Washy filifera and Y.rostrata planted out in new bed

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:23 am

Kinetin is a powerful cytokinein whihc helps to promote things like shoot elongation. NAA is an auxin, which helps in root formation.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:26 am

Thanks!
Nice to have someone who passed Chemistry on PN.

Just looked at the remote thermometer...95F inside the little teepees in the sun.
Gotta go open the top of plastic.

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:49 pm

Barb I would definetly take off that plastic during the day 95f is to hot for a palm that just came out of cold storage.

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John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:38 pm

Yes plastic is off during the day.
Thanks.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:07 pm

Yea it's a good idea to take the plastic off but....
don't worry if you forget last year Bill and I left
our Washys covered late(relatively) into spring and
we were kidding around about how hot it got in the enclosures-
now don't get me wrong here because the Washys were not growing or
anything but-one day it was 117F in my enclosure!

They are tough palms and can take the heat!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:49 am

tough palms and can take the heat!

Yup they're in the right place for that

hotter than a biscuit in that spot.

But I see John's point that they shouldn't reach 95F the day after they come out of cold storage.
Yours didn't have transplant shock the same day

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:36 am

Hi Barb,

you really have spring fever.....if I planted some palms out now we would have below normal temps for the next 2 months! Keep us posted on their progress. I want to see those Y. rostratas thriving too! My Y. rostratas did fine again.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:09 pm

Probably cabin fever

Encouraging that your rostratas did well.
I'll try to get palms and yuccas to some size before risking no heat in winter.
Washies and rostratas will be iffy here if I make a mistake.

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:40 pm

lucky1 wrote:Probably cabin fever

Encouraging that your rostratas did well.
I'll try to get palms and yuccas to some size before risking no heat in winter.
Washies and rostratas will be iffy here if I make a mistake.

Barb

Not iffy........dead.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:56 pm

There's still the hope of GW

Oops!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:21 pm

Hi Barb,

Yuccas are pretty hardy when dry in winter. Keep winter rain/snow off the leaf head in winter and you results will be improved.

I just looked at my temp and it's in the 20's already......see.....I only spoke about planting early and the temps dropped.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:27 pm

Keep winter rain/snow off the leaf head in winter

But your y.rostrata without cover in winter is amazing.

I'll not only have to cover, they'll need consistent heat in our long winters.

Barb
PS--yup, know what you mean about temp drop.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:55 am

lucky1 wrote: I'll not only have to cover, they'll need consistent heat in our long winters.

Barb

When they get bigger I dont think they will need any heat. I have never given any heat to my plants and the rostratas almost always make it. This year I did not cover any rostratas and and only two small ones lost the crowns, and it was a very damaging winter.

PS. do you have a test plant that can be left out in the winter without heat or cover?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:48 am

My plan is to get all of them to some size before the slightest risk.

I'd volunteer a neighbour's plant, if anyone had one

Can't bring myself to "test one"...

Must be the mother thingy.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:51 am

lucky1 wrote: I'd volunteer a neighbour's plant, if anyone had one
Can't bring myself to "test one"...

Must be the mother thingy.
Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:16 am

lucky1 wrote:My plan is to get all of them to some size before the slightest risk.

I'd volunteer a neighbour's plant, if anyone had one
Can't bring myself to "test one"...

Must be the mother thingy.
Barb

The secret to "testing" is over planting

...and if the subject survives is is the new favorite!

This of course leads to coddling and eventual death by "kindness"

macario · Post by **macario** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:09 am

Hello I finally have time to sit at the computer. I know those new palms are going to flourish. Isnt it fun planting new palms, I cant wait to see your house and ne palm pics.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:44 pm

Good idea to overplant, Jim.
When're you going to?

Hey Mike!
Nice to hear from you.
Glad you're seeing my new in-ground palms before the winter

Hope your stuff did fine this winter
Any chance we'll see some pics?
Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:26 pm

I'd volunteer a neighbour's plant, if anyone had one
Can't bring myself to "test one"...

Must be the mother thingy.
Barb

I find it very rewarding (knowledgable) when I find out how hardy a plant is.....whether it survives or not. If I had a dollar for every plant I tested and killed......I'd retire! LOL

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Washy filifera and Y.rostrata planted out in new bed

awsome barb