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Beny

33c, 92f...feeling like 40c or 102f with the humidity

....like that...

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Beny

Welcome Chris, nice to see those palms are able to live there

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Beny

Wow...are you sure you did not replace it by a new one

...never had that rapid grow here, amazing ...

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Beny

I had the same problem with my 5 feets Needle palm. I used C9 with T3 in the mummywrap method. When i toke off the protection, it had all the outside fronds dried, but the Inside fronds was green. After 2-3 weeks, it became to dried completely, i don't know why. Never the temp. Inside the protection...

Beny

Good job...well done, give a nice tropic look

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Beny

Damn it, im on the edge of the cooler than average temperature

...just Wake up this morning with a +14c outside

..i almost sweat in my bed last night

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Beny

Yepee....nice plants, can t wait to see my tree s flowering, 2 weeks late this year

....still few degree's celcius below average

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Beny

Links does nt work

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Beny

Yeah, and you should see the girl living there

....you ll wont believe your eye's

....will try to take picture of the palm and the girl beside

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Beny

Hi Jorge, just check on my youtube channel Under expressiontropicale, i posted lot of videos. Some videos explaining how i protect palms near Montréal. Or check post i made here or my website at expressiontropicale.com ( it s in french )

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Beny

There s some pics about 2 Trachy i unwrapped last week, they are in zone 4a, at the Laurentian foot hill, few degree s celcius colder than my house. Im very happy to see they are good :D ...they were protected with the wrapping.. Just post another video ou Youtube... http://s8.postimg.org/5z4dp9uhd/...

Beny

Thx Guy's for your comments :D ...the LED rope heat a bit when you put your hand on and wait few minutes, you ll feel the heat. But i think i will continue to use the Easyheat tape, all the palms i wrapped (except the one at my house with the LED) had that tape and i had good result with that. Cost ...

Beny

I tried on a Butia and it had almost no damage, but mine at my home had a bit more burned tips. I ve had a probe Inside 2 wrapping and the lowest temp. i monitorized was -6c even at -28c outside. So i think this technique can work for Windmill, Butia, Needle and Chamaerops. But for smaller palms i w...

Beny

Just unwrapped last palms near St-Jérôme, 30km north of Montréal, zone 4b....all Trachycarpus looks good, few burn tips thats it

...so, definitively, that method work well even in very cold climate. So, i will protect the futur palms with that method. No more box

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Beny

Wow, nice surf link....thx...unbelievable, these guy's surf in that cold weather....brrrr...the water was so cold too !!! Im probably going down to New Jersey coast next july again, i tried last time to surf. will try again for sure

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Beny

In these videos, i used heat tape (Easyheat brand). But at my home, the LED rope did the job too. I think it turn on more often than the heat tape. With adding 2-3 inches insulation between the vapor-barier and tarp, the LED will do the job.
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Beny

There you go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yn43Jw ... ture=share

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Beny

I wrapped at least 11 ( 2 Butia and 9 Trachy Fortunei, 8-12 feets tall) with the same method: 2 Easyheat cable one 12 feets at the ground and one 16-24 feets around the trunck and foliage, they have their own thermostat. I located the thermostat one on the ground and the other at the crown level. Th...

Beny

Just took of the wrapping protection, and guess what......it work well even the horrible winter we had here. Here s a video i toke yesterday. It is in french, but will post other in English for you soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3tR5ZFVTk&list=UUCnC1GmEEAUNAR4CBYZCrhw&feature=share Ben

Beny

Yeah, im working on that

...will unwrap more others this Saturday, but im pretty sure they will have damages

...will take off box soon too....

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Beny

Here s a video after unwrapping some palms...box method is still better but wrapping could work easily in zone 5-6.

http://youtu.be/7gMnZjGXtYU

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Nice job Tavi, glad to see everything looks good....my Washy looks like yours. Will uncover it and few other palms in the next days. To much snow still here, few place still having a feet

....but i see grass in some other place on my yard

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Beny

I never had problem with the 2x2 box, even if the roots goes outside the larger of the box. Maybe because we have 1-2 feets of snow every year over it. Im doing the same protection with the wrapping as for the box. 9-12 feets heatcable Easyheat with their own thermostat around the base on the ground...

