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tropicman
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by tropicman » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:39 pm
First Washy filifera ,straw bales and greenhouse plastic,after -18* fried foliage and spear,but no spear pull,trunk is firm all 2 ft of it.
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Second is Livingston Roundifolia,same coverage,leaves are fried,with trunks 6inches four inches and 2 inches,have had this palm 10 years or better,first winter in the ground,spear pulls on both the large trunks,good spear on the smallest trunk.
Not a very good picture as the sun was really bright today,and I was shooting down on to the little spear.
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Next to the yuzu is my hardy trifolate orange tree,still good and green.
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Cameron_z6a_N.S.
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by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:00 pm
good job! how tall is the p. trifoliata?
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:12 pm
Wow -18F = -27C that's cold.
Looks like your straw bales MINUS heat did a better job than a flimsy cover WITH heat would have.
Are you using copper on the spear pulls?
Is the Malayan cocos inside the GH doing better now with warmth and sunshine?
Encouraging about the lemon and orange at those temps.
Thanks for the update, Don.
Barb
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TerdalFarm
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by TerdalFarm » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:50 pm
Don,
thanks. Good news up there.
Did the Washy filifera really go without heat? --Erik
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tropicman
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by tropicman » Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:46 pm
Hardy orange tree is about 7ft tall or better,had one fruit last summer,but I missed place it somewhere and forgot!!!!
Thanks Barb,no copper,as the crown seem to be very dry,I think the spear pull is from the cold,not moisture related.
Erik yes no heat,I'm surprised,as I have tried filifera many times,but without the straw,just plastic trash containers.straw must have done the trick!
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hardyjim
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by hardyjim » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:15 am
I hate to say this but I think that Washy is dead,
hopefully I am wrong!
They are very sensitive to moisture in the soil
upon coming out of winter too-so be careful!
Good luck-I hope it makes it!
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tropicman
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by tropicman » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:35 pm
I hope not too!
But no spear pull,and I tried hard 3 times to get it to pull.
In the past I always had spear pull and the trunks would be soft and mushy.
It does worry me that the spear is fried,but my washy robusta has had the same thing with heat protection and it came thru ok.
Time will tell!!!
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JackLord
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by JackLord » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:47 am
Interesting. I am going to plant my Yuzu outside this year. I am also going to try some Citrumelos. Poncirus does just fine here.
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tropicman
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by tropicman » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:32 pm
Are there hardy Citrumelos?
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JackLord
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by JackLord » Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:31 am
tropicman wrote:Are there hardy Citrumelos?
The only kind are hardy. A Citrumelo is a cross between a grapefruit and poncirus
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tropicman
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by tropicman » Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:25 am
Thanks
Will look for one,always wanting to add hardy fruit to the garden.
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JackLord
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by JackLord » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:34 am
tropicman wrote:Thanks
Will look for one,always wanting to add hardy fruit to the garden.
I would recommend you grab this book:
http://www.sepalms.org/SPS_Hardy_Citrus.htm
Its inexpensive and invaluable.
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tropicman
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by tropicman » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:30 am
Thanks
I will
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JackLord
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by JackLord » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:15 am
tropicman wrote:Thanks
I will
Not a problem. Its a great read.
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