MONTREAL PALMS NO PROTECTION YET

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coconutmike
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MONTREAL PALMS NO PROTECTION YET

Post by coconutmike » Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:49 am

WE HAVE BEEN SO WARM-
http://youtu.be/YC6zrLIyTs8



sashaeffer
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Post by sashaeffer » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:58 am

Yes, same here in Omaha as well. Not even a "hard" freeze yet really. Poor Banana's don't know what to do....

Hope winter is the same!

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wheelman1976
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Post by wheelman1976 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:15 pm

Great video, next time or when you box up, I would be interested in seeing your boxes a bit closer. It looks like you just have two inch styrofoam sheets and duct taped them together or do you have some sort of nails/fasteners? So long as I don't kill mine this winter, next spring I'm on the lookout for 4 6 foot trunk winmills so I will have my work cut out a year from now for boxing up.

wheelman1976
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Post by wheelman1976 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:19 pm

Also, what will you do with that queen palm? Just let it die?

sashaeffer
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Post by sashaeffer » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:59 pm

Mike, how did you protect the Queen up till this year? did it grow so much since last winter. BEAUTIFUL palm it is. Shame to see it perish.

Scott/Omaha

coconutmike
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Post by coconutmike » Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:53 pm

Hey Guys I am donating this palm to the botanical gardens or a shopping mall whoever picks it up first -it grew a lot this year. Queen palms are quite tough. good to -6c or -7c at -8c-9c leaf damage occurs. Doesn't really pay to protect this palm here the cost of protection and electricity exceeds the cost of the palm.

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