Trachy Hut comes down

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:08 pm

Hughie wore his St.Patrick's day hat for the occasion.

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Hasn't had any water since early October.
Fronds are folding lengthwise, sure sign of water need.

Let the growing begin...

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:52 pm

Always nice when winter turns into spring and can see the palms burst free all happy!

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:00 pm

Looking good, cant tell its even been through winter. Really hate to think you will have to change your protection methods next yr. I would really try building a second story onto the tracy box.

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:02 pm

Looks like the trachy barely noticed being cooped up all winter. I'm sure after a drink and some fresh air it will look even better.

I have almost 2 weeks before my boxes come off the the season. Looking like the 28th at this point next week looks a bit chilly then smooth sailing. My small boxes will come off for a few days starting tomorrow. Probably got back on for Saturday.

andym · Post by **andym** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:25 pm

Looks all nice and well mollycoddled

Mine has had to take all that the elements threw at it and more.... The -3.5c I attained was well quite devastating

Can you see which way the wind was blowing?

My Trachy Nova was well protected by my next door neighbours pine

Fortunately only snapped one leaf

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:46 pm

andym wrote:Looks all nice and well mollycoddled Mine has had to take all that the elements threw at it and more.... The -3.5c I attained was well quite devastating

Can you see which way the wind was blowing?
My Trachy Nova was well protected by my next door neighbours pine

Fortunately only snapped one leaf

Wow your trachy looks great. I sort of like the messy look. Sort of reminds me of Robert Smith from The Cure and his messy hair.

905palms · Post by **905palms** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:16 pm

teebee wrote:
Wow your trachy looks great. I sort of like the messy look. Sort of reminds me of Robert Smith from The Cure and his messy hair.

Robert Smith with a little Boy George.....

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:43 pm

Super!

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:14 am

Looks good. I can't wait, but I have to resist the urge

.We have another -12C night in the forecast for next week.

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:25 pm

Looks good Barb, for you its more easier to protect those palms than us here. We have for 2 years in a row a really bad winter. With no big warm up till 1-2 weeks

...palms with mummywrap will sure have dommages this winter. But those who i add insulation during this winter looks not to bad...

Ben

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:32 pm

Thanks everybody!

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:19 pm

Great work! Just wait until you have to set up an even taller hut next year

905palms · Post by **905palms** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:33 pm

bananieru wrote:Looks good. I can't wait, but I have to resist the urge .We have another -12C night in the forecast for next week.

Yep, same....Well said.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:28 pm

Just wait until you have to set up an even taller hut next year

Bite your tongue, Cameron

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:37 am

What window is that you look out and see the palm from.?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:01 pm

What window is that you look out and see the palm from.?

one of 2 same-size dining room windows.

Nice to see it blowing in the morning breeze and sun when I get come downstairs in the morning.
Beats the back of the palm hut...

Barb

hasty22 · Post by **hasty22** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:22 pm

Put the hut back up it is cold and snowing!!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:38 pm

Brutal, huh, Keith?

Here's a shot of it from inside that window.

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Here it is with the 2 inches of snow we woke up to this morning:

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Crazy weather.

Barb

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:06 pm

What were your current lows when you pulled that down? I'm still getting freezing temps and can't bring myself to open anything up. Heck, I still have snow in my yard I'd have to drag all my doors and plywood through to get them put away in the shed.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:25 am

What were your current lows when you pulled that down?

-5C 23F four nights in a row.
After all those months in a box, with no water/humidity, bet it loved getting wet.
Snow melted within a couple of hours.

Also I had forgotten to shut the door for a couple of nights when temps dipped to -7 and -8C last month.
Days were above freezing though.

Barb

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:08 pm

The forecast finally shows some good weather (compared with what we had so far). Sunday the trachy hut comes down for me too. I can't wait.

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:59 pm

I've pushed back to Sunday as well. The wet snow we had today would have been been bad weather to pull the box down in. It's getting close and I'm excited.

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:08 pm

teebee wrote:I've pushed back to Sunday as well. The wet snow we had today would have been been bad weather to pull the box down in. It's getting close and I'm excited.

teebee, what's your low temps currently?

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:09 pm

Tonight I'll apparently hit -5c 23F the lows for the rest of the week are between between -4c 26F and -1c 30F. The days are getting too hot to leave the boxes on Tuesday will be 15c 60F I don't see the cold as much of an issue for a Trachy to handle.

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:46 pm

teebee wrote:Tonight I'll apparently hit -5c 23F the lows for the rest of the week are between between -4c 26F and -1c 30F. The days are getting too hot to leave the boxes on Tuesday will be 15c 60F I don't see the cold as much of an issue for a Trachy to handle.

Just curious as I unboxed my big boy today to see most of the fronds fried and I don't want to stress it any more than it already is after this winter. We're supposed to hit 20 tonight so I put the lights back on and draped them around the crown.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:56 am

to see most of the fronds fried

Oh no, Doug!

But you had C-9s on it in the box.
Did you have long power outages?

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:21 pm

Hi Barb

your trachy made it another winter!

I bet it grows a foot this season.....how cool is that. Tell hubby to place a light on the winter enclosure so the planes don't hit it!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:35 pm

a light on the winter enclosure so the planes don't hit it! icon_lol.gif

Very funny Tim.
H is ready to move, just thinking about protection next Fall.

905palms · Post by **905palms** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:41 pm

lucky1 wrote:, just thinking about protection next Fall.

Bite your tongue Barb...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:55 am

I kicked myself for even thinking of it.