March 8th,2016

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hardyjim
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March 8th,2016

Post by hardyjim » Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:46 pm

Last time I looked it was 73F outside.
Soil temps temps breaking 50F @ 4".
Usually gets the palms moving...

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Washy just starting to budge....

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Cyathea Cooperi "Brentwood" didn't need much
incentive to start growing again...



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D.Antarctica.

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Could not get this picture straightened out.
This Fortunei has green in the center,this palm saw
-4F twice over the winter with only a cover-no heat.

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Back of the cactus garden.

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T.Martianus was stuffed in a cover
last minute but pulled through.

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T.Bulgaria covered late this year
probably overheated in its cover,has
spear-pull but should recover.

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T.Wag

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T.Takil

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Cactus garden was unheated(it was covered)&
saw 7F twice over the winter,amazing the Trichocereus
in the center made it through.

See the little impostor pup under the Parryi?

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T.Princeps enjoying some early spring season sunshine.

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Thanks for looking...


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Post by chadec » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:17 pm

Loving that princep! I bet your palms are loving this spring weather right now. I just hope it holds out, and we only have light frost from here on out. I cant wait to start planting.

Is that an agave salimiana pupping out in front of your parryi?

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Post by hardyjim » Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:56 pm

chadec wrote:Loving that princep! I bet your palms are loving this spring weather right now. I just hope it holds out, and we only have light frost from here on out. I cant wait to start planting.

Is that an agave salimiana pupping out in front of your parryi?

Yeah...isn't that funny,you would
not even notice if it wasn't for the
obvious color diff when compared
to an actual pup on the other side.
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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:26 am

Jim your palms and desert garden are looking great. Much better than your last post showing some not so good results of the winter. I`ll try another Washy planted after seeing how they have recovered for you. Ant tips?

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Post by hardyjim » Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:46 pm

Outside...if you can find something like
a thermocube there(turns on heat/power @35F/on,turns power off
@45F)...these make it really easy to overwinter if you need supplemental
heat as I do here,the only other thing is to watch it doesn't overheat but
even that is tough with a Washy,I saw the temp 117F inside the enclosure once! :D
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