Trachycarpus 'nanital' update

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:58 am

Good result Tim, you did have any heat for that Trachy ? I know that you don t really need where you are.

Don t worry Henoh, you are not alone, still at leat 30 cm here north of Montreal, plus snow bank of 3-4 feets. But its melting quite fast now, days between +6 to +8c and night near freezing point. We are finally in the normal

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Ben

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:48 am

Same here Beny, but we didnt quite have a winter like you did. Toronto got more snow then I did up here....

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:14 am

Beautiful palm Tim-nice to see it back in business!

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:52 am

Very nice looking palm, came through winter great.

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:09 am

Wow it came through perfect! Good work!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:17 am

thanks everyone.

Beny, I did have a string of mini lights around the trunk which were kept on most of the winter....except when we lost power for 35 hours......and that night dropped to -2.9F (-19.3C).

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:40 am

Ok Tim...even at -19c, you ve got good result. The Trachy are pretty tough, mine survived a -16c without any problems.

Ben

andym · Post by **andym** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:57 pm

Well done Tim I'm very impressed with the growth rate of your plant.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:06 pm

it appears many of the upper fronds did get a little damage. The fronds aren't opening up fully.

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:43 pm

Mine fold up like that when they're thirsty.
But with all your rain, doubt that's it.

Gorgeous nevertheless, Tim.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:48 pm

do you think a VOLE has taken over?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:50 pm

Any tunnels around it in the soil, Tim?

I'd get the naphalm ready...

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:56 pm

I have a mission tomorrow! What kills VOLES the best?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:34 pm

So there are tunnels?

Mousetraps (like we discussed in another post that seemed to work), baited with peanut butter.
Covered with a bucket with a rock on top so cats/dogs/kids don't get hurt.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:28 am

I haven't killed one vole yet with mouse traps! What else works?

PS, I didn't see any obvious vole destruction near the T. nainintal.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:42 pm

What else works?

Hawks, owls and a cat

But I don't think that's vole damage.
Are the fronds opening up more each day, or still the same?

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:47 am

last time I looked at the nainital the leaves looked the same (slightly folded). Do you think they will open up more as time goes by?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:10 am

TimMAz6 wrote:last time I looked at the nainital the leaves looked the same (slightly folded). Do you think they will open up more as time goes by?

Wait until you get some rain and 70s(next month the way things are going

)and see how they respond....
my Trachys are not looking great either as it has not been very good palm weather lately-they are still sleeping.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:15 pm

update photo....

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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:42 am

The palm looks amazing.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:22 am

palm looks amazing

Agreed.

miketropic · Post by **miketropic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:57 am

agreed it looks wonderful, also love the monkey puzzle

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:43 pm

T. nainital not doing well........leaves are fried even though it's in a protection 'tube'.

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KrisK · Post by **KrisK** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:47 pm

How's the spear, Tim? My plain fortunei look real similar to yours - freezer burnt, but I expect a recovery. I had heavy protection - r13 from the ground to the crown, and covered with plastic. I kinda half-@$$ed the top, and think the cold infiltrated there. We had 2-3 low single digit nights and 2 72+hr freezes. Of all the damaged trachies I've seen posted on the HP&SB, the nainital have looked the best.

How is your inground citrus - I think it was a thomasville citrangequat or citrumelo?

kspalmguy · Post by **kspalmguy** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:53 am

Unfortunately, this winter has plunged most of North America to temperatures one would only expect north of the Arctic Circle...hopefully your trachy will pull through!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:00 am

My Nainital croaked its first winter in the ground.
All while a regular Trachy did fine in a pot for the first 2 months of winter in an alcove!

Not impressed with Nainitals, but hope yours bounces back as it was a good size.

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:26 am

Looks like it has taken a beating for sure with repeated damage from cold.

Yours looks like one of the more cold hardy Naintal judging by its structure-
hopefully the crown is a little better insulated then those leaves

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