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Eriktampabay
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Snow anyone?

Post by Eriktampabay » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:06 am

Getting some snow finally. Lets see how cold hardy everything is. Here is a couple photos of our sacrificial mule palms for the winter. 1 6ft with no protection and a seedling with no protection.

Anyone else have some snow pictures?
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Post by palmmandan » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:44 pm

This was my Windmill Palm in November. It has winter protection built around it now.

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Post by Eriktampabay » Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:09 pm

Nice pic. He has a sweater on.

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Post by DesertZone » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:59 pm

Nice trachy :D
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Post by limoncik » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:27 am

Looks at oneself beautifully! :lol: In to snow, and for us snow is not present. A minimum was -1.

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Post by macario » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:09 pm

Hey it looks good and healthy. I have 2 around that size in my yard here in Illinois.

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Re: palms

Post by palmmandan » Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:17 pm

macario wrote:Hey it looks good and healthy. I have 2 around that size in my yard here in Illinois.
Are they protected?

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Post by anttisepp » Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:03 am

Very pretty Trachy!

How long time did you grow it?
And what minimal temperatures has it ever had?

Merry Christmas!

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Post by hardyjim » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:38 am

Anttisepp,good to hear from you!how are the palms doing? (especially your Mazari?)mine is a little discolored but doing great and solidly rooted.
SNOW,we had 3 1/2" a few days ago on top of the inch we already had and almost an inch of sleet and ice last night,it is so thick it almost doesn't break when you step on it!
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Post by anttisepp » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:14 am

hardyjim wrote:Anttisepp,good to hear from you!how are the palms doing? (especially your Mazari?)mine is a little discolored but doing great and solidly rooted.
SNOW,we had 3 1/2" a few days ago on top of the inch we already had and almost an inch of sleet and ice last night,it is so thick it almost doesn't break when you step on it!
Hi Jim,
my palms and other exots are OK, while we had very small frosts; last days fell very much snow and then by forcast will come some days under -5-10 C. All the "palm-bed" is covered by styrofoam shields and temerature within is about +2-5 C. The only problem is mice but I ordered good repeller from EBay that works fine. Marry Cristmas and Happy New Year! Hyvää Joulua! God Jul! Antti

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Post by anttisepp » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:15 am

hardyjim wrote:Anttisepp,good to hear from you!how are the palms doing? (especially your Mazari?)mine is a little discolored but doing great and solidly rooted.
SNOW,we had 3 1/2" a few days ago on top of the inch we already had and almost an inch of sleet and ice last night,it is so thick it almost doesn't break when you step on it!
Outdoors temps -20C, under the cover +2.2C. Very good protected place... :wink:
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