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teebee

The palm has no issue with 32f. 10f would see some burn but survivable..

teebee

I've pushed back to Sunday as well. The wet snow we had today would have been been bad weather to pull the box down in. It's getting close and I'm excited.

teebee

Unless the weatherman changes his tune 3 more days until unboxing.

teebee

Beny,

I got a dusting as well but I hope to loose the boxes on the plants next Saturday. I still have about 18"-24" of snow on the ground It'll be nice to have the boxes off so I can enjoy everything for another season...

teebee

Looks all nice and well mollycoddled :lol: Mine has had to take all that the elements threw at it and more.... The -3.5c I attained was well quite devastating :wink: http://s14.postimg.org/nlbbr3uel/IMG_2191.jpg Can you see which way the wind was blowing? :P My Trachy Nova was well protected by my ...

teebee

Americanas do tend to grow quickly and can out grow the damage in a year. Pretty hard to grow out of being nearly ate to the ground some of the plant are just barely existing :( I'll dig them out of the main part of the garden. I have replacements on order with Coconut Mike. I'll try a different me...

teebee

Looks like the trachy barely noticed being cooped up all winter. I'm sure after a drink and some fresh air it will look even better. I have almost 2 weeks before my boxes come off the the season. Looking like the 28th at this point next week looks a bit chilly then smooth sailing. My small boxes wil...

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Teebe, where you going in Mexico ? Playa Del Carmen 1 hour south of Cancun. My wife and I were Married there 3.5 years ago. We try to spend a month or so there every year... The botanical garden is about 1KM south Puerto Morales apparently lots of native palms and cacti and birds and even a few mon...

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Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates by Leo J Chance Apparently Leo has been growing tons of varieties of Cold Hardy Cacti in Zone 5 CO for over 30 years. He talks about absolutely hundreds for varieties describing them, where they originate from, how they tolerate cold/wet protection mechanism's....

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Thanks Igor. :) Here's another one I did last night. http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy307/jaylatour/Spray%20Paint%20Art/d1221555-3088-4f48-af88-5428303e4b97.jpg Really nice work. I hope you wear a respirator while doing these. I see people doing similar in Mexico with no protection for hours on...

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I totally agree. I think everyone needs to travel outside their hometown and see the world. I love to travel. :) Agreed. I'm not super well traveled but every place has it's own beauty except Detroit. Speaking of travel less than 3 weeks then I go to Mexico for a couple weeks. Apparently I'm stayin...

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905palms wrote:If you move, I think we would all visit you and bring you gifts... such as Maples, Blue Spruce, Junipers and other native Canadian trees etc lol

Toronto Maple Leaf's Hockey jersey's

teebee

It might take a few days for the spear to pull. Try again in a couple of days. How long was it exposed to -16 for?

teebee

:( Just read up it seems like mice were the culprit. I think I would have been a bit less sad if my protection failed and they were just a mess of black death I can fix that easy mice is a complete different issue and I don't know if just putting in some poison inside the rose cone is enough to stop...

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turtile wrote:(don't believe in the drip line myth!).

I agree. I planted my trachy last year and 3 months after i planted it I found a root almost 20' from the trunk ....

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It got up to 10c today more snow was melted enough I could get in and check my Agave Americana. It was the only plant I was unsure was going to make it through the winter but I was surprised. I pull off the rose cone and I find something has been eating my Agave all winter!!! I checked 2 out of the ...

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kspalmguy wrote:a front could very easily push in from Canada and kill my plants...

Why is it always our fault?

teebee

If it were me I'd plant them all except the robusta because I assume you're not going to getting a highly dangerous cold front that will get to the killing range for those. I'd probably wait another 3-4 weeks for the robusta. One question what if the weather turns nasty? do you have a plan what to i...

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I even use softened water. I'm most things look fine. But I'm unsure if maybe my Washy and Pygmy Date hate soft water or if its a case of over/under watering. Only about 6 weeks until they are outside and hopefully thriving...

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Turns out at one point during the winter my small Trachy's Thermo cube crapped out so it was completely without any supplemental heat for an undetermined amount of time. And it looks as good as the day I boxed him up... I wouldn't want to gamble like that too often but after that winter I really que...

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I bought a beautiful Chamaerops Humilis last year and it had a rather large sucker at least 3' I separated the root ball (sawzall's work wonders) and have kept it inside all winter. The mother plant was outside all winter had minor burn but was very hardy. Anyways the sucker has been perfect all win...

