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Beny

Nice, good job...as i can see, you did not put light around the foliage right ? So the heat produced by the light at the base of the palm go up and heat the foliage. That what i should do with the wrapping. Its almost the same way instead of having plastic barrel its Ayrfoil and tarp. Finally it doe...

Beny

Thx guy's, The temp. will warm up next days...will be over the 10c, 50f mark starting friday and for long the forecaster can see :D ...finally...and up to 16c, 60f next week :shock: , the spring here is 2-3 weeks.lol...will unwrap lot of palms starting wednesday, hope they will have best shape :wink...

Beny

I started to unwrap some palms at my home, all protected with the wrapping method. My oldest Trachy as suffered from this terrible winter here in north east near Montréal. It s completely defoliated, but the spear looks ok. And the other one , 8 feet tall, had the same result. I have 2 big Needle pa...

Beny

Go ahead, im near Montréal and i will uncover some next week and today

...they will be ok even if temp. go down Under -10c.

Ben

Beny

The same for me guy's, -24c this morning again....maybe the worst winter since +20-30 years...we beated that record last year, never though we ll beat again this year

...the dog only go outside few second to do number 1 and 2

....geeezzzz im tired of that....

Ben

Beny

Good for youy Barb, its not spring here i can confirm....still below average temp. since 5 weeks

...and like Bananieru we still are on the wrong side of the jetstream, again and again....so don t talk to me about global warming

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Ben

Beny

Will gonna have another cold snap here near Montréal

....no snow storm since 3 weeks and about 10 inches on the ground (less than usual). But we have a tough january like last year , we re below the normal temp.

....but the sun is there....

Ben

Beny

Wow, nice pics...thk for sharing that

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Ben

Beny

Damn it....i know Marcelli, i always Watch the weather around the world. And you have a nice winter for now in Europe. And the western part of North America too. Always have the worst temp. here :cry: ...the cold air still remain over the Québec and Ontario province :shock: ....as usual... thats my ...

Beny

Brrrr....where is the global warming, not here yet

....we still Under the normal since 3 weeks....but less snow than the average

....palms looks fine here...

Ben

Beny

Hi, welcome to this forum....does the Canariensis is planted in Nashville ? Very beautifull....

Ben

Beny

Yep, thats your turn Barb...just received 20 cm of snow and on top of that 10 mm freezing rain

....and now the cold snap coming from the middle west is here now with a -20c tonight

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Ben

Beny

Really looks like a Needle palm, i have 4 here at my home and the leaves are the same !

Ben

Beny

Yeah Marcelli, cold snap incoming for next week....no more snow on ground here for now. Should be a stormy sunday ahead

...we ll see....first time here with no snow for the new years eve

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Ben

Beny

Still half of feet of snow on the ground. But things will change in the next days. High near 45-50F, 7-10c for Xmas day. Never seen this before. Our normal is -4c and -13c. Forecast for tuesday trough saturday is +4c,+5c, +8c, +3c, +1c...all that snow should melt :D . If that happen, we will maybe s...

Beny

HA ! Hope you r right Paul :lol: ....for those interrested, i left a Sabal minor in pot outside during 2 weeks with temp. below freezing during the night and maybe 2-3 days above 0c during the day. The soil in the pot were completely frozen ( hard). I bring the palm inside when i came back from vaca...

Beny

Can send you some snow

....we don t have a lot like last year, we re having about 15 cm on ground. The temp is above normal since 2-3 weeks

....looks like we wont have a cold winter this year ...

Ben

Beny

Barb, i don t know if they were all Canadian. But for sure, they were a lot, especially in Arizona. In the desert on each side of the road, near Quartsite, its only that you see :shock: ... Tavi, There's the aerial tramway to do, but if you go at the Joshua tree national park ( 1 hour from Palmsprin...

Beny

Just return from a 10 days trip in Nevada,California and Arizona. It was beautifull especially the Death Valley and Joshua tree national park. I went to Indian palms canyon near Palm Spring, Awesome :shock: Lot of Washingtonia Filifera :D ...I saw the Imperial sand dunes in southern California near ...

Beny

I use the brand EasyHeat with their own thermostat. And don t forget to not overloop the tape, it can t touch itself.

Ben

Beny

I think the tape heat at around 45-50c or 120F. Don t forget with the wrapping, you don t have much space to heat ! Even with the box method the heat tape works. I have a 10 foots box at one of my customer with a 24 foots heat tape and the palm had no dommage last winter. The thermostat in the heat ...

