Mummy wrap update for trachy

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:15 pm

Here is an update for my trachy with the mummy wrap technique. It looks pretty good even though it has not been this cold in Montreal for more than a decade.
http://youtu.be/NDhjwE9gpQo
enjoy

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:26 pm

those are some cold temps! The Trachy is still green.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:35 am

Nice video update Mike, thanks!

Your Trachy looks GREAT!!!!

I do really like the Mummy Wrap idea.
As our palms grow taller, I'm thinking that's our only protection option.

My big palm hut, with 2x4s etc, is such a pain to put up and take down.
Storage is a pain too, running out of places to store stuff where it's out of sight.

You guys had brutal cold ... yet your snow is almost gone.
Our lowest was -17C 1.4F on two December mornings, but we still have a foot of snow that just won't shrink or disappear.

Yabbadabbadoo...February!

Barb

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:53 pm

Looks great! I'm intently watching you mummy wrap folks because I think my trachy will be to that phase in a few years. The box I put on is already 10' tall and I don't know how much taller I can make it, lol.

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:56 pm

Yeah the mummy wrap so far appears to be a good method -it requires more energy and costs more to have heat cables plugged in, but the convenience and storage aspect may balance the additional cost

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:46 pm

Video Mike says -30 F but text on youtube he says -30C big difference in temp, so curious to this lower 48 guy which it was??

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:46 pm

sashaeffer wrote:Video Mike says -30 F but text on youtube he says -30C big difference in temp, so curious to this lower 48 guy which it was??

When you get down that low its not that different -30f is -34c and at -40F=-40C either way its cold.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:48 pm

Got it