Palm Hut Dismantled
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Palm Hut Dismantled
Perfect day, with a light rain.
High time for this Trachy to be out again.
It didn't grow over the winter, like other people's palms did , but it looks healthy.
Wonder if H will notice where we stored the panels Too heavy to drag down to the basement!
Now watch it snow...
Barb
High time for this Trachy to be out again.
It didn't grow over the winter, like other people's palms did , but it looks healthy.
Wonder if H will notice where we stored the panels Too heavy to drag down to the basement!
Now watch it snow...
Barb
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That trachy looks so healthy. Nice job!
That trachy looks so healthy. Nice job!
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Thanks folks.
Made me feel good "freeing" it.
You're waiting for 20C to free yours, Scotty?
If it could talk....
Barb
Made me feel good "freeing" it.
You're waiting for 20C to free yours, Scotty?
If it could talk....
Barb
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Looks great Barb
Really is starting to spread out.
Really is starting to spread out.
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Very nicely done Barb All of your efforts really paid off.
I'm sure your trachy will reward you with a ton of growth for taking
such nice care of it and freeing it too. Pretty soon it will be time to
pour on the fertilizer
Bill
I'm sure your trachy will reward you with a ton of growth for taking
such nice care of it and freeing it too. Pretty soon it will be time to
pour on the fertilizer
Bill
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Yup. I uncovered the basjoo last weekend so they could soak up the rays... I'm not crazy enough to think that it's time to uncover frost intolerant plants for the year yet.ScottyON wrote:Yeah I am waiting for the nights not to go below zero. I have a washy in mine, not trachy.. So I need to be a bit more careful..
Barb- Seems funny that the one year a Trachy might survive your cold with no protection, is the first year it's planted!
Scotty- If you have time this coming weekend to come by and pick up a 15-gallon bamboo, I'll be around!
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Yup, thanks everybody...this is the 33 year old Trachy that was in containers for all but the last year.
Paul's right...this is the one winter it might have made it without protection
Scotty, sorry, forgot yours was a Washy...good to wait a bit.
The only reason mine finally got planted out was because it outgrew its garbage can...
Erik, I am looking forward to seeing your Trachy recover.
Jim good observation...it does seem to be spreading out.
Fertilizing is next Bill, but I'll wait a couple of weeks. Will do an epsom salts tonic first.
Then hit it with Palm Special Fert...or maybe I should try 20-20-20 like you do!
Weather's cooling off again, first week of april is supposed to be lousy.
The Naini Tal that overwintered without heat looks worse and worse, but still no spear pull.
The trick, I think, is to NOT tug it until it pulls
Barb
Paul's right...this is the one winter it might have made it without protection
Scotty, sorry, forgot yours was a Washy...good to wait a bit.
But any other winter, Jay, I might've been wishing the same thing.had mine in my garage all winter.
The only reason mine finally got planted out was because it outgrew its garbage can...
Erik, I am looking forward to seeing your Trachy recover.
Jim good observation...it does seem to be spreading out.
Fertilizing is next Bill, but I'll wait a couple of weeks. Will do an epsom salts tonic first.
Then hit it with Palm Special Fert...or maybe I should try 20-20-20 like you do!
Weather's cooling off again, first week of april is supposed to be lousy.
The Naini Tal that overwintered without heat looks worse and worse, but still no spear pull.
The trick, I think, is to NOT tug it until it pulls
Barb
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Epsom salts are avail at any drugstore (nice and cheap).
The crystals readily dissolve in water.
Use 1 or 2 tablespoons (right John? ) per gallon of water, stir and water your plants.
Instant green-up from the magnesium, which palms really love (and generally lack in "ordinary" fertilizers).
I think Jim just sprinkles the crystals on the soil and then waters the plant.
I prefer to dissolve it in the water can.
Good for people too! if you're stiff and sore from working strenuously, dissolve a handful in bath water. Soak in it...feels good.
Barb
PS--nice weather you've got Erik...send some northwest!
The crystals readily dissolve in water.
Use 1 or 2 tablespoons (right John? ) per gallon of water, stir and water your plants.
Instant green-up from the magnesium, which palms really love (and generally lack in "ordinary" fertilizers).
I think Jim just sprinkles the crystals on the soil and then waters the plant.
I prefer to dissolve it in the water can.
Good for people too! if you're stiff and sore from working strenuously, dissolve a handful in bath water. Soak in it...feels good.
Barb
PS--nice weather you've got Erik...send some northwest!
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Ah...a bath. Sounds great. My back already hurts from lugging 'ball room" plants outdoors.
The W is mad that I put her Washy outdoors when it is forecast to get to 38oF Monday morning. I rudely said she could bring it back inside if she wanted to. It is VERY heavy now, and not practical to get the tractor in position.
Anyways, every palm, cycad and Yucca is outdoors now and will stay there until November or so. I'll put some of the potted ones in the ground, but I'll ask advice on a new thread first.
