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Tim, it looks dead. I was out inspecting my magnolia edith bogue today and noticed it looked rotten in some areas. Well, most the "flexible" buds broke right off and everything was brown/mushy inside. I did some research on how to find live material on woody plants, and I guess if you scra...

wxman

Frond #3 on one trachy, frond #2 on the other for me.

wxman

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Tim,

no new growth on my Mag yet.......trees are flushing out now. The Mag should be perk'n up in the next week or so. How's your Mag doing.....any life yet?

No life on it yet. Guess it's wait and see time.

wxman

Nice job Tim!! I think I'd have zero change with Eucs here. Any movement on your magnolia?

wxman

TimMAz6 wrote:Hey Tim...........what do you have germing in those flats?? You have a lot of flats!!

Assorted annual flowers. To add some color around my tropicals.

wxman

TimMAz6 wrote:A few more weeks and we'll see some new growth coming........PS your grass looks mint!

Do the stems/buds look alive to you?

And ... thanks! It's penncross creeping bent grass. I mow it 4x a week with a reel mower.

wxman

Trachy looking great!! Not even minor damage to the emerging spear. Last year I had the yellow ring of damage on first two fronds. This year two fronds have pushed out already and both look pristine! This thing is gonna get huge this year!! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/5ae93065.jpg ...

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Magnolia now completely defoliated. Buds are looking ok though. Still flexible. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/765c17dd.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/b4613932.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/dc7b3501.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman...

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Wow Jim.

Impressive. Do you find removing the castor beans in the fall to be a pain in the ass? I grew them one year and cursed at the woody stumps and roots.

wxman

Picked this up at Menards a few days ago. Stuffed it full with my tropicals and some flower seed flats. It's 75 in there with a dewpoint of 70 while it is only 51.3 outside! :twisted: Next year I'm setting it up mid March and stuffing it full. Should be able to get huge robust plants before its even...

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Thanks for those pictures Tim. I see some of the same "black" bark that mine has. All the buds are still soft and pliable. If dead, they would be hard and break easy, no? Jim, I agree. I am not cutting anything off until I see how growth will resume. I think I got blessed with the best pos...

wxman

Washy looks good. Watch out for root rot from frozen soils. That's what zapped mine.

wxman

Need some magnolia experts!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQOntFvuG8

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... of T. Fortuneis. I have TWO other bins just like this. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/a2631b87.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/f885fa8a.jpg When should I separate them into individual pots? Seems new ones are pushing up from the soil still and I don't want to dis...

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Mowed the lawn for the second time tonight. Took some pictures of how everything is progressing. Also wanted to show you some flashbacks to the same time period last year. Emerald green! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/c7ee1f79.jpg This was taken 4/7/2011. Almost a FULL TWO WEEKS later...

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canadianplant wrote:Hey tim (wisconson tim ) HEads up for this weekend, you might be getting the same arctic blast that I am for a day or 2.

Nope, nothing below 40 (at night) here. 50s/60s during the day.

wxman

Kinda looks the same as mine. I'm wondering if the Wilf pruf hurt it ?? Seems weird to have that much damage on mine and none on yours.

Wilt pruf suffocated the plant? Hmmm...

wxman

Hi Tim, that first bud looks damaged and/or dead. Hopefully the Mag will flush out big time for you and it will get more established. My Mag has never seen a high temp in the low single digits. The coldest high was probably 10-12F or so. Lowest temp was -8F. BUT mine is against a south facing 6' ta...

wxman

I'm wondering if one of my stems is dying back. While it previously looked fine, one of the buds appears to have shriveled up a bit. Also there is some discoloration appearing on the stem. We've had temperatures in the 70s for the past week, so maybe now significant damage is first showing up? Take ...

wxman

Thanks everyone. Only made it to 78 today

. LOL just kidding, it was a top shelf day. More 70s most of the week!

wxman

I am in Windsor Ontario and I reviewed the forecast temperature and the average temperature and there was nothing under 10 'c. So I decided to open my winter projection. I am so glad I did. There were six branches that were full of mildow. I cut all six off the tree and the rest of the palms look g...

