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Igor, I meant to cover my filimentosa just because it was so expensive. Too late, it's buried in snow :? . My glaucas are buried too. Interesting to hear about Moscow. It has same yearly temperature average as Calgary: 40f :shock: . Two of coldest cities in the populated world (let's say cities over...

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Igor, that's the way I'm leaning. Thanks dude

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Duncan

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Hi Guys, I brought this up under the weather section. Would love some of the yucca experts to chime in on this. I might need to redesign my yucca huts when the weather warms. My protective yucca (rostrata and bacatta) huts seem to really be doing the job. Last night we probably hit somewhere in the ...

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The chinook is in the forecast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind , but it always is at the end of these cold blasts. The chinook will happen, but hopefully sooner than later :D . Saskatchewan...now that place is cold. My wife is from there. When the cold starts it doesn't end 'till April. A ...

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Erik, brutal temps. indeed. Two weeks ago in the low 70s is but a distant memory. Man we've had lots of snow too...at least I've got a path shoveled to the hot tub for tonight, which will be a toasty 104 :D . Yeah, agreed, I'm very impressed with the heat tape so far. Not sure about people's relucta...

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Hi All, Is anybody warmer than 4f? And no my weather sticker isn't broken like Jim's :?. It had to come folks. That's Calgary for you. On the up side, my protective yucca (rostrata and bacatta) huts seem to really be doing the job. Last night we probably hit somewhere in the 6-10f range. Both of my ...

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Hi All, Well the inevitable has happened, and Siberia/the Arctic has descended upon southern Alberta :x . Looks like the arctic outflow will head into B.C. too. To what extent, The Weather Network and Environment Canada can never agree upon. Was looking at forecasts for Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouve...

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John,

Thanks for the updated photos! Always look forward to seeing the collection. Glad to hear you're starting to start a trend-proliferating the valley with cool plants! Such a great place in Canada for the hardy palms and yuccas.

Duncan

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Darn, I meant to save the tags :? ! Would make this all a little easier. Thank you all for your imput. I have to agree with Paul in terms of hardiness: ie. not very. They just look too fragile. I hope I'm wrong though. Talk soon! BTW Jay, is that yucca in foreground glauca or elata or something in b...

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Yes CanadianPlant, it's been a nice run for us this fall. -8 and -9 forecasted lows for the next two nights though

-I guess it had to come. How's the weather for you out there?

Barb, nice work on the palm hut!

Talk soon everybody!

Duncan

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Thanks for the insights guys :D . Jay, I'd definitely take you up on some of the eastern prickly pear this spring...thanks! Jim, the one you lost looks a lot like the spineless one I have. Some of pads are like 4-5 inches across/long. It is bone dry and I haven't watered to start the hardening off p...

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Thanks Jay!

Do you mean can't kill in Kelowna? I don't think such a plant exists for Calgary

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Thanks!

Duncan

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Hi Erik, Crazy. Has the northern jetstream dipped way south? I know you guys can get some downright chilly weather when that happens. Although, if it has we're almost always 10x worse! Wait a week or two, and our weather will have nothing in common :lol: ! Thanks for the message. Take care! Duncan

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Those Bottles are so cool Barb! I love seeing them when I'm in the tropics. Do you ever try them out in the summer when the lows are high? Although I doubt they like a dry 38 all that much

! Nice work!

Duncan

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Hi Jim, Thanks! Here's some pictures from a couple of weeks ago. The one pictured closest, is starting to visibly droop, apparently succumbing to almost nightly freezes now. The other looks unchanged from summer. These look like min. zone 7 plants to me, from like the Mojave or Sonoran desert, but t...

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Hi Guys, Just wondering about winter protection for cacti. I've got some rather large optunia listed hardy to zone 4, although I'm skeptical of this. In protecting cacti it is generally a good idea to remove dehydrated/sizzled pads and then just protect the base? Thanks, as always, for your thoughts...

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Thanks Tim

! You're right, it's coming! Any frost for you yet?

Duncan

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Hi Guys and Gals, Barb, I actually got a couple of T-1s (on at -18c, off at -12c) with my yuccas in mind-rostrata and bacatta. The idea being: no worse than -18 (0f) under cover. Perhaps this is a little too ambitious :shock: ? We'll see how it goes. I've got a semi-plan rigged up with the heat tape...

