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wxman

Looks good! You, Barb and I should have a race for the tallest trachy this far north!

wxman

I'm in the process of building a new greenhouse that's 8'x10'. I went with 8' because that is the maximum width I have to work with and I went with 10' because 12' wide x 100' long poly is what I have to work with... that gives me a little on each side to seam over. I've put down a 2x6 base and a 3/...

wxman

TimMAz6 wrote:Great looking garden Tim!

Thanks Tim! I'm putting a box over the magnolia this winter. Taking no chances!

wxman

Thought I would take some pictures today. It was relatively cool around 80 degrees with a dewpoint in the lower 50s -- real pleasant after a summer of mostly upper 80s and 90s with lots of humidity. This is what you see as you walk up to my house from the sidewalk. I love this angle. http://i7.photo...

wxman

Time for a picture update as we enter August. The yard is easily starting to look very alien for Wisconsin, lol. Ensete maurelii, other bananas and cannas. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/54c0f36e.jpg Ensete maurelii and musa thai black. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/39...

wxman

sashaeffer wrote:And how in the world do you over winter Eneste Bananas? The Christmas Palm? pot in the ground that you pull up in the fall?

Scott/Omaha

Christmas palm is pot planted, so it's easy to pull. The ensetes I just dig up and store bare root in the basement!

wxman

Sheesh, Tim, I remember when those Tiki Gods looked like the biggest things out there. :lol: Quick...take more pics of the house before you can`t see it anymore. Very nice! Barb Another year or so and my front yard will be ALL garden, lol. I should really stop expanding... Can you get addicted to p...

wxman

Do you take the Croton in every winter or is that a plant that overwinters without protection? Also, do you have any photos of your palms at night with the lights on? I'm trying to find a solar powered spot that will give good light for at least 4 or 5 hours. Croton is dug up in the fall and I over...

wxman

Yes, the yard looks awesome!!!! Did you grow your Trachycarpus for a while indoors before planting it outside, or did it start from a younger plant outside? I live in zone 5B/6A depending on the map you look at. I planted the big one as a 3 gallon in 2008. The middle one was planted as a 15 gallon ...

wxman

Trachycarpus lineup. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/b14fcf33.jpg Trunk closeup of oldest with soda can for reference. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/768d0c46.jpg Rhodo, thai black, yucca and ensete maurelii. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/a01b3657.jpg Can...

wxman

Dropped 2 cups of Carl Pool on each of the trachies tonight.

wxman · Sorry, I checked tonight and it's 24-8-16. I was wrong about it being 10-10-10.

Sorry, I checked tonight and it's 24-8-16. I was wrong about it being 10-10-10.

wxman

Looks great! Are they more cold hardy than fortunei?

wxman

Here you go Jim.

April 2010

July 2012

wxman

Great pics Jim. How long have your oldest trachys been in the ground now for? And how big were they when planted? I thought yours were in the ground longer than mine and I can't figure out why mine are rocketing toward the sky so fast. You experiencing the drought down there too? I have to water alm...

wxman

Hot and humid this last week with mostly 90s for highs. 90s again all this week and maybe 100+ for Tuesday. The watering needs are heavy in my garden. The trachy lineup! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/5e2a7076.jpg Closeup of one I planted in 2008. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255...

wxman

sashaeffer wrote:What is the liquid fertilizer formulation? 20-20-20?

How much water do you give it(gallons) and how often so far this hot dry summer?

Scott/Omaha

It's 10-10-10.

I don't know exactly how much water. I just stand there with the garden hose until the soil is soggy.

wxman

wheelman1976 wrote:What specifically are you using for fertilizer?

Carl Pool palm fertilize & Miracle Gro liquid fertilizer.

wxman

hardyjim wrote:Looking good Tim

How tall is it?

The trunk looks like it's growing it's cut branches off.

Jim,

Trunk grew 12 inches since March.

canadianplant,

We're basically in a drought down here. I recorded barely any rain in the last 45 days.

wxman

The new spears of windmill palms always push up yellowish. This is because they haven't begun photosynthesizing yet. Once the leaf opens, you will notice it turn green fast. Don't worry!

wxman

I was outside tonight watering the heck out of everything. There's two things I do a lot of in summer -- water and fertilize. I probably water every other day in June, July and August. I fertilize my palms with Carl Pool twice (early May and July 4th) and then hit them with Miracle-Gro liquid fertil...

wxman

Thanks all. Tim, the edith bogue hasnt done anything besides turn more black. I think its toast.

wxman

Took some pictures tonight on how things are coming along. Yucca filamentosa 'color guard' and magnolia grandiflora '24 below'. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/bfceb354.jpg Magnolia is growing pretty fast for just being planted. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/2460ba5f.jp...

wxman

Cool, thanks for the info. Did you use any heat on the magnolia in the winter or was it just wrapped?

wxman

Wow excellent growth on the basjoo already -- what were your May temperatures like?

wxman

Hey Tavi --

Good work. How cold did the structure get in the winter? Hopefully it will sail through the second winter much better.

What kind of magnolia was that? Did you use extra heat or did you just wrap it?

wxman

Nice! My BBB had some stem die back this year and lost all but 2 leaves... Hope it recovers. If not, I've heard good things about Kay Parris (not leaf hardiness but stem hardiness) and the Spring-grove selections. I'm trying both KP and Spring grove #19 this year, we'll see if they can handle the z...

wxman

hardyjim wrote:Tim

Is the Tetrapanex recovering yet?

Jim -

No it still looks all wilted. Hard to tell if it's alive?

wxman

Nope! I think it's toast! Dug it up tonight and put it in the greenhouse.

wxman

UPS came with my Magnolia grandiflora '24 below' today from Rare Find Nursery. I figured I would take extra care and plant this one right. When I received the 'Edith Bogue', I just dug a hole and stuck it in. Might have been a contributor to its demise, who knows? So here is what I bought. http://ww...

wxman

Tim, love the look of the beds with the larger pine nuggets. If you're in a windy area, they tend to stay down versus the other stuff that blows away. You don't want to give that Magnolia some time to recover? Gorgeous work! Barb Thanks Barb. Magnolia '24 below' is on its way. The one in the ground...

wxman

Grass is a mixture of penncross and A4 bentgrass. Works great when you want to mow low.

wxman

Wow. I can't believe it filled a 24 inch box. How tall is it?

wxman

Great job Tim You will have plenty of entertainment this year-hopefully it will stay nice and warm from here on out but I don't think your Ensetes will go through anything like last year-at this point! I would like to make one suggestion but I won't cuz you have heard it before........ Looking forw...

wxman

Spent about 2 hours last night and another 7 hours today finishing my 2012 plantings. Fertilized with 10/10/10 and watered everything in well. Temperatures are supposed to be 70-80 all week so growth should commence immediately! Here are a TON of pictures to show what I've done this year ... should ...

wxman

Ordered a magnolia grandiflora '24 below' today.

Wonder how that will do compared to Edith Bogue?

wxman

Thanks all. I ordered another one and will put it under heavy winter protection like I do my trachy. Let it get some size and then turn it loose.

I will pot this one up and see what it does ...

wxman

Wow nice success on the washies. I fail at those down here!

wxman

Just after planting - July 2008 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/IMG_0527-1.jpg May 2009 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/IMG_1511.jpg June 2010 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/IMG_2410.jpg May 2011 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/323d6e8f.jpg Ma...

wxman

Main stem looked fine in March ... what the heck???

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