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by bananieru
Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:42 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Big Boy Trachy
Replies: 14
Views: 7433

:)
by bananieru
Fri May 31, 2013 12:10 pm
Forum: Wildlife From The Palm Gardens
Topic: Quail eggs
Replies: 34
Views: 21219

No more babysitting the eggs from predators...I'm able to get on with my life
The fun just starts, now you have to babysit real chicks. When is 2 years in quail years?
by bananieru
Tue May 28, 2013 12:12 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: New Trachy for me...
Replies: 15
Views: 5868

I used plywood and that's exactly where I stored them, above the garage door. No problem for one, but very quick they start to add up. I'm thinking of using this in the future http://www.homedepot.ca/product/white-corrugated-plastic-sheet-157-inch-x-48-inch-x-96-inch/924856 reinforced with a 2x2 and...
by bananieru
Tue May 28, 2013 7:09 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: New Trachy for me...
Replies: 15
Views: 5868

Ben, How large are your boxes? Originally I made mine 4x4 and there is no problem with them. But this creates a problem with storing them in the winter. I'm thinking 2x2 would be enough, but this may create other problems. You have to tie them so they don't touch the boxes, also is 2x2 enough to pro...
by bananieru
Sun May 26, 2013 7:24 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

I learned the lesson: don't treat a washy like a trachy. Both Trachycarpus , a fortunei and a wagnerianus had no problem with the snow. Meanwhile the Washingtonia ...

Tavi
by bananieru
Sun May 26, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: Wildlife From The Palm Gardens
Topic: Quail eggs
Replies: 34
Views: 21219

Any news here?
Tavi
by bananieru
Sun May 26, 2013 4:48 pm
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: Yet another new addition........
Replies: 227
Views: 146077

They did not ask. They were more interested in cigarettes and booze. Good to know next time if they ask; houseplants because who in the right mind would grow palms outside in Canada?
To be honest they grow so slow that they can be house plants for a long time.
by bananieru
Sun May 26, 2013 1:44 pm
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: Yet another new addition........
Replies: 227
Views: 146077

Adonidia http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2013/Garden/20130526_7612_zps6b477998.jpg and these came with me from US in the spring: Sabal Birgmingham and Sabal Minor http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/20130526_7626_zpse4fd2552.jpg http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68...
by bananieru
Sun May 26, 2013 1:26 pm
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: adonidia palm tree
Replies: 11
Views: 9064

Image
by bananieru
Sun May 26, 2013 1:25 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

After loosing all the fronds the washy is started to grow again.

Image
by bananieru
Sat May 25, 2013 8:51 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Cactus flowers & (now)some palms
Replies: 51
Views: 32873

Jim, I love them.

Tavi
by bananieru
Sat May 25, 2013 8:45 pm
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: adonidia palm tree
Replies: 11
Views: 9064

adonidia palm tree

Just got myself a double adonidia palm tree (pictures to follow). It's in a 12" pot, probably from Florida. Anybody has any experience with it? Can I move it to a bigger pot and most important, can I separate them?

Tavi
by bananieru
Tue May 21, 2013 10:46 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Cactus flowers & (now)some palms
Replies: 51
Views: 32873

your zone 5 is so much ahead of my zone 5. I love your garden and pictures.

Tavi
by bananieru
Wed May 15, 2013 3:58 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: My first large palm arrived today.
Replies: 11
Views: 5821

Beautiful palm. Mike is changing the Eastern Canada landscape. Did it come with instructions?

Tavi
by bananieru
Tue May 07, 2013 7:37 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: 2013 Front Garden
Replies: 14
Views: 6563

It is simply spectacular. Looks like the trachys are OK.

Tavi
by bananieru
Thu May 02, 2013 9:12 am
Forum: Wildlife From The Palm Gardens
Topic: Quail eggs
Replies: 34
Views: 21219

soon you have to open a kindergarten

Tavi
by bananieru
Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:34 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: It's winter again
Replies: 17
Views: 9451

meanwhile not a bad one for us

Image
by bananieru
Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:24 am
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: Protected cactus rock garden
Replies: 12
Views: 15709

so are you living the 'We Bought a Zoo' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389137/ movie?
:D
Tavi
by bananieru
Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:47 am
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: Protected cactus rock garden
Replies: 12
Views: 15709

spectacular. They look better than in a botanical garden.

Tavi
by bananieru
Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:57 pm
Forum: Wildlife From The Palm Gardens
Topic: Quail eggs
Replies: 34
Views: 21219

I love this thread. Do you have a picture with the parents?

Tavi
by bananieru
Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:08 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

I'm writing down here so I don't forget: Next year don't take the hut down for the Washy before May 01. The Trachys are OK, but the Washy looks terrible now. Lucky good weather is on it's way.

