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Winter Casualties
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:18 pm
by bgodwin1987
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:00 am
by DesertZone
Much death this year!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:28 pm
by cuja1
Sorry about the casualties. I had quite a few as well. I lost my horse crippler and I had it covered. My agave did fine, but it was covered. I lost all my rostratas and hesperaloe parvifloras. Do you cover your plants? Do you have any barrel cacti that survived?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:22 pm
by lucky1
Sad to see that Bryce.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:42 pm
by andym
Sorry to see all that damage Bryce but with a new season ahead its dust yourself off turn yourself around and start all over again
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:22 pm
by bgodwin1987
Thanks everyone. It's time to replant I will be posting new photos soon, im cleaning up the mess. Yes I have a group of several Oklahoma barrel cacti that survived and a golf ball cactus. I had them all covered but maybe not well enough as the sides were exposed to some extent but in the past that has worked fine. This winter was just really cold.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:02 pm
by chadec
I know how your feeling. I lost 10 agaves and 5 cacti in just my rock garden. My Gentry Jaws and Salmiana Crazy Horse were approaching 3' each. Both were covered. My trichocereus came through unfazed and is reaching 15" tall now. Seems to be a real hardy cactus.
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:03 am
by hardyjim
One tough winter...
I remember losing almost all my Imbricata and all the tree Opuntia
back a few years ago-whats left is tough though,just have to build around that.
Did you heat anything or cover?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:47 pm
by bgodwin1987
I had everything covered Jim however nothing was heated. Most the plants had survived a few years my Agave Parryi had been through 2 other winters and were fine. This winter it killed them though. I should have probably heated it somehow it was so cold. I also lost my big Trachy that I planted 5 years ago when I moved here it had spear pull, not sure if it will come back or not, its all brown. The smaller Trachys all survived all were covered. My needle palms, and Sabal minors all survived they were not covered and have some leaf damage but are starting to shoot up new leaves.