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Hey Barb . Not sure how long. Not sure what caused the leaning. Fronds not looking great but I think they will survive if weather stays ok. If it survives I think I might just wrap in insulation next year. It has been a fairly mild winter this year.

hasty22

thanks Jim. I applied it exactly how you said. I put burlap, I then wrapped in heat tape, I then wrapped in pink insulation and finally covered with waterproof sack. The only thing I did not check is for condensation. I did not put heat tape over top of insulation. That is green painters tape. Last ...

hasty22

Hello I noticed my trachy leaning lately. So since the temp warmed up decided to check it out. Found out the heat tape wire was fried. Dont know if it was because of the insulation over the heat tape, or faulty heat tape thermostat. Last year I just wrap my plants in heat tape , burlap and shrink wr...

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I agree with the yucca cane as well. I was going to say that for my second choice.
Nice flower on the Bop Barb. hopefully this year for mine.

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No Barb. I am not sure how big they have to be or if are summer is long enough?

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Which tropical plant or plants do you find easy to take care of after being brought in for the winter? Let me start I have had the giant white bird of paradise, strelitzia nicolaigiant, in house for 2 winters. Just water it and its fine. love it! On the other end of the scale I have very little luck...

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I found some Piru Queen palm seeds on ebay ( Arecastrum Romanzoffianum) . Located in US 5 seeds for $2.99.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arecastrum-roma ... OC:CA:3160

hasty22

Hi Barb . I was wondering what type of palm is the one that is furthest away in pic?
Keith

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Has anybody used peat pellets for a small amount of seed, or is this too expensive or does not work?
Keith

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Thanks Barb. Very nice palm. Are you thinking the tropical mix will retain too much water?
Keith

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Hello I bought a ponytail palm with 7 plants in one pot so I wanted to divide them. I pulled it out of pot , separated roots carefully, using a 4 inch clay pot with drainage hole I put rock in bottom that I had washed and bleached. I then put plant and soil in pot. My question is I used a tropical s...

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Thanks for the comments guys. Barb I ordered: Adonidia merrillii (Christmas palm) Dioon edule ( Mexican Cycad) Dypsis decaryi (Triangle palm) Dypsis lutescens (Butterfly palm) Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (Spindle palm) Phoenix canariensis (Canary island date palm) Ravenala madagascariensis ( Traveller'...

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"I'm unsure about Banana's I haven't has any of my Musa Basjoo pop yet its been about 5 weeks "

Hey teebee I tried musa basjoo once in baggie and had no luck either. so for now I just cut off pups.

hasty22

Hey Tim I like the beer cooler idea. It keeps a small area warm with plenty of room for seed baggies or containers. This allows you to keep more seeds warm than just putting the baggies on the heating pad. It probably uses far less energy as well. But...... where do you put the beer?

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I soaked my seeds for 2 days in warm water at room temperature, except for the royal palm which I soaked for 5 days, changing the water daily. I did not add any peroxide or rinse with bleach., which may be a mistake. With the paper towel method I dampened paper towel, folded in half, then put the se...

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Hey guys and gals, I was wondering what methods of germinating seeds have worked for you. I am trying the ziploc container with seed starting mix. Also trying ziploc containers with damp paper towel. I have tried the ziploc bag method once before with no luck, but it may have been the seeds. Let me ...

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I always wrap with heat tape leaving thermostat in open. then wrap with insulation and waterproof protection. heat tape only turns on if it gets cold. I use this in zone 5b in canada

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I got ten different types of palm seeds ( one is a cycad) I soaked them for 2 days except for the royal palm which is 6 days. I wrote down how many had sunk and the total number of seeds for each variety. I then used 2 methods the first is ziploc container using seed start mix and extra perlite. the...

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Hi Barb . looks like a good selection of palms. I to am doing the same thing today as well. I also got my seeds from the same place. Been soaking them since friday night and was going to put them in containers this afternoon. I was going to try 2 methods ziploc container with starting mix and extra ...

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Hey Tim the greenhouse looks great. I am also thinking about doing a greenhouse next year. The other thing I am interested in is the windmill palm seedlings. They look great! would you mind letting me know what you do to germinate the seedlings. I am new at this so any help would be appreciated! tha...

