Winter pics!

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:48 pm

Let's see PICS of your overwintering palms!

Going to have a mild and sunny week here in Omaha, so took top protection off of 2 Windmills, 3 Needles, 1 Mexican fan palm all planted in the ground and doing well so far.

Opened up 3rd car garage to drag some palms overwintering in there to get some sun and fresh air.

Pics of one of the Needles, and some from the garage. Couple of Mexican Fan Palms and Chinese Fan palm...which as done a lot of growing this winter in there.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:59 pm

Your stuff looks happy out there, Scott.
Good you've got the GH roof vent open with all that sunshine.

Here's my trachy, door's been open for a couple of weeks even at -4C 24F

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8417026913/" title="005 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8417 ... edd9_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="005"></a>

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:00 pm

Wow, she looks beautiful!

So nice that you can over winter it the way you do without having to tie and bundle it up like most of us have to do.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:08 pm

nice that you can over winter it the way

nope, only good for another year maybe.
Then it's outgrown the palm hut.

I think we all will have to one day learn coconutmike's and beny's Mummy Wrap process as our planted palms outgrow what we can build.

The other pain, Scott, is that these structures take up a lot of space for summer storage, and attract rodents.
Ended up giving the squirrel a nice home.
He repaid me by eating the styrofoam and pooping on the other panels.

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:11 pm

Yea, I've thought long and hard about how to protect as they get taller, and after seeing the one guys video in New Jersey? using wire cages and just adding to it as needed is seemingly the way to go, and what I will do.

Common sense really, but until I watched his video I hadn't thought of it.

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:49 pm

sashaeffer wrote:Yea, I've thought long and hard about how to protect as they get taller, and after seeing the one guys video in New Jersey? using wire cages and just adding to it as needed is seemingly the way to go, and what I will do.

Common sense really, but until I watched his video I hadn't thought of it.

Got a link to his video?

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:56 pm

lucky1 wrote:
nice that you can over winter it the way
nope, only good for another year maybe.
Then it's outgrown the palm hut.

I think we all will have to one day learn coconutmike's and beny's Mummy Wrap process as our planted palms outgrow what we can build.

The other pain, Scott, is that these structures take up a lot of space for summer storage, and attract rodents.
Ended up giving the squirrel a nice home.
He repaid me by eating the styrofoam and pooping on the other panels.

Barb

I'm leaning toward sticking with my solid core doors and using 2 x 4s to raise the roof as they go up. As for storage I'm thinking about an outdoor rack of some kind if I can't make it work with my my backyard shed that I built this fall.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:11 pm

Wheelman. I used to..but don't now. I think Barb does.

I first found it on Youtube.

I'll look....

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:31 pm

Scott & Barb, your palms look great. I have to take off my protection tops every sunny day or I'm afraid that it will get too hot inside.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:53 pm

Tim, for the palms on the south side of the house I do have more of a problem with protection huts getting too hot as well. I've seen temps inside(with cover on) of up to 118 deg.

I'm glad I don't keep them air tight or they would really suffer.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:22 pm

Thanks Tim, yes they can really heat up especially late winter.
That's where a couple of vent holes near the top really pay off...lets moisture out.

Scott and Doug, can't find that video, but I don't think he was in New Jersey.
He had built a Tiki bar in his back yard, think it was Pennsylvania????
And they were Washies for sure.

On a humorous note, while I was searching YouTube, I kept finding those Plott guy's videos from Missouri

I'd rather shave my nose than see any more of his stuff.

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:32 pm

Yep, your right Barb he was in Pennsylvania

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:58 am

that must be Stosh's place in Penn. Here's his web site:

http://home.ptd.net/~mishele/webpage/index.htm

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:02 am

That's it, Tim, you've found it.

His Youtube videos should be on there somewhere, where he builds his PVC protection around that raised bed/stone planter Washy.
I was soooooo impressed.

Thanks for finding that...had been looking ever since topic came up.
Especially since I found all the Plott videos while looking.
His videos

are almost too much to bear.

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:08 am

Yes, that could be the guy. Cage method, and as palm grows just build another cage just big enough to slide over lower one then as palm grows you just keep sliding the 2nd cage up to gain height...until of course the palm grows taller then you need a 3rd cage and so on. Video I saw the guys palm was maybe 15 ft or more into the air. He had A LOT of plastic wrapped around it to take off!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:05 pm

Bill mentioned Stosh would be visiting him in Florida soon.......hopefully we'll see lots of photos!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:26 pm

Bill mentioned Stosh would be visiting him in Florida soon

Those two would have a ton to talk about ...
Any chance you could -- sometime -- get us a list of his Youtube videos?

I'm especially interested in the one where he used PVC pipe sections in his raised stone planter for the Washy.
Sure is hard to find these videos again.

Thanks Tim.
Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:34 am

Hi Barb,

this link should work for Stosh's hompage.....let me know.

http://www.youtube.com/user/stosh507?feature=watch

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:38 am

Is this what you're looking for?
http://home.ptd.net/~mishele/webpage/protection2.htm

page 7

Tavi

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:20 am

Thanks Tim, there are some good ones on there, but still not it.

But bananieru's link is EXACTLY the one I was looking for.
I'm going to print this Washy PVC protection link and nail it to the wall.

I'll repeat it here for everyone to marvel at. http://home.ptd.net/~mishele/webpage/protection2.htm

Thanks for searching for it, guys!

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:29 am

Here ya go...found it buried in my history in my inbox.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv3AIjtS ... video_user

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNLHmu7A ... video_user

THIS is what I'm planning on doing....

Scott

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:20 am

Yup, those are the rest of his Washy videos, Scott, thanks.

The narrow styrofoam panels obviously eliminate the need for a 10-foot pole for top basket stability in high winds.
Tying the 2 baskets together wouldn't prevent the top basket from leaning into the palms unless he uses heavy gauge wire fencing panels.

Glad these videos are back on our radar, thanks guys!

Barb