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Hey guys, just uncovered my Windmill palms today, 2-3 weeks before the average. Normal temp. at this time here in Mirabel, Canada is +1c in the day and -9c in the night. But for the next 2 weeks, the forecast is +10 to +15c and almost no frost for the night, thx global warming...so i had no damage a...

Thanks , im agree with that, more mature they are more tough they are too...but i was only worry about the ground frost to hard. If is only few inch deep, i think its ok. But with temp. always below zero in the box, the frost will go deeper, and that is not good.

Hi guys, just don t forget to put some heating at the base of the palm, like heat cable or C9 lights ( 10-12 C9 is enought ) ,the fluorescent bulb is not enought unles if you put at least 3x23 watts at the base. Cause if you put the light at the middle of the box, the ground will frost at the feet o...

Oui, effectivement...je vais continuer en anglais pour nos voisin anglophone. We get the -20 to -25c around 3-5 days in the winter. But this winter is mild like you in the US...good for the palms...now its -9c here in Mirabel and inside the protections is +5 to +8c .

More info, we ve got -22 celcius during a night last week and in my Trachy box front of my house, the temperature went down to -8 celcius with the technique i mentionned before and -4 celcius in the Butia box with a technique similar with more lights. So by very cold night , i have more than the 12 ...

For Lucky1 and seedscanada, Mike did not install my protection, but he sold me the palms, he s the better palms suppliers in Montreal and Quebec...my protections is similar in fact, i use 3 different tehcnique depend of the palm species. If you have seen the forum with arctic tropical `guy in Utah. ...

HI everybody, i just posted a few video on youtube about our winter palm protection, like Trachy, butia and sabal palmetto. Check on this last video, is it french but i have some in english, sorry for my accent LOL...
http://youtu.be/2S4ll8Gigfk

Hi everybody, just to let you know, i ve post new video on youtube about my winter protection for palms like Trachy, Sabal palmetto and Butia. http://youtu.be/2S4ll8Gigfk
This video is in french, but i have other in english, sorry about my accent lol...