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The epic weather continues here! This past week has had the warmest March temperatures I've ever seen in my life. 3/10 - 60 3/11 - 67 3/12 - 58 3/13 - 64 3/14 - 79 3/15 - 74 3/16 - 71 3/17 - 75 Now here's the forecast for the next several days.. Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind b...

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We may be going for the warmest March ever! Almost constant 60s/70s for highs for next week and a half when the normals are low 40s/mid 20s for highs/lows. We will end up being fully leafed out by April 1st if this continues - 30 days early! And of course, a picture. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums...

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Hit 63.3F today. Glad I uncovered!!!

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And we just crossed 60F. Unbelievable! Glad they are not covered in this! Cooked palms!

wxman

Wow it's 50F out. Can't wait to see how the trachys are responding to the sunshine and warmth. Might be near 60 by the time I get home.

wxman

Hit 34F today, low tonight is 28F. Tomorrow's high 53F, Wednesday 56F. Then 40s/50s/60s for rest of 15 day outlook. Uncovered my trachys. Looks like they pulled through last nights debacle. It hit 8F when the forecast low was in the 20s. I didn't have any heat on and the internal temperature of the ...

wxman

Unfortunately, I think it's going to die. How much light was it getting in the garage? I had a robusta under too little light that got all limp and just died. I think it was also coupled with too moist of soil. Best bet is to replace the soil immediately with a lightweight mix that's barely moist. G...

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A couple of weeks ago I brought my orinocos up out of dark storage and started waking them up. Tonight I brought my large ensete maurelii up from dark storage and potted them up. Added a light soil mix with perlite and gently watered until moist. They are all in front of the window. Last spring I ma...

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hardyjim wrote:Did you guys get much snow Tim?(Wxman)

I noticed after you posted this that it was snowing there

We got a dusting, temp fell to 33.5, then it changed to rain and it's currently 49 out. Got over 1/2 inch of rain last night so I'm glad I left the tops on.

wxman

Came home from work early and decided to start dismantling the protection. I took off the foam and removed the west panel. Going to leave the other three panels up with the roof for another week or two. If some freak cold comes, I can quickly staple a layer of poly on the open side and throw in a he...

wxman

Wow Tim, that looks great. What was your winter low, and your coldest winter high?

wxman

Looks good Jim. I want to desperately take my boxes off, just waiting for the right moment. Afraid some fierce cold might come once I remove things.

wxman

Another video update. Magnolia leaves looking pretty much toast. Hope it doesn't have any dieback. <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y6wv4V_Mljk?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScree...

wxman

Looks good Jim.

I've had almost ZERO snow this winter. Ground is bare right now, loving it! Will we pay this spring and summer? LOL.

Let's just not repeat summer of 2009.

wxman

hardyjim wrote:I can hook you up with some in spring Tim.

The one I have is Steroidal giant.

Awesome! I was looking for the steroidal giant. How do you overwinter these?

wxman

Where can I get some of these this spring?

wxman

Bev,

That's not an Edith Bogue. I want an ID now because I want that tree!

wxman

Hi Tim You went for the small pack of Tracy seeds? :lol: Boy that's a lot of work. I remember when Kiril sent me 3,000 of his Bulgarian palm seeds back in 2000......my wife did not care for the 10 flats of seedlings in the kitchen. I could not understand.......does't everybody keep seedlings all ov...

wxman

Yes, the snow is gone again. LOL. Non-winter continues, 42 today, 48 tomorrow, 50 Monday. My ground has ZERO frost in it. Was digging around in my beds a bit today, lol. Magnolia 'Edith Bogue' is pretty burned, hoping it gets better with the years to come. -5F probably did the most damage. Most othe...

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