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Sounds great , I will have to get some t- cubes for next winter , one question does the t-cube go inside the structure or outside? So what do we do now wait till next spring and see if our winter protection is a success? Or do we buy more tropicals? Get some seeds? take a holiday? lol

hasty22

Thanks guys that looks like they would work. learn something new every day.
Keith

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Thanks for the comments. Beny I was wondering what a thermocube is? Also some people say you dont get much heat from a cfl bulb. I have never used bulbs so I can't say. good luck!
Keith

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yay it worked

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Hey just trying to post photos directly to post instead of postimage. this is of the trachy winter cover <a href="http://s1291.beta.photobucket.com/user/khasty22/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b543/khasty22/DSCN1474.jpg" border=&...

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Hey hardyjim it says on the package the heat tape turns on and stays on if the tempature is colder than 3C or colder than 38 F.
Keith

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Thanks guys for the remarks. Last year all I did was put burlap , heat tape, burlap and shrink wrap and both my european palm and Musa Basjoo survived no problem. This year I replaced the shrink wrap with 4 inch pink insulation wrap and waterproof cover. I am thinking this is much better protection.

hasty22

Thanks Barb. Actually did most of that yesterday, but had heat tape going before that. That weird clear heat tape thing is the thermostat and indicator light. I bought them from home depot. Lots of snow this morning but starting to melt away. looks like hopefully rain this week. take care
Keith

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Hey Barb. If you check out the 6th picture you will see a tan heat tape. It also does the Camellia beside it.

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Here is pictures of how I protected my Musa Basjoo plants. Used the same style last year but this year used pink insulation instead of shrink wrap. I noticed shrink wrap held in moisture. Still Basjoo survived no problem last winter. http://s16.postimage.org/oqdox0m81/DSCN1416.jpg http://s16.postima...

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Here is how I protected my trachy and I believe a European fan palm. I also did my Musa Basjoo in the same way will post photos of that soon in banana section of PN. I did this last year but without the insulation, instead I used shrink wrap, the only problem with shrink wrap is it holds moisture in...

hasty22

Hi Beny , I live in zone 5b. I wrapped my palm like that last year but all I did was wrap in burlap, wrap heat tape all way up , then burlap again and finally shrink wrap. this spring there was some brown fronds but palm otherwise was great and completely recovered. I did not use any posts. I actual...

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No Barb I did not fertilize any outside plants. thanks
Keith

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Looks good Barb, I have to look at protection this weekend. I thought I seen superstore having a bunch of small pool cover bubble wrap on clearance. What else did the pool boy have to say? lol

hasty22

thanks barb. I went out to art knapp this week and got some palm and tropical fertilizer it is 9-3-9+ micros , it is the same ratio as you had said and it has manganese like you said. gave most of my plants a sprinkle, since it has been awhile. I was more concerned about the speckled stem if that is...

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I have a foxtail palm that was grown from seed in 2010. I noticed the stem is speckled and a little bit of a white powdery looking stuff at 1/4 way up stem. was not sure if this is normal or there is something I should do. Any advice would be appreciated. http://s12.postimage.org/xxue3uie1/DSCN1394....

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You are good!!! I got a Brahea nitida from 2012 seed, Veitchia (christmas palm) from 2012 seed, Phoenix date palm " Deglet Noor" from 2011/2012 seed, Phoenix date palm " Medjool" from 2011/2012 seed, wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm) from 2010 seed, Trachycarpus fortunei ( windmi...

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A lovely lady dropped me off 7 different young palms this morning. I would like to thank her again. Took a picture so I could see what size they are now.
It looks like a good collection.

hasty22

I have planted a couple of new palms in the last 2 years. I always dig a hole, put gravel in bottom of hole, and then add good soil or potting soil with good drainage. I also live in zone 5b in canada. I agree that is rot or too much water. I am not sure about moving inside for winter. The problem I...

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Yes Barb the 7th pic is the palm that looked bad this spring, recovered nicely. Been thinking about winter protection. will still put heat tape around trunk, not sure what i will do around fronds. Also hardyjim thanks for your comments, I took a couple of pups off early June one is doing great the o...

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