Montreal North Palm Trees Look great zone 5A there.

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:37 pm

Just took the protection off for someone here north of Montreal Palms look great
http://youtu.be/_I13Dy1Of7A

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:12 am

I felt very happy that I planted these and protected these so far from home and they made it through the winter with no damage
Cheers
mike

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:21 am

Excellent, Mike.

You stated the banana had a 23w fluorescent bulb.

So the Trachy palms just had your boxes, and no heat?

Barb

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:51 am

Hey Barb I had bulbs in the palm boxes also like I had already shown in the past but I have plenty with no bulbs in zone 5b
mike

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:09 pm

Looks great Mike. You gotta get rid of the snow! Keep the updates coming.

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:45 pm

Thanks Tim -more videos to come
mike

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:36 pm

Mike,
thanks for the clarification.
Good to see these palms looking so very good.
Most encouraging for your customers.

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:30 pm

Mike it`s a good feeling when the protection comes off and everything looks like your video. I`m surprised that Basjoo made it through with so little heat. How much of that mulch was piled up around the stem? Thanks for the update.

John

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:42 pm

Hey John we had arbotex around the stem and mulch around the box
thanks for watching
mike

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:32 pm

Hey guys,
I was unable to protect again musa basjoo and sikkemensis, here in zone 5a,Mirabel. With, i think the same protection than Mike did. I tried few different method with no success for the 4th years in a row. Musa still mushy even with fungicide/bactericide spray. I covered it with arbotex, straws and tarp. I have a little hope regarding my 3 years old musa basjoo ( i kept this musa indoor in the past 3 winter ), the base of the pseudosterm still ferm. So ill see. I will not have other choise to put some heat inside the box for protecting basjoo here.
Ben

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:42 pm

Don't give up Beny and don't remove your basjoo. Sometimes they can poke up through the mushy part wait until early May before you remove it might surprise you. You seem to be doing everything right. Be sure you rake up the hay. If you don't remove it you'll have alot of weeds.
CoconutMike

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:21 pm

Ok, thx Mike...will see later on.

Ben

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