As for the forthcoming warm weather, I'm hoping to keep it right here for a while!
--Erik
The W is mad that I put her Washy outdoors when it is forecast to get to 38oF Monday morning. I rudely said she could bring it back inside if she wanted to. It is VERY heavy now, and not practical to get the tractor in position.
Anyways, every palm, cycad and Yucca is outdoors now and will stay there until November or so. I'll put some of the potted ones in the ground, but I'll ask advice on a new thread first.
As for the forthcoming warm weather, I'm hoping to keep it right here for a while!
--Erik
I sprinkle it on the soil and then my palm and I take a bath together-
We are both a little more green after this
We are both a little more green after this
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Tough to get a tractor near a doorway...
This is my "back-saver"...works great. Relatively cheap at big box stores.
If your temps do dip to 38F, a couple of old blankets wrapped around the bottom half of Washy will work nicely.
Jim...bathing with your palm
This is my "back-saver"...works great. Relatively cheap at big box stores.
If your temps do dip to 38F, a couple of old blankets wrapped around the bottom half of Washy will work nicely.
Jim...bathing with your palm
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Barb,
love the photo!
We do have one of those around somewhere. I forgot about that this morning when I used my weak back muscles to get W's Washy out of the dining room and onto the "beach."
W is working tomorrow night but i'll take the advice (always excellent here!) and wrap a blanket to help it out. It has been in the dining room, not the 'ballroom' which has been cold. --Erik
love the photo!
We do have one of those around somewhere. I forgot about that this morning when I used my weak back muscles to get W's Washy out of the dining room and onto the "beach."
W is working tomorrow night but i'll take the advice (always excellent here!) and wrap a blanket to help it out. It has been in the dining room, not the 'ballroom' which has been cold. --Erik
Yeah I would like to pop by tomorrow Paul. Can you send me an email with your address? scottynichol@hotmail.com
Barb, your Trachy looks wonderful! Nice trunk on it too! It must feel so good to be out in the open again. I'll bet it felt good for you to free it also! Welcome spring!
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Thanks Heidi, yes it's a wonderful time of year (despite the cool spring we're expecting).
Barb
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Barb our forecast calls for below average temps for the first couple of weeks also. Hope you don't get TOO chilly!
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wxman, my Trachy saw -20.6C on Dec.14.
The palm hut was heated, coldest inside was about -5C.
Cold this winter was basically only mid-Dec to mid-Jan.
Mildest winter in eons.
Barrie, that's fabulous.
But here, mine would never have made it outdoors for 38 years.
That's the difference between the Coast and inland...damn!
Barb
The palm hut was heated, coldest inside was about -5C.
Cold this winter was basically only mid-Dec to mid-Jan.
Mildest winter in eons.
Barrie, that's fabulous.
But here, mine would never have made it outdoors for 38 years.
That's the difference between the Coast and inland...damn!
Barb
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Barrie wrote:You'll need a larger / taller palm hut!lucky1 wrote:Barrie, that's fabulous.
But here, mine would never have made it outdoors for 38 years.
That's the difference between the Coast and inland...damn!
Barb
Cheers, Barrie.
2 story outhouses can be problematic
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It's tough to find room for the ladder
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Nowadays there are ladders which are foldable BTW the trachy looks great for an oldie I´m starting with new trachy in late april when it is warm enough. It looks 10 times better than the one in bad- or dead condition originally looked and it has a rootball which is good for a while.
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Will look forward to seeing your new Trachy, corrosion.
Is the other one really dead?
Might be too early to decide?
Barb
Is the other one really dead?
Might be too early to decide?
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Maybe but I guess it won´t survive the next winter in such condition. I cut almost the whole trunk and the trunk is maybe 10 cm high now. I treated it with fungicide and despite warmth day temps (with bwhouse) hasn´t made any growth yet.lucky1 wrote:Will look forward to seeing your new Trachy, corrosion.
Is the other one really dead?
Might be too early to decide?
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did you find any green tissue?cut almost the whole trunk
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Corrosion,
I was really hoping your palm was going to pull through, don't give up though until it truly gets some warm temps for awhile.
Erik,
I promised myself at the end of this year I was done building ugly structures even though they are cheap and super affective!
This years huts will be Cadillac s of the palm hut world
Bill
I was really hoping your palm was going to pull through, don't give up though until it truly gets some warm temps for awhile.
Erik,
I promised myself at the end of this year I was done building ugly structures even though they are cheap and super affective!
This years huts will be Cadillac s of the palm hut world
Bill
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Well, probably not 90oF here (but likely in western OK), but certainly the 80soF, with nighttime lows well into the 50soF should warm up soil nicely.
The last plants indoors are Brugmansia, Ficus benjamina, Mandevilla, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and W's olives. And oh yes she brought a Yucca back inside for no reason I can determine.
--Erik
The last plants indoors are Brugmansia, Ficus benjamina, Mandevilla, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and W's olives. And oh yes she brought a Yucca back inside for no reason I can determine.
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