Beny

I do not use the thermocube with the heat tape. It has is own thermostat. But if you use a T3 with C9, install your T3 Inside the protection, as you say near the crown. The thermostat in the heat tape ( i use 2 heat tape, one on the ground and another around the trunck and foliage ) should be Inside...

Beny

Yeah...im looking the temperature map of North America and you ve had a big change. Cold snap down to Texas

....Last week some days here it was warmer than deep South US...amazing.
That cold arrive to us tomorrow with 2-4 inches of melting snow. Gonna be 35-38 F tomorrow pm.

Ben

Beny

Here's another video guy's...forecaster are saying 5-10 cm of snow tomorrow

....just finish to wrap all palms today, it was tight

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http://youtu.be/bTzjyHVtA4g

Ben

Beny

There s another video i took yesterday...

Ben

http://youtu.be/yczdRqG6D-M

Beny

Dont worry Whellman, your palms sould be fine tooeven with the cloth Inside. There s less 20% chance to have fungus problems . No arctic blast for us now. It was 13c or 55F today :D ...cooling down to 50F tomorrow then 32F on saturday. Will start to cover my palms at my home thursday. By next sunday...

Beny

Wheelman, The thing is to avoid if possible any leaves to touch very cold enclosure. But the windmill start having dommage at around 0F. I think is better to put the frost cloth outside the enclosure to prevent the cloth keeping the moisture from the palm. To avoid fungus problems. If you put some l...

Beny

Barb, I use the pink insulation over the Ayrfoil and Under the tarp. Like this, never that insulation touch the foliage. Its only to prevent the leaves to touch a too much cold enclosure, but thats an experiment this winter. I wrapped only 4 palms with that. Tavi, There s the way to do with the wrap...

Beny

They should be, there s some pics...will post more videos this week ! Ben http://s23.postimg.org/jz1iofnzb/WP_20141108_006.jpg http://s30.postimg.org/82u0novzx/WP_20141108_007.jpg http://s28.postimg.org/533ep1v09/WP_20141108_008.jpg http://s29.postimg.org/4ujxizxg3/WP_20141108_023.jpg

Beny

Just started to protect few palms here north of Montréal. All palms will be covered at my Customer by next weekend and will protect mine the week after. Almost all palms will be protected with the wrapping technique.
Here s a video, enjoy

http://youtu.be/fg7gbNhH52w

Ben

Beny

Hey, thx for the link....hope they are right

....For now, we ve had above temp. in september and october here near Montreal....Will cover the palms in 2-3 weeks...Have to do it before snow covering the ground

... Usually is at mi-december but some year it s sooner..

Ben

Beny

Ive got my first frost 3 weeks ago...usually is at this time of the year

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Ben

Beny

Hi guy's, there s some new pics of palms trees i planted around Montréal this summer. And some pics of my older palms! The pics with 2 Needles palms is at my home, brand new deck :D ... Enjoy :D Ben http://s1.postimg.org/hhj9nazfv/WP_20140727_001.jpg http://s9.postimg.org/yf7i8zlej/WP_20140802_003.j...

Beny

Good idea, let us know about that experiment. Maybe i will try to protect again my Basjoo..will let you know what kind of protection i will try

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Ben

Beny

Hi Edmar, I have an Opuntia since 10 years now, and he made it every winter with no problem and no protection, as well for the Yucca filimentosa. I tried to protect in the past musa basjoo, but never had good result here. The plant started from the roots in the spring. And make to much time to grown...

Beny

Im agree 905, but if i use the fiberglass insulation , i will put it over the small insulation ( for hot water reservoir, AYRFOIL). So between the tarp and the AYRFOIL. Like that, never the fiberglass insulation will touch the fronds and that will prevent the fronds to touch the cold tarp :) ... Ben

Beny

Hi Edwin,
I live in Mirabel, not far from you

...nice garden, if you want to try overwintering some palms, you can take a look here how i do that...you can visit my web site at expressiontropicale.com or my youtube channel under the same name...

A bientôt!

Benoit

Beny

In my case, this year with the wrapping, i will add some fiberglass insulation ( 2-3 inches) around the foliage to prevent the leaves to touch directly the cold enclosure. That caused a few burn tips on the exterior leaves of the palms, expecialy with the Trachy's. Did not have burn tips on the Buti...

Beny

Love that too....i prefert that kind of landscape than the one i have here, forest, forest and forest...few culture field round Montreal a the St-Laurence river !

Ben

Beny

Wow, maybe we re about to create a new species of Trachy, who will be more resistant to our winter. Only the future will tell

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Ben

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