Thanks Tim -more videos to come
mike
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- Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:45 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Montreal North Palm Trees Look great zone 5A there.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4820
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:51 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Montreal North Palm Trees Look great zone 5A there.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4820
Barb
Hey Barb I had bulbs in the palm boxes also like I had already shown in the past but I have plenty with no bulbs in zone 5b
mike
mike
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:14 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: CoconutMike' head office some palms are open
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4268
Hey Wheelman
Hey Wheelman you were definitely correct in hesitating to open up your palms . In March and early April the temp are all over the place. I actually have not opened anything for 5-6 days now. It will be 22C here this week-end. I will do more and make more videos
Cheers
Mike
Cheers
Mike
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:12 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Montreal North Palm Trees Look great zone 5A there.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4820
Feeling of accomplishment in zone 5a
I felt very happy that I planted these and protected these so far from home and they made it through the winter with no damage
Cheers
mike
Cheers
mike
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:06 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: CoconutMike' head office some palms are open
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4268
Barb
Thanks
talk to you soon
mike
talk to you soon
mike
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:01 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: CoconutMike' head office some palms are open
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4268
Jordan
Good stuff Jordan-continue to make us proud in the Canadian East
cheers
mike
cheers
mike
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: CoconutMike' head office some palms are open
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4268
Wheelman 1976
Hey Wheelman my palms are usually unwrapped by mid-march or end of march. I used to do it in April but global warming. You are right about weather though. I used to do snow removal and I have seen snow storms in April before. I thiink you should look at your long range forecast that shows 14 day loo...
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:28 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Butia capitata cold damage
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5889
Beny
I will look for that I will also post more on youtube in a couple of days
mike
mike
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:52 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: CoconutMike' head office some palms are open
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4268
CoconutMike' head office some palms are open
Hey guys I opened some of the palms -mostly great results except tent method, roof was transparent and created a greenhouse effect. I will change colour of the roof next year
http://youtu.be/cIm8qMVkOI8
http://youtu.be/cIm8qMVkOI8
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:37 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Montreal North Palm Trees Look great zone 5A there.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4820
Montreal North Palm Trees Look great zone 5A there.
Just took the protection off for someone here north of Montreal Palms look great
http://youtu.be/_I13Dy1Of7A
http://youtu.be/_I13Dy1Of7A
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:09 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Butia capitata cold damage
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5889
Some good progress Beny
Some good progress Beny. Washy's don't like heat cables, I fried an 8 footer last year with cables. I got 2 9-10 footers out there I will post soon. I wrapped them after we had -8c but they should be fine. I am concerned about the washy in the front the box has had and opening since the first snow s...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:37 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Yucca-Agave
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3150
Yucca Super
Hey Tim. Yucca Super is a -yucca Rostrata/Yucca Thompsoniana Mix or cross hybrid that occurs naturally where they are harvested in Chihuahua Desert. I am looking at this for myself as it is much cheaper than rostrata and just as hardy
mike
mike
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:07 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Yucca-Agave
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3150
Yucca-Agave
Hey if there is anyone interested in Yucca rostrata/thomponiana/super/elata/faxoniana OR agave havardiana, agave Neo-mexicana, or agave Lechugilla, agave americana, agave ferox, agave salmaniana. Let me know. We are planning a Texas run. I am getting a few for my personaal collection and I had a few...
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Got my palm hut frames up!
- Replies: 95
- Views: 31163
LOUNGE
Looks like a lounge with cool calm lights
mike
mike
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:16 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Got my palm hut frames up!
- Replies: 95
- Views: 31163
Hey Barb
http://youtu.be/OFnPhObsMI0
here is link to see glowing boxes brighter boxes have extra light for holiday either led or landscaping
cheers
mike
here is link to see glowing boxes brighter boxes have extra light for holiday either led or landscaping
cheers
mike
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:13 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Got my palm hut frames up!
- Replies: 95
- Views: 31163
Glow in the dark-lucky
Hey Lucky. I bought some 3 inch white styrofoam this year to do some boxes and with the light inside they glow in the dark. See that on my youtube channel
mikejjpage
enjoy
mike
mikejjpage
enjoy
mike
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:10 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Beautiful snowfall this morning
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2664
Snow for Montreal tonight
They are calling for snow in Montreal tonight -can't wait until this crap is over we might get 20 cm yikes!!
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:48 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
Needle Palm
Often the needle palm will go through the winter and all the leaves will stay very green and then spring will come and the needle palm will turn brown. Don't despair it will often green up again a few weeks later and stop doing that after the 4th year.
mike
mike
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:27 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
ARBOTEX
Yup that's the stuff -won't do everything they claim but it sure helps.
mike
mike
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:39 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
Hey John
Hey John. Yeah the needle palm is a great little palm. I might plant a 7 footer this year in my yard. A good trick is to remove soil at the base of the palm and put hay and dry kilm sand and then put soil back. Remove in spring. Use the siver insulation and wrap arbotex and then silver insulation an...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:36 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
Hey Barb
Your protection will look like mine -if you had not seen the steps on a previous post I will elaborate and John's palms will--- given his temps will have a different method than ours and a different watering and fertilizing regime.
mike
mike
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:59 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
For Igor
Fore sure Igor. Every location is different. It is just too much info to type . B.C has wet winters and temperate summers . Here in Montreal it is very hot in the summer and the palm gathers all this heat to go into the winter so my protection method here would be different to his. But really quickl...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:04 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
For John Okanagan DP and wheelman 1976
Hey Wheelman 1976 give me your tel # contact me by e-mail mikejjpage@yahoo.ca I will give you a call with your quote but have a few questions Hey John. Needle Palms can be quite difficult to start. It usually takes 2-3 years for it to establosh itself. A 15 gal needle palm might look like a 7 gal so...
