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- Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:35 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Rain and winter cover
- Replies: 99
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- Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:42 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: imbracata (tree cholla)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10284
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:05 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Rain and winter cover
- Replies: 99
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Thanks barb,I think you guys would be surprised at how strong this stuff is,its called cattle panel and when arched like this would support quite a heavy load,this structure also does not have much room center top for snow,if it is braced on each end and supported across in the middle I think it cou...
- Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:03 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Rain and winter cover
- Replies: 99
- Views: 45319
Barrie,good question about how to secure the plastic,I think I have a system worked out that will work but I tried using some tape and it did not stick,I am going to order some special plastic tarp tape,if tape does not hold well the back up plan is to lay chicken wire over the plastic on the whole ...
- Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:56 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Any one growing Trithrinax campestris?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18753
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:35 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Anyone have a nannorhops ritchiana pics?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7752
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:42 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Any one growing Trithrinax campestris?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18753
D-zone,this thread is an old one but the blue needle palm is one of my favorites,so much so that I considered digging mine up today :wink: however I will give this a go here in 5b this winter,this palm has been pretty solid all summer so why not?Here is a pic when it was planted a little over 3 mont...
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:18 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Rain and winter cover
- Replies: 99
- Views: 45319
Thanks Barrie.The archs will be connected across the middle,as in braced from one side to the other about a third of the way down from the top,this keeps it from flexing and allows tha arch to support a heavey load like an arch should.I will also have posts near the bottom of each corner to make sur...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: My desert
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13614
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Rain and winter cover
- Replies: 99
- Views: 45319
Rain and winter cover
So here are a few pics of winter and rain protection,this first phase is to help with keeping cactus on dry side as there is still quite a bit of moisture 4" down in cactus bed.I have already grown tired of covering the cactus bed even though I only had to do it once so far,this structure will ...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:28 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus Fortunei
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12842
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:03 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: Yucca brevifolias ( Joshua Trees )
- Replies: 89
- Views: 55148
Beautiful yuccas D-Z,I did not realize they are so beautiful when young.We have had a wet summer here in Iowa and mine rotted,it was also covered in scale!it has since been cleaned up and rotted stuff cut off so hopefully it will come back for next year,I did not know their growth could be on par wi...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:45 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25195
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:39 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25195
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:33 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: My desert
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13614
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus princeps
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4262
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:04 pm
- Forum: Most Northern Palms
- Topic: Palm Trivia -- did you know?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11957
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:29 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25195
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:45 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus fortunei in Czech
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25195
WOW!awesome pictures!I think we can all agree that trachys have mixed like the domestic dog.Your palm really looks like a, dare I say TAKIL oh god,I said it,well of coarse it could never be takil :wink: however it certainly is not pure fortunei and thats a good thing (not that there is anything wron...
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:53 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: green or blue princeps?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3324
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:12 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Pics of my Trachy Fortunei and need some suggestions.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6167
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Variations of blue Sabal Louisiana
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2904
Beautiful Sabals.S.louisiana has become one of my favorite sabals,all three of the small ones I bought this year started growing as soon as they hit the ground,if I can bring these through the winter(with protection) they should look that nice by next year :wink: http://www.postimage.org/Pq1lSS80.jpg
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:01 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Palm tree in the Grand canyon??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3583