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-2.7 this morning (Nov. 4, 2010) 23.6 this afternoon :shock: It's always an interesting ride in Calgary! All the yuccas and palms look happy. No protection yet. Lots of frost, but many warm highs too. The worst we've done in my part of town is about -5.5. I'll start getting my protection rigged up p...

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Hi Guys,

Got two from this place in California.

http://www.thermocube.com/

Yeah, was about $20 a piece factoring in shipping.

Duncan

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Hi Paul, Does anyone know whether frost occurs every time the dew point is below freezing? Third edit: I believe it occurs every time the air temperature (or more importantly, in this case, the ground or plant temperature) meets the dew point (frost point in air temps. below 0c). If this is what you...

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Man, that's brutal. What a waste of a beautiful gem. Especially sad when you asked them if they wanted to keep them, and then they end up doing that.

Duncan

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Hi Guys, Thank you all for the great advice and compliments! Quick, quick guys, please look at this post fast. I'm warmer than Oklahoma, Okanagan and Iowa! Damn, just jinxed myself. My plants will pay for this soon! And naturally, you'll have to pass right by the discounted plant section Barb, I cou...

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Thanks Barb! Your Trachy looks great this fall! Thanks for the advice and nice compliments too! When you say "attached to GFI" do you mean no extension cord, i.e. heat tape plugged directly into GFI. This could be a problem unless I install a closer GFI real fast. BTW, I really think rostr...

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Thanks Jim!

Are you talking wrapped around the plant itself (which I think will be in burlap, or such) or around the outside of my enclosure-or both? Thanks again!

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Hi All, I'm looking for ideas to protect a couple of yuccas in my newly planted desert rock garden in Calgary, AB. I'm looking to, for sure, protect my yucca rostrata and bacatta and, possibly, a med. fan palm (I'll probably just see how long this one will last though, sans protection-ie not much lo...

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That's a beautiful glauca

! It's huge! Nice work, as always.

Duncan

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Paul, I can't resist these climate discussions! :lol: There would be many ways to tackle this question of the coldest. There's a guy who's looked at the climate data of Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg since 1979. Basically, since 1979 (I would say a very reasonable sample for determining zone) Calgary h...

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Nice work Scotty! Looks absolutely amazing

. You have some really cool plants. What a summer you guys have had.

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Looking great Barb

! Nice work!

Regarding Trachies and heat, I just got back from Vegas and most of the Trachies down there look really bad or outright dead. I don't think they enjoy three straight months of 100 plus degrees too much

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Duncan

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Very cool yucca

! Thanks!

Duncan

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Yeah, the fires have been terrible :( ! My desert garden is coming along nicely, despite probably slightly below seasonal temps. Yes, we have had a lot of moisture too, mainly in the form of severe thunder storms. Even my less hardy yuccas though (bacatta, rostrata and brevifolia), have shown very n...

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Hi Barb,

Glad to see you guys getting lots of heat of late. I think you'll definitely need one of those Joshua trees that John's talking about importing next spring

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Take Care!

Duncan

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Thanks Bill :lol: ! It's true for any zone though, isn't it ?(well not fully tropical)-you can always find some plant to zone push. I'm just waiting for the day when you tell us you're actually in Florida :wink: ! Just kidding, but man your plants look healthy! How's the hardy palm business in New E...

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The giant Oroville, WA elata is proof that many of the hardier trunking yuccas should survive in the Okanagan or will, at least, have a good shot. Dear John, Please don't forget me on your J-Tree order list :D ! Everybody on this forum needs one plant that they spend an obsessive amount of time and ...

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Awesome looking landscaping!

I'm really impressed that specimens from warmer places would transplant so nicely. Very cool to see. This bodes well for the hardy yucca hobby. We need to get some trunking yucca transplants up to the folks in the Okanagan

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Thanks for the cool post Aaron!

Duncan

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That's some very cool desert landscaping Aaron! Thanks for the link.

How well do you think those yuccas will transplant-I'm assuming most of those are transplanted from far warmer winters (in addition to the difficulty of transplanting, especially, y.brevifolia, in general)?

Thanks

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Duncan

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Beautiful

! They all look so healthy. Nice work, as always!

Duncan

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That Thai giant is amazing

! Those are quite the leaves. Must be loving your temps-everyday I look at your temp., it's blazing and humid usually too!

Nice work!

Duncan

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Very cool pics Scotty! That's a climate I could live in, reminds me of San Diego, CA.

Off topic: I'm a tennis nut too! Was that court American clay (har-tru)? Were you able to play on some red clay?

Thanks for sharing the photos!

Duncan

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