Is it safe

Tonyusc · Post by **Tonyusc** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:33 am

Asking the same question again. Is it safe to take off protection. Looks like we are going to be in the 50-60 next week with 30s at night. I lost the pindo

But I still have the windmill. Thanks all.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:42 am

Tony, sad the Pindo's gone.
But don't yank it out yet, maybe there's some green waiting to push up.

Long range weather f/cast will answer your Question.
Is it trending upward?
Or tanking again in a week or two?

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:06 pm

Tony, That Pindo is really amazing looking! Would love to have one in the ground that looks that good.

What size was it when you bought it, and how long has it been in the ground again?

What kind of heat did you give it as well?

Scott/Omaha

Tonyusc · Post by **Tonyusc** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:10 pm

The forecast looks just above freezing for the next week or two. My pindo got sick last year and in the fall I did some construction and my friend backed over the pindo with a dump truck so it's RIP for the pindo. I got the both of the palms from chilly palms in April of 2012 windmill was a 30 gallon and pindo was the next size down. I build a pipe frame out of conduit I put three 75 watt outdoor floods on a Johnson Conrols A419ABG-3C set at 32f the controls are in my shed and the temp bulb is in the hut. So if needed I could override the Johnson Conrols A419ABG-3C. Then I wrap shrink wrap the whole way up then 6mill over that and then another layer of shrink wrap and I through a tarp over the top to keep the rain out.

905palms · Post by **905palms** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:43 am

Tony, with all that shrink wrap, hopefully it has a chance to breath, but keeping it dry is key. With temps yo-yo-ing this time of year, the lows have to be more consistent. Sunday may just be the day around here +10C range... I'll be removing the boxes, but leaving the wrap and heat mechanisms around them. There will be more cold snaps for sure.

Tonyusc · Post by **Tonyusc** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:58 pm

Hey all. I took my protection off last week. Seems to be ok. I did a quick wrap up today because it's going to get cold AGAIN for a few days. Some of the leafs have spots brown and red round. Looking down the middle there is nice growth and no spar pull. Also it's pushing up flowers again. Would a fungus spray be good to do. If so can someone tell me what to use how and what part to put it on thanks