If you want to post pictures of your Windmill palm's
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- Sprout
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If you want to post pictures of your Windmill palm's
Please post them here! I would like to see all the different pictures of everyone's windmill palms big or small flowering or not. If you have them just post them up!
Scott.
Scott.
Loves his Trachy's!
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Windmill Guy! Trust me right now when I tell you this "your Palm will survive in the ground" We can all help you with protection methods. Look into the heat cables on bananas.org that I posted under hardy bananas. They will do you more then good next year. I will put these under everything that needs a spring boost next year!
Bill
Bill
Ya ... there's people growing these in much colder areas than yours using winter protection. Fairly simple in many cases from what I gather. Check with others about what they've done in the past.
A hard winter followed by a dry and sometimes hot summer didn't allow for much growth this year on my palms. It was the worst year for growth I can recall. Irrigation is difficult on a half acre lot and expensive, not to mention against local bylaws during drought periods. We're still on stage 4 restrictions (total outdoor watering ban).
Cheers, Barrie.
A hard winter followed by a dry and sometimes hot summer didn't allow for much growth this year on my palms. It was the worst year for growth I can recall. Irrigation is difficult on a half acre lot and expensive, not to mention against local bylaws during drought periods. We're still on stage 4 restrictions (total outdoor watering ban).
Cheers, Barrie.
Hope you start getting some rain Barrie,this fall/winter/ spring should do the trick!
Here's a pic of my little T.fortunei
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Here's a pic of my little T.fortunei
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Nice one there Jim. It should be putting on some rapid growth once the trunk diameter max's out. After that, they want to go skyward.
Some areas got rain yesterday, all we got was some periodic drizzle and then sunshine all afternoon. A system is pushing in off the Pacific and is bringing rain tomorrow.
Cheers, Barrie.
Some areas got rain yesterday, all we got was some periodic drizzle and then sunshine all afternoon. A system is pushing in off the Pacific and is bringing rain tomorrow.
Cheers, Barrie.
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Here is one of my Trachies finally developing a fan leaf. These were from Joe on Saltsprings seed and are about three years old. I protect them with leaves raked into the bed in winter.
My hand is covering all strap leaves from numerous other seedlings. A few look like they may be fans soon too.... okay, next year. I've got another clump of these in the same bed as well.
Wonder if I should be covering them soon as we should be getting frosty here one of these days.
My hand is covering all strap leaves from numerous other seedlings. A few look like they may be fans soon too.... okay, next year. I've got another clump of these in the same bed as well.
Wonder if I should be covering them soon as we should be getting frosty here one of these days.
Actually my Trachy is in a pot like yours. Not that I want it in one but have no room in the garden. I am expanding in the sping and it will go in for sure, with some others. In the ground I have two sables, a needle palm and as Bill mentioned a Washie.. I'm not that optomistic on the Washie surviving but giving it my all...
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Here's a couple Trachy's planted out last spring, not much to look at
100*F temps, lack of rain, and being munched on by grasshoppers has taken it's toll.
Steve
100*F temps, lack of rain, and being munched on by grasshoppers has taken it's toll.
Steve
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Barrie, Thanks for the advice, I've been a bit lax in my weeding duties
With the cooler weather they have started growing again, going to put up a rain shield & mulch them in for the winter.
Steve
With the cooler weather they have started growing again, going to put up a rain shield & mulch them in for the winter.
Steve
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Hi all! Here are 2 new Trachys I planted back in April. They're on the North side of my home in front of a south-facing retaining wall with almost a full day of sun (but now this time of year they only get brief periods). They've established quite nicely and put out a lot of growth despite our hot hot dry temperatures this summer.
I kept a record of their growth rate since they were planted. In June I recorded the first one had grown 4 inches in a month and a half. The newest spear from May grew 5 1/2" by June. At that point temperatures had been 33C (91.4 Fahrenheit) for a week and no rain for a month. Needless to say I spent much of my time out back giving them tons of water. Wonder how they would have looked, had we seen our typical rainy Vancouver weather!
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I kept a record of their growth rate since they were planted. In June I recorded the first one had grown 4 inches in a month and a half. The newest spear from May grew 5 1/2" by June. At that point temperatures had been 33C (91.4 Fahrenheit) for a week and no rain for a month. Needless to say I spent much of my time out back giving them tons of water. Wonder how they would have looked, had we seen our typical rainy Vancouver weather!
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Thanks Barrie!
I guess I was thinking May - June 'monsoons'... yes we do have awesome summers! Hope we don't get a winter like last year though...YIKES!
Heidi
I guess I was thinking May - June 'monsoons'... yes we do have awesome summers! Hope we don't get a winter like last year though...YIKES!
Heidi
~ palms on the Canadian west coast
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Thank you Bill! I did find one more older frond with a yellow ring but a bit more faded. I haven't found anymore on the newest spears so I'm hoping it's ok now. Thanks for asking!
Heidi
Heidi
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Out of curiousity I check with EC (Environment Canada) for average precip levels for May and June.hilashes wrote:Thanks Barrie!
I guess I was thinking May - June 'monsoons'... yes we do have awesome summers! Hope we don't get a winter like last year though...YIKES!
Heidi
87.6 mm (3.44") at the Departure Bay station.
94.8 mm (3.73") at the Nanaimo Airport.
Again, both May and June combined. (Can't see it being hugely different over your way - mainland BC)
Barring an extremely bad year, hardly a "monsoon" season.
I suppose it seems rainy once the full on summer season hits. Hey you want to see rain, wait til November.
Cheers, Barrie.
Yes Barrie this was a less than average year for precipitation to say the least. I just remember my neighbors talking about the big 'monsoon' coming as we remember the past couple of years it being the two dreaded months of rain before summer. I also checked EC for my city and we definitely got way more than the areas you stated.Barring an extremely bad year, hardly a "monsoon" season.
May-June 2009 = 179.2mm
2008 = 224.2mm
The year before that from April - June total was 324mm, so that's probably why I've heard it dubbed 'monsoon'.
Anyhoo ....until November, I'm really enjoying this warmer and drier weather. EC says the North West Coast is supposed to be warmer and wetter than average for this winter. Fingers crossed!
Heidi
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