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Hi guys . Putting off the wrapping of the palms to make them even tougher . I will have 2 new methods involving tents over these palms and I will try the tents over 5-6 different varieties of palms. If it works it will be the fastest way to wrap up our palms taking only 5-10 mins for an 8 foot palm-I will make a video of that
http://youtu.be/7PGSyOgfNqU

Mike,
hey from (Central Southern) New Jersey. I have 2 questions for you.

What is the minimum temp you would probably cover your trchies?

How do you protect the Queen Palm? I notice it is in a pot , so do you bring it inside?


thanks,
Mike

Hi Mike in your area you should wrap up your palm around the middle of December or slightly before my friends on Long Island NY wrap the trachys in December and I think the weather is similar maybe slightly colder on long island I will wrap up all my palms but 1 or 2 before December 1st I will make video,

coconutmike wrote:Hi Mike in your area you should wrap up your palm around the middle of December or slightly before my friends on Long Island NY wrap the trachys in December and I think the weather is similar maybe slightly colder on long island I will wrap up all my palms but 1 or 2 before December 1st I will make video,

thanks , for the past three years i have never wrapped them, just coverd them with pillows and a trash can on the coldest nights, i just don;t want to lose thhem

Yeah I probably would not cover my palms that much in your zone but every few years you get some cold temps pass thru keep that in mind
Happy palming
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Mike, I do hope you make a video of your process of boxing your palms up.

What do you do with your potted palms that are large? (Queen and Pindo?)

Hi Scott
I've done it in the past . I tie up all the fronds camping cored or bungee cord and then put frost cloth or arbotex. Next thing depending on the palm is just the box near the foundation 2-3 inch styrofoam and away from the house a heat source flo-pac lights or x-mas or heat cables -My new invention/experiment this year will involve 25 mature palms ranging from 6-12 feet tall and will have bubble wrap and bulbs or heat cables. I will make a video of that
mike

my palms I had enough of winter for this year. Am covering them next week.

my palms I had enough of winter for this year. Am covering them next week.

Mike, I was mostly curious how you assemble the stryofoam boxed together. Do you use adhesive? is there any framing or other form of support and strength on the inside?

I can't imagion how as tall as they are they stay together in the wind.

Hi Scott. I used to glue the boxes together but they took up too much space when it was time to store them for the summer.
I now use shrink wrap to hold the 4 panels and lid together. I use aluminum tape to secure the panels and lid in place and then shrink wrap with the help of a few people. When use see palettes of mulch etc... at the Home Depot stores the plastic
around it is shrink wrap. Feel free to leave your tel # I can provide you with additional info if you like
Best
Mike

Thanks Mike, what you described was perfect! Always looking to improve on what I do here, and since you have the best examples of over wintered palms I was always curious on how you did it.

Thanks!

Noticed your video the title says MONTREAL PALMS VERY COLD HARDY PALMS -14C
and in the video you say feels like -14C.What is the actual air temp and what have they seen uncovered?

If that was 6.8F air= you would have a yard of black palms.

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