Tavi
by bananieru
Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:04 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Trachy inflorescence starting!
Replies: 16
Views: 5081

I like that.
I know you palm is old, but how old it has to be to make flowers?

Tavi
by bananieru
Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

As you can see all of my boxes have a window. I'm in a relatively new development, and most of my neighbors changed their front door window. The one supplied by the builder is very simple, with the white lines. After I changed mine I did not want to put it in the garbage so I used it for my first bo...
by bananieru
Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:04 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

Yucca was in a box against the house with no heat added http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2013/Garden/20130406_7248_zps284dc4fc.jpg [/URL] I don't have a picture of it during the winter, but this is how everything looked: http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2013/Garden/...
by bananieru
Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:36 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

according to wunderground, the minimum was -21C, but I remember having less than that. In the boxes the minimum was -5 once, but most of the time was around 0.

Tavi
by bananieru
Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:47 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

I know, I should've waited one more week, but everybody was opening their boxes here. This is what I call peer pressure!
Tavi
by bananieru
Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:58 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Palms in Markham
Replies: 16
Views: 9434

Palms in Markham

Trachy box, last winter, I saved only the window. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2013/Garden/20130406_7245_zps4cda10ee.jpg [/URL] Washy box http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2013/Garden/20130406_7246_zpse9664bc8.jpg [/URL] and half opened: (you can see my hopes are...
by bananieru
Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:39 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Uncovered my Windmill Palms today!
Replies: 37
Views: 13863

I chickened out, I looked for the forecast for next week with low of -5C (23F) and decided to hold on with opening the boxes for another week. The minimum temperature in the boxes never went so low all winter long, so why risk now? Also the rain would not help, last year one Waggie had a spear pull ...
by bananieru
Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:08 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Uncovered my Windmill Palms today!
Replies: 37
Views: 13863

Don't tell my wife, however.
:lol:

They will find out when we're getting there.

Tavi
by bananieru
Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:35 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Uncovered my Windmill Palms today!
Replies: 37
Views: 13863

Now I have an itch, this weekend I'll open my Trachy box too. The Washy will stay in for the moment.

They look beautiful, congratulations to all of you.

Tavi
by bananieru
Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:15 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Cold Again
Replies: 78
Views: 30547

aha, I will sit under my palm tree drinking cold beer.

(from this article: )

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... ather.html
Forecasters are calling for a warm April and a warmer than average summer
Tavi
by bananieru
Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:22 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Allow me to complain
Replies: 39
Views: 11428

Just came back from New Bern North Carolina. I will try to post some pictures in my own thread. Sorry chadec, but that area does not qualify for cold hardy anything. It was like the tropics to me: 25C (77F) and sunny on Saturday. Meanwhile in Toronto was -7C (19F) in the same morning. When I got hom...
by bananieru
Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:07 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Heat cable for roof update malfunction
Replies: 15
Views: 6495

I have one of those for one of my boxes and so far it looks ok. I was even thinking of replacing all my Christmas lights in the future. I have a wireless thermometer and the max was 29C and the min. was -3C this winter. I'll see the results when I open the boxes next week (or at least I hope so). Tavi
by bananieru
Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:03 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: spring is almost here
Replies: 9
Views: 6033

spring is almost here

Sorry for repost, but I could not refrain myself:

http://imgur.com/vdyz4

Tavi
by bananieru
Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:30 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Tropical Pond - YouTube video
Replies: 9
Views: 4764

and this one from this weekend. I think I had enough winter :-)

Image

Tavi
by bananieru
Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:48 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Tropical Pond - YouTube video
Replies: 9
Views: 4764

This is the only video I made a few years ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGLS9QAqLis and some pictures: http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2012/Garden/20120910_5056_zps9db755a7.jpg http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68/bananieru/2011%20Garden/July/20110729_22418.jpg http://i958....
by bananieru
Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:38 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Winter pics!
Replies: 21
Views: 4913

Is this what you're looking for?
http://home.ptd.net/~mishele/webpage/protection2.htm

page 7

Tavi
by bananieru
Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Article on Niagara Garden
Replies: 6
Views: 2729

This forum needs a 'LIKE' button, like in facebook. I don't have always something to say, but I'd like to acknowledge when I like something: and this article is great.

Tavi
by bananieru
Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:28 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Major cold front coming through next week.....
Replies: 25
Views: 5154

I added one of these (low wattage ceramic heater) in each box http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-100-MyHeat- ... B003XDTWN2
so I have Christmas lights on TC3 and the heater on TC2 just in case it becomes very cold.

Tavi
by bananieru
Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:01 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Christmas Palm Wish List :)
Replies: 18
Views: 6348

All I want is everything that's in boxes outside to make it till spring without my intervention. No repairs to be done at -30C under heavy wind. I also wish you all the best whatever you celebrate. I don't post here very often but I read everything that you post and I like it a lot.

:) :D :)

Tavi

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