Garage o palms

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Here are my larger palms hibernating in my garage. I`ve only watered them once since the end of Oct. The temp in the garage is a constant 4c 39f when the temps outside are below 0 . They seem to be doing fine so far. I`m looking forward to planting some of them this spring.
John
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/sho ... hotoID=179

[Barrie]

Looks like you'll have plenty to plant this coming spring! Hope you have a strong back.

Cheers, Barrie.

[Kansas]

Is it better to do this than to store all my palms in my basement with artificial lights and temps in the 70's?
I kind of think maybe the cooler temps the better since mine are dying at about 2 a week. It is dry in my basement and humid in the garage. It is an unheated garage thou, but it is on the South side of the house.

[Jay-Admin]

Nice. You got an awesome collection of palms.

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Barrie I look forward to the hard work of being one of the very few to grow palms outside of the coastal areas of B.C. They will certainly need protection for a few weeks a year. Kansas this is the first year of putting my big palms into dormancy so this is new to me. They are over 8 ft tall most of them so growing them in the house ,not going to happen. I already have one of my spare rooms specificaly for my smaller palms.The wife isn`t all that happy when it snows as her car should be in the garage. For christmas a palm designed ring may smoothit over. LOL. The key to bringing plants in is not to shock them from outsde to inside as others on this board have said. Slow and steady wins the race.Here are some of my smaller palms inside.
John
[url]htttp://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=179[/url]
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/sho ... hotoID=181

[PALMETTOMAN]

John,

Nice collection man...!

Climatization is the key..I have found over the past few years of going through the process that even the coldest temps of
-8C in my garage (1 or 2 nites), did not cause any great harm to my trachy's, jellies euros or eucalyptus etc....

By spring time they'll be cool climatized and ready for the ground!!

Kansas, the basement causes more harm than the garage because of the dryness and pests (ie-spider mites, scale etc)...I only use my basement for some ponytail palms, yucca's and cactus...

Kansas...if you can...move your palms in your garage and use a small heater to climatize them..then regulate it...gradually getting them used to the cool temps..

Wrap them on a real cold nite if you have to..

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

[DesertZone]

That sure is alot of nice palms you have there John

[macario]

Those palms look great! your making me want to take a ride and do some palm shopping. God im such and addict.

[Knnn]

Everything looks Healthy & Happy!

Kansas ~ If these are sitting on the floor the soil temp might be too cold?
Damp soil and cold roots can cause those symptoms.



edit: I know you said it is about 70* air temp , but if it is a concrete floor they can be considerably cooler..just a thought.

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Steve I put plywood down and then cardboard then plastic. They get virtually no cold transfer from the floor.
John