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Your palms look great macario. I can't wait to see the end of year pics to see how much bigger they will get.

Cheers

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Nice DC, Do you keep your plants in your greenhouse all round? What material did you make th egreenhouse out of. I am going to build a bigger greenhouse this year and I need ideas.

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Palmettoman, My T. fortunei is just starting to trunk. I do not know if it will take -20C, but I can GUARANTEE we will find out next year :D . T. fortunei laughs at -8C, they can take MUCH colder temperatures. I will have basjoos available in spring and about 20 other musa cultivars. Just let me kno...

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Alchris,

If you don't like R. hytrix then plant the S. minor to see how it performs in your microclimate.

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Palmettoman,

I not sure what you are planning for supports, but metal supermarket has dozens of aluminum extrusions that will hold 10mm twin-wall poly nice and tight. You can also try almag extrusions.

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Thats really nice Barrie, I wish I had something similar to that in winter time. Maybe this spring I will build one.

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PALMETTOMAN, If your looking for polycarbonate panals I would buy them from warehouse plastics in scarborough. The material from this company will be cost less then home depot and they will cut it to size. They also carry Polycarbonate Twin-wall for greenhouses. Here's the link: http://www.wps.on.ca

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Wes, It's nice to see someone else using this simple method. It is fool proof and it keeps the plants protected and dry, which is important in winter. When my T. fortunei gets larger I will upgrade to a larger pale. I am also trying to source out a producer of clear garbage pales to allow light in. ...

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Your best bet is a rhapidophyllum hystrix which the hardiest shrub palm. You should have no problem keeping this plant alive in your zone with protection. The easiest protection method is to put a light bulb in a plastic garbage pale that has been flipped over. I have a 60 watt bulb in my pale which...

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Yuccaman, I would not worry, rhodos are very hardy. Mine looks similar, but I know that come spring it will look great. I can't wait until spring so I can plant more palms in my backyard and I have over 30 Bananas in the house ready for transplant. Palmettoman, Trachies are hardier then I first thou...

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Thats it! I'm moving.. lol. very nice pictures and beautiful area, thanks for posting Laaz. you can sweep some of those seeds into a postage envelope!

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Very nice pics Laaz, thanks for sharing with the group. It looks like the SM are growing in shade throughout the summer and part sun and part shade in winter and thrive.

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I saw one of those at my local store. They look really cool. Nice find!

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Thats great news. The worst thing can be waiting for seeds to "pop" so it is nice to have them germinate quickly so you need not wait. I have some Carpentaria Acuminata that I purchased from Bananatree and sowed december 5th. The have yet to germinate and I am sceptical if they are fresh. ...

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I would buy a harbor freight greenhouse if I lived in the US. Since you are thinking of purchasing an inexpensive one that will hopefully last several years I would recommend a 10' X 12' for the added space if you don't mind paying the extra heating costs. A 8' X 6' can get full very quickly especia...

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That is a nice looking palm. I sowed several pygmy date palms in spring and each one had two leaves and then the squirrels found them. I don't have any date palms anymore. They also took about 10 fortunei seedlings.

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I used a nut cracker to crack open my seeds. It worked very well.

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We are expected to have frost on Thursday. The Average first frost in Toronto is October 9th.

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Those are great looking plants. I regret not buying any needle palms from them when I took a trip to broadview gardens in spring.

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Great Pics! Are you sure you live in Ontario? lol, I will post my pics at the end of september. We still have several good weeks of growing left (hopefully).

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anschluss,

I will send you a Musa basjoo in spring to get you started with nanners. I have a couple dozon basjoo's right now and I don't have room to plant them all next spring. They are great plants since they will quickly give your yard that tropical look.

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Phil, I purchased the heating cables at home depot. They are located in the plumbing section, but can be tough to find so, it may be best to ask an associate where they are located. The nice thing about heating cables is that they will turn on automatically when the temperature approaches freezing. ...

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anschluss, I will only keep my T. fortunei wrapped when temperatures are below 10C. I am not too concerned about the plant not getting sunlight for a week at a time. When temperatures are that cold there is not much active growth so it does need much energy. The heating cable is your generic water p...

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Welcome to the forum! I live in Southern Ontario as well, Toronto to be more precise. I took a road trip down to Broadview gardens in spring and picked me up a good size T. fortunei and a Musa basjoo banana. I was very impressed with there resonible prices and selection of cold hardy tropicals. The ...

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That sucks, every time a storm comes near my house I'm at the window watching my bananas hoping the wind won't rip them to shreds. I have been VERY lucky this year and have only been hit by 1 T-strom, but dozens have past a few kilometres to the north. I would stake it up and take off what turns bro...

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Nice shots! I'm big into astronomy and have a rather large telescope. Try pointing your camera at Andromeda galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. An 8 second exposure you will be able to see the galaxy very clearly. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest galaxy to the milky way and the largest one in ...

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Anyone have any to trade? I have dozens of musa basjoo and cavendish (2 weeks for cavendish) bananas to trade. Make me an offer!!

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Thanks Steve, they are definitely worth checking out. They can easily be combined as well. With 2 kits you can make a 6x16 for $600.

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Heres the pic. I built up the greenhouse on 2x12 pressure treated lumber to increase the height to about 7 1/2 feet. I took all of the plants out because of the record highs we have had the past few days. I have not installed a fan yet to draw out hot air, but I have installed automatic roof vent op...

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Thanks for posting the link Phil. Port dover does look tropical with those nice big palms. It does seem like a lot of working digging them up, but it is a small price to pay smiles on our faces.

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H*me Depot has some great 6x8 greenhouses they are selling. The greenhouses were originally priced at $799, then reduced to $499 and finally reduced to $299. I couldn't resist passing them by at that price so I decided to buy one. It was easy to assemble and the designer is a genius. Some locations ...

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My parents were at a wedding today in Port Dover and saw several palm trees that were planted in the ground. I decided to look into it to see if the rumours were true and I found this article. Unfortunatly it does not say what kind of plams they are, but if anyone is in the area be sure to snap some...

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The cage method of protecting bananas works excellent for M. basjoo, Musella lasiocarpa and maybe M. sikkimensis?, but not for Ensete glaucum even though it is called "Snow Banana", it does not stand a chance in below freezing conditions.

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I have no idea

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That's a beautiful flower. I may have to buy one of those trees! Hopefully you get fruit, I love guavas.

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I don't think your basjoo will make it. When this occurs the new basjoo leaves drown and the plant will suffacate and die.

Just send it to me and I will throw it out for you

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Yes it is in the ground, I planted the trachy late April. I think I did a good job transplanting it because there was no trauma to the plant whatsoever. I do not think that TF is very root sensitive, as long as the right soil conditions are met it does fine?

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I'm trying to get my T. Fortunei as big as possible so I'm using 30-10-10 and I know, I know it is high in hot counts, but seems to be working. New fronds are coming up at rate of about 1/2" per day. I'm using it once per month and I will stop at the end of july so the new growth will have a ch...

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Nice bananas Jay. I see that you don't have any cavendish so when my cavendish pups I will send you one for an ice cream:) I just recieved some orinocos in the mail today so my collection is slowly growing. Keep an eye on your Ensete it will likely be your fastest grower. Keep us posted!

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Those will look very nice at the end of the season. You have some big growers there! keep us posted.

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