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I shovelled a spot on the deck, grabbed a beer and enjoyed the 5 degree weather I had today... Trimmed a few burnt fronds from my chamaerops humilis it looks so good now it was a bit too bushy before but I didn't have the heart to trim off perfectly healthy fronds. No I can see some trunk.

teebee

Maybe you need more insulation I think all my plants came to $250 for last 2 months That's 125 c9 lights on thermocubes in a bad 5B winter I had 16 enclosures to protect a 10' an 8' 2x4' and 12 Rose cones... Looks like about 10-15 more days and I'm home free every thing comes off and stays off...

teebee

Since today is hovering around 0 I would pull a couple of my boxes of for inspection and let the palm get some fresh air... My small trachy looks great it don't think he suffered at all this winter. My chamaerops humilis did take some damaged on the lo fronds. (it's ok because I wanted to thin it ou...

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You "could" have a 20ft box You wouldn't catch me up there though I'd be hiring someone to build the box on my behalf... Perhaps just rent a skyjack... My Wife's store has one perhaps I could borrow it for an evening

teebee

Meanwhile I'm excited about the 1c we're having tomorrow (It's -18c right now)

teebee

Well it just touched down to -24 just a few minutes ago here :( but Since I've started logging all of this localized weather into a database here a couple months ago. I can run some interesting analysis against the data. Since the start of the year it has only been and average of -8.64C now you coul...

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My electricity bill is a disaster all of the time. Nothing phases me anymore... But when you have a computer bigger than most people fridge you have to expect it...

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They were talking about working with poor draining soil (clay) or situations where there is a thin layer of soil with hardpan underneath. Basically you dig a "drain" underneath the plant about 2 inches wide and 2 or 3 feet deep (basically so you get past the restictive layer). You then fi...

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canadianplant wrote:Item: Musa velutina

Good luck with that I had 50 of them not a single one sprouted. I got mine from ebay. Perhaps they were old... I waited months for them to sprout. nada...

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I'm getting Beny's weather her first. Saying 2" of Rain and with 50mph winds then a freeze over night should make the drive tomorrow interesting. I got home last night and it was slightly above 0 I dug a path out to my small trachy and pulled the box off and it looks unscathed from the winter. ...

teebee

Coconut Mike just had a Pindo fruit in he's in Zone 5A (Montreal) not exactly sure what protection method he uses on the Pindo.

teebee

Sigh. I was hoping the worst was behind me. but I got down to -26C last night (again) There's been 24 15 minute intervals of -26 since I started logging my very localized weather a month ago. :( I was supposed to start getting above 0 by next Tuesday but it's been pushed out until at least next Frid...

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DesertZone wrote:True, robustas are very much a weed in the south.

And I just bought one. I can't wait for the 3.5' of snow to melt so I can plant it outside

teebee

That is funny how everyone thinks different, who would not one. I love the flowers and the plant form. :D Best of luck, I hope it does well for you. :wink: You have to remember some of this stuff is "exotic" for us in more temperate zones is like a weed in Flordia. For example my father w...

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andym wrote:Oh I see you've had your groundhog day and well it doesn't look too good
http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtvsimonnew.php?ID=986

Here's a personal confession I was born in the town of the weather forecasting groundhog. And with this forecast I think he's a jerk.

teebee

Most of the cacti will need to come inside most of them aren't at all hardy (Z9/10) stuff. Looking for Eastern Prickly pear and more hardy stuff then I will certainly use some tricks learned here to keep them alive in the ground.

teebee

I wish I had that cactus collection over 450 cacti. Looks like it was done back in 2006 I wonder how much bigger they are now...

I notice some of the name's he used have been superseded by other names but at least it can put you on the right track.

teebee

It's a bit Russian but it's pretty simple to follow. The formatting could use some work but it should definitely help you trying to identify some of your unknown cacti.

http://www.samaracactus.ru/holland1.htm

teebee

Picked out the color of your landscape gravel? :wink: I actually have. I got some stone work done last year the main colour is gray with a strip of black I'm thinking about trying to replicate that in gravel. But if I chicken out I'll go straight gray matches the house etc. Here is a shot of the pa...

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Interesting book on Cold Hardy Cacti/Succulents/Agave

Re: This winter will never end !!!

Checked in on my Agave today.

Wanted: A new hone for a surplus Chamaerops Humilis

Pulled off boxes for the day. (perhaps a couple)

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