So what mistakes or victories did you have this winter?

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:46 pm

Welcome. It's nice to have another palm nut from the prairies.

Allen

cedardave · Post by **cedardave** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:53 pm

I will post some pictures as soon as I can figure the how to post a picture part out

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:01 pm

Welcome Dave
Let us know what you got growing out in your yard.

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cedardave · Post by **cedardave** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:41 am

http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s65/cedardave/

Here are a bunch of cuurent pictures

Okanagan desert-palms · Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:09 am

Dave welcome to the forum .That is one giant tropical jungle you got going there. What type of bananas you growing?
John

cedardave · Post by **cedardave** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:26 pm

I am growing Abyssinian from seed( about 80 and counting...I dont know why). I have Bordelon, and some kind of cavendish. I just got today corms for Enano Gigantica, Zebrina and,Goldfinger. Very excited about the new additions. I am expecting 5, 5 gallon Musa velutina in may as well as musa merelli and musa basjoo in may. Mid april I am awaiting Manzano, vanilla bean and Williams......I may be running out of space in the house by then. My wife is so far patient ... but that may be starting to run out

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:05 pm

Nice collection!

Is your Spindle showing any trunk yet? Looks like it should be soon..............

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:13 pm

Cedardave, great pics of great plants. Those bananas are showing good growth, nice crop of new and existing palms.
Is your GH freestanding or attached to house?
Now there's an alternate use for beer "go" cups!

How's winter been in Winnipeg for your plants?
Barb

cedardave · Post by **cedardave** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:06 pm

Barb,
The green house building is freestanding about 10 feet from the house. Its not a true greenhouse in that it is really just a building I made for a hottub , that had the added benifit of the corrugated plastic panels on the roof and walls. It is a great pre humidified(thanks to the tub) building that I use spring summer and fall to extend my growing season a bit. The beer cups work great. If you cut a few drainage holes on the bottoms they are a cheap way to pot the seeds up. I rest them in a plastic food storage container and away we go. The winter here was ok early on, but the last few weeks everything has started to show signs of being tired of indoors. Mexican fans in particular . One has just the newest unopened leaf left, the larger of the two had 2 open leaves but browning and bad looking, but has 2 new leaves well on there way. I think everthing is anxious for more light and fresh rain water.

Steve,
The spindle palm has about 18 inches of trunk. This was a lucky find at Home Depot that they had yet to water to death. It seems to be recovering nicely.

thanks for the comments.......

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:15 pm

cedardave, what a good idea...a hot tub and all those palms around. And that humidity! No wonder the palms love it. Man, you'd forget you were in Winnipeg! Re the beer cups, excellent. I use the large styrofoam coffee cups, good too, but they tend to be a bit top heavy.

It's been a long winter, and most plants look tired and ready for the real thing outside. I've been moving tender stuff in and out every day; will be glad when that ritual is over. But -5 predicted for April 3 so can't rush.

That HD is a good resource if you dig around in the "forgotten corners"...Nice find.
Save some of those beer cups for the real thing

Barb