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:50 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: PALM TREE SHIPPING TO THE USA--BY COCONUTMIKE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8391
PALM SHIPPING TO USA NEEDLE PALM OK BUT--
Hello everyone the COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT fell through and will not happen maybe until next year so I am only allowed to send the Needle Palm all other palms can be shipped from one of the us farms I deal with and the price will even be cheaper than my website prices because of the whole border-transp...
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:42 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: So I've got some windmill seeds coming.... now what do I do?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1648
BananaJoe's Video
Hey Barb I love that BananaJoe Video- He's the master at growing palms from seed and your not too bad either-so Wheelman. do the baggie method
Don't expect all 5 to germinate though you may only get 2 -good-luck
mike
Don't expect all 5 to germinate though you may only get 2 -good-luck
mike
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:37 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Hasty frost protection for 2 Washies 3 Y. rostrata
- Replies: 78
- Views: 19385
Great!!
Looks good Barb another 6 weeks until spring
cheers
mike
cheers
mike
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:46 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: TIKI BARS-FURNITURE-WATER FEATURES AND THATCH PRODUCTS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1871
Wheelman 1976
Yeah I used to sell the real coconut thatch and still have some but I was contacted by Palmex to be a distributor and that stuff last for 20 years guaranteed. I am not really pushing these products merely putting the info out there that I can get it and from a Canadian supplier. Can you buy any prod...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:11 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Unprotected palms in late January
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3828
Washy Filifera
That's a good point about the tougher washy. It is only a couple of degrees tougher and sometimes that is all it takes
mike
mike
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Sabal McCurtain seedlings
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4561
sabal minor -30C
I agree -30C for a seedling doesn't seem possible. The sabal minors that I tested were 7 gal in the past and a large 3gal . but I did have some young seedlings fry at -13C
mike
mike
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:35 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: trachycarpus takil
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4956
Takil seeds
I would love to have some takil seeds or plants. I have 2 of what I thought were takil and they even look like takil in appearance. I do not protect them much in winter and they have minimal leaf damage but I would love to compare the 2 species I may have Naintal. I do not think they will send seed ...
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:30 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Unprotected palms in late January
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3828
Palm Look Great!
These palms look very alive-Good Job! A little yellow but from what you mentioned these palms are true survivors
mike
mike
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:27 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Sabal McCurtain seedlings
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4561
sabal minor-
I have not seen a noticeable difference in any of the sabal minor species exce[pt for 1 variety I purchased in North Florida where it gets down to -11C this species has been in the garden for 3-4 years now. I have 1 near the foundation a 1 far from the foundation with a rose cone cover that's it. I ...
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:53 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: TIKI BARS-FURNITURE-WATER FEATURES AND THATCH PRODUCTS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1871
Hey Barb
Is that montreallandscaping.ca that you are talking about or montrealplants.com
mike
mike
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:03 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: TIKI BARS-FURNITURE-WATER FEATURES AND THATCH PRODUCTS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1871
call for info
514-481-0683
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:02 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: GROWING TRACHYCARPUS FROM MY MATURE PALM TREES
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1717
WHEELMAN 1876
Video is there at the top. Shouldn't that be even better than a couple of pics
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:00 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: QUICK PEAK AT MY WINDMILL PALM JAN 23, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2399
WHEELMAN 1976
Yeah that is plexi-glass on the inside
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:57 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: TIKI BARS-FURNITURE-WATER FEATURES AND THATCH PRODUCTS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1871
TIKI BARS-FURNITURE-WATER FEATURES AND THATCH PRODUCTS
HERE IS A VIDEO OF SOME OF THE TIKI BARS, THATCH PRODUCTS-FURNITURE- WATER FEATURES- INTERLOCKING STONE-POTS-I PLAN TO SELL AGAIN THIS YEAR-MOSTLY ALL CANADIAN MADE-- PRICES FOR TIKI BARS ARE UP ON WWW.MONTREALLANDSCAPING.CA FROM 2011 BUT I PLAN TO LOWER ALL PRICES TO MAKE THESE CANADIAN PRODUCTS AF...
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: GROWING TRACHYCARPUS FROM MY MATURE PALM TREES
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1717
waggie seeds
I am also doing 500 waggie seeds from BananaJoe in my basement started those at christmas -I should see something soon
ciao!
mike
ciao!
mike
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:56 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: GROWING TRACHYCARPUS FROM MY MATURE PALM TREES
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1717
GOOD EYE BARB
Good eye Barb I did notice that also. They make great seed trays LOL
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:09 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: GROWING TRACHYCARPUS FROM MY MATURE PALM TREES
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1717
GROWING TRACHYCARPUS FROM MY MATURE PALM TREES
http://youtu.be/UjxjZZWmNy0 I WAS VERY EXCITED THIS SPRING WHEN MY MATURE WINDMILL PALMS ALL SEEMED TO FLOWER AT THE SAME TIME. I HAND POLLINATED THESE -TOOK MALE FLOWER AND TAPPED POLLEN ONTO FEMALE FLOWERS. ALSO RUBBED FLOWERS TOGETHER AND THEN LEFT THE MALE FLOWERS IN THE FEMALE TREE. I PICKED SE...