Palm Hut Dismantled

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:35 pm

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

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:37 pm

WOW

That trachy looks so healthy. Nice job!

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:44 pm

Hey Barb.. Trachy looks great! I'm sure it will grow lots now that it's out! I am probably going to take my hut down next weekend. Supposed to be close to 20c! If not then the week after. Take care!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:57 pm

Thanks folks.
Made me feel good "freeing" it.

You're waiting for 20C to free yours, Scotty?
If it could talk....

Barb

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:06 pm

Wow! Barb, Your trachy looks better than mine. And I had mine in my garage all winter.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:37 pm

Looks great Barb!! Good Job!

Mark

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:37 pm

Looks great Barb

Really is starting to spread out.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:06 pm

Fantastic!
You know what my Trachy looks like, which should reassure H you did the right thing. If he questions you, show him the photos of mine and say, "see what we avoided!"

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:40 pm

Well done Barb ... was that the same one you had for decades that finally got planted?
I'd be in a heap of trouble if I had shelters for all my palms

Cheers, Barrie.

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:24 am

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..

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:49 am

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

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:49 am

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..

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.

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!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:02 am

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.

had mine in my garage all winter.

But any other winter, Jay, I might've been wishing the same thing.

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

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:14 am

Barb,
I'll resist tugging until my Trachy spear pulls.
Can you describe this Epsom salts tonic?
--Erik

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:34 am

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!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:53 am

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

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:08 pm

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

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:22 pm

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

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:45 pm

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

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:06 pm

Yeah I would like to pop by tomorrow Paul. Can you send me an email with your address? scottynichol@hotmail.com

hilashes · Post by **hilashes** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:14 pm

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!

Heidi

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:56 pm

Thanks Heidi, yes it's a wonderful time of year (despite the cool spring we're expecting).

Barb

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:56 pm

Scotty- Check your email.

hilashes · Post by **hilashes** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:43 pm

Barb our forecast calls for below average temps for the first couple of weeks also. Hope you don't get TOO chilly!

Heidi

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:07 pm

Nice trachy! It's 33 years old?

What's the coldest temperature it saw this winter?

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:42 pm

This palm's only 5 years older (38 yrs). Being planted in ground makes a huge difference.

Cheers, Barrie.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:19 am

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

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:21 pm

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

You'll need a larger / taller palm hut!

Cheers, Barrie.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:34 am

Barrie wrote:
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
You'll need a larger / taller palm hut!

Cheers, Barrie.

2 story outhouses can be problematic

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:56 am

It's tough to find room for the ladder

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:41 am

hardyjim wrote:2 story outhouses can be problematic

I saw a photo of one not too long ago.
Voters got the first floor and politicians got the second.

Cheers, Barrie.

Corrosion · Post by **Corrosion** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:45 am

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.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:49 am

Will look forward to seeing your new Trachy, corrosion.

Is the other one really dead?
Might be too early to decide?

Barb

Corrosion · Post by **Corrosion** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:23 pm

lucky1 wrote:Will look forward to seeing your new Trachy, corrosion.

Is the other one really dead?
Might be too early to decide?

Barb

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 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:30 pm

cut almost the whole trunk

did you find any green tissue?

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:18 pm

Bill built some pretty tall "outhouses" this year.

--Erik

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:26 pm

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

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:28 pm

Lower 90's for the lower South this week! I hope your in on that Erik

Time for the Basjoos to grow a foot in a week

Bill

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:30 pm

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

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:23 pm

Barb your Trachy looks great. Watch it take off now that its`s getting past the sleep stage of sleep, creep, leap. That specialty palm fertilizer you have should wake it up to get growing!

How are those W. filifera doing?

John

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