass insulation and had a small space heater trained on it when we got a cold snap.
www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/1352 ... otostream/

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Ks I`m not sure what type of phoenix it is. I bought it of the local buy and sell they had listed it as a windmill palm for $40.00. I`m just glad it made it through it`s first winter. Total experiment on this palm.

John

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Lots of other palm,yucca pics as well. Lowest temp -16c winter 2013-2014

Johnwww.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/

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Who knew Canada was like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueu57jlVRB8

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The pyramids are under a blanket of snow!http://mashable.com/2013/12/13/snow-egypt-syria-israel/

John

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Jim nice pics. How much heat do the rope lights give off?

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Bad word SNOW! Sunny and 8c here today.

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They are looking good Aaron. I can`t wait till mine get that big.

John

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Thanks Barb. Lill said no way to making the ceiling twice the size for the BOP. I guess I will never know the species I have. Is there a way to tell? Anybody from P.N. forum? Blue orange would be cool!

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Barb the pics you see are from this spring. I`ll post the new ones I took yesterday soon. I would like nothing better than to bring the 13 ft BOP in the house. I`m thinking of how to raise the ceiling some how

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Paul no digging for the CIDP or anything in the ground. I will give it extra protection this winter. Jesse the wine barrels look good but cost to much for all the palms. I can now get plastic 50 gal. concentrate barrels from a u brew place here to cut and use for free next spring. Yes a bird of para...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/10584893024/

John

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Jim no hairs no winter. I see the thinking

John

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No tape! Big boy will survive without it.

John

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Don`t forget to use lots of mulch on the ground around the trunk.

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Erik looks to be settling in nicely.

John

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