Trachy Hut is up

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:42 pm

Got some extra help this year...

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SO, YOU WANT ME TO LIFT THIS (ROOF) WHERE??????

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T3 thermocube and electric heater and we're finished!

Good thing too....-9C tonight (15F)

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:53 pm

Hi Barb,

wow, you got the 'troops' out there working on your palms!! Your 'hut' looks more like a palm resort! Your palms looks like it is in good hands. I gotta get my lazy butt out side to protect. I think I made a mistake not protecting my smallish Washingtonia since we hit 21F last night......only time will tell. I had to run the pool pump all night last night since I haven't haul'd in the sand filter/pump yet. Way too busy lately.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:13 pm

Very, very nice palm hut, Barb.

CTPalm · Post by **CTPalm** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:19 pm

Is that the same one from last year? Lucky if so!

Paul

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:13 am

Tim, 21F last night? ouch.
How long has your Washy been planted out?
My first year protecting a Washy too.

Thanks Erik!

Yup, Paul, same hut as last year.
We've got to put a concrete foundation in for a hut base because the 6x6 ties are rotting.

This hobby's demands never seem to end...

Barb

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:38 pm

Looks like the trachy will outgrow the hut next year maybe! When do you typically take down the hut?

Okanagan desert-palms · Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:09 pm

Barb safe and sound for another winter. Looks good!

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:45 pm

the trachy will outgrow the hut next year maybe

Hoping for two years Tim.

Thankfully we didn't hit -9C last night...just -3.

Next week is supposed to be mild.

Tim...now it's your turn.

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:18 pm

Great work!! The trachy will probably even grow during the winter, with all of the warm temps it will be experiencing in there!

damir · Post by **damir** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:13 am

yeah, excellent work! this is a penthouse for the trachy palm !!

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:56 pm

Wow that looks like it is a lot of work . Your zone seems cold for B.C. Are you as cold as Montreal. If not you surely can make easier structures . Big job but GREAT job
CoconutMike

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:39 pm

coconutmike wrote:Wow that looks like it is a lot of work . Your zone seems cold for B.C. Are you as cold as Montreal. If not you surely can make easier structures . Big job but GREAT job
CoconutMike

Mike, when you make your boxes, how much are foam vs frame? or do you have some that are just all foam held together with straps? I'm trying to imagine the make up of your set ups.

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:05 pm

Hey Barb-so far mostly all foam. my locations are not super windy and use cristmas lawn ornament screw-in anchors to secure boxes in place and sometimes glue the boxes to railway ties .
mike

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:24 pm

coconutmike wrote:Hey Barb-so far mostly all foam. my locations are not super windy and use cristmas lawn ornament screw-in anchors to secure boxes in place and sometimes glue the boxes to railway ties .
mike

any wrapping with heavy plastic inside or out?

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:39 am

I have wrapped some boxes with plastic or tarps and some without on the outside never on the inside

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:29 am

Your zone seems cold for B.C.

Coastal areas are mild, Mike.

The Interior Okanagan Valley plateau gets considerable cold winds from the NW in winter, as Arctic "outbreaks" slide down.
But microclimates exist along huge interior lakes (Okanagan Lake, where John is...easily a full zone warmer than me, yet only 35 miles south).

The Okanagan gets a lot more heat than the Coast in summer and, thankfully, less humidity, being at the northern tip of Canada's only desert.

Naively (I suppose), I'm counting on global warming to make winter milder here than historically.
So far, summers are hotter, and winters are...well...still winter, often without a lot of snow cover which is really damaging.

Barb

PS--hey Mike, maybe post still pics of the stages of box constructions.

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:50 pm

thats a great looking palm hut Barb. it would appear you have several year left of use. It will be a shame to have to destroy the hut to make it bigger. Maybe the plan should be to start growing another Trachy or two so you can recycle the hut?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:19 pm

start growing another Trachy or two so you can recycle the hut

Already have some younger Trachies in waiting.

Look forward to seeing your winter protection Kent.
Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:12 am

A rare above-freezing morning, beautiful sunshine.

Opened up the hut and turned off the heater.

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I hope the squirrel and neighbourhood cat stay out...

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Yup, it's still growing!

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One week today it's Christmas...I love Christmas

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:18 pm

Nice here too...in the mid 50s (F) I 'm sure.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:58 pm

Maybe Spring is just around the corner, Jim.
If only we knew...

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:50 am

Hi Barb,

your palm looks real happy!javascript:emoticon(':D')

Sorry for the long delay but my Washy filifera was seed grown back in 2000 or 2001. It's not very large since I almost never repotted it and you know how Washys need root tip growth. I did protect my Washy a few weeks ago.......leaves inside protection look great, out side protection are toast. Trachy still not fully protection. Greenhouse for Trachy is 1/2 up (frame almost complete, no poly film).

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:11 am

Other than a cold spell in early December, it's been pretty darn nice as far as temps and lack of snow. Took covering off both windmills outside so they could get some fresh air and gave them a little drink as well.

2 more months to go................

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:56 pm

Tim, with your warm temps since Fall started, I'm surprised that Washy isn't growing

Scott, they'll be happy to get that fresh air on mild days.
I forgot to close the door again when it got colder.
The heater warmed the entire neighbourhood...

Not looking forward to the utility bill.

Barb

anttisepp · Post by **anttisepp** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:10 pm

Well done and plays fine I think, Barb! Your Trachy and I both like it!

I begin to think about the same thing but have to make it stronger because frosts here happen to -30C.

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