Beny

I thought LED gave off next to no heat... are you thinking that that strand gives off enough heat to keep the fronds from burning? I though the samething about the LED, but when the strand is on, it take 3-4 min to feel the heat. So, if our finger feel the heat, its because that heat is over 37c . ...

Beny

Sorry Wheelman, Dan is right...that LED cable is only 54 watts for 30 feets long. The cable stay on more often, like that there s no peak of high heat. That help to prevent burn to the leaves. I was nt sure last fall if that will work, but after all, it work very well

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Hi guy's, Just start today to unwrap few palms at my home. All palms with the wrapping method survived the worst winter we ve had in 20 years :shock: ...The Trachy at the front of my house , the one i added some insulation in january, has better result. So, when using 30 feets DEL Christmas light co...

Beny

Looks good....well done

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Beny

Our coldest winter in 20 years too here

...we ve had a bit less snow than usual...but the cold was insane this winter

...will uncover palms in the next 2 weeks and will see

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Ca fait plaisir ....and im agree, i like the Sabal too...but in Kansas, they have better climate than here. But with adding 2-3 inches insulation, we should have the same result. Will probably unwrap some palms monday, will be +8c :D ...finally....bye bye snow...but will take at least 1.5-2 weeks to...

Beny

There s a link on Youtube who someone post, never seen that video before but it is in Kansas. The guy protect large Sabal Palmetto with wrapping, check it out

http://youtu.be/qUVi3Mcvgxs

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Will be able to open the wrapping palms maybe next week, forecast will finally be over 40-50 F :D ...snow will start to melt. We are 2 weeks later than the average :x ... I will post video soon showing the result of the wrapping technique. For now, the Butia looks like having a lot of dammage and th...

Beny

Geeeezzz....just got another 4-6 inches of f.... snow :x ...foracaster say that we ve gonna have another week Under the normal temp. will warm up next thursday..can someone can tell me why i stay here ? Why my parents are not from somewhere else, where there is no winter, like California, Florida......

Beny

Looks good Barb, for you its more easier to protect those palms than us here. We have for 2 years in a row a really bad winter. With no big warm up till 1-2 weeks :cry: ...palms with mummywrap will sure have dommages this winter. But those who i add insulation during this winter looks not to bad... ...

Beny

Barb, im landscaper, so ill work all the year and not only 6 months

....but all of this is a dream for now but i try hard to make this real

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Teebe, where you going in Mexico ?

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Id like to move where you are guy's but its funny to say that Florida is closer than BC :wink: ...3000km instead of more than 4500km..You have nice view there with the rockies :D ... Here the people say Québec is beautifull, some place yes but those people never went outside the province. You just n...

Beny

HA! Yeah, and i will protect them from the warm winter with adding A/C in the box instead of C9

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That's funny Ben! I moved out of there 6 years ago for the same reasons. My last winter in Montreal (2008) had snow in April!!! :( Although, it kept the beers cold sitting in the sun :wink: Don't forget to thank Tante Pauline for your move to Florida! lol I'm sure that your palms are fine, and I'm a...

Beny

What the hell i did for having this kind of weather this year....just got another 6 inches of snow and we still having temp. 10-15 c below normal :shock: ...this snow will never melt or what ? I really think to make the big move next year and move to Florida....I have the worst winter, pay a lot of ...

Beny

I try for the second winter the mummy wrap method, no more box. I made some modification this winter and for now its look not to bad. I have at least 22 nights Under -2 F :shock: ...and the temp. Inside wrapping never went down Under 20 F. So, in your area, Kansas, your winter is less worst than her...

Beny

HA! I understand, me too

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