Good box store find!

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:07 pm

Couldn't pass this big boy up!!! 6+' chinese fan in the clearance rack for $15.00. They also had 2 nice spindle palms, but I got the evil eye from the wife so I thought I better grab the fan palm an run.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:29 pm

Wow, nice size for $15. I had one but It died.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:30 pm

Sweet. Try separating them and you will have a forest...

macario · Post by **macario** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:02 pm

Thats good for 15 bucks!! Way to go

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:34 pm

Craig, sweet !! superb condition.

if you'd bought the others, that would be your bed at the left.

Barb

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:56 pm

Wow. That is bigger than either of the 2 that I got from HD last spring. And I thought that I got a bargain at $18 each.

Allen

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:12 am

if you'd bought the others, that would be your bed at the left.

Barb, you don't know how right you are!!!

I have an area I plan on doing a tropical landscape this spring. I thought this big guy would look good with my Bajoos and a big $10 Majesty I got last fall. I like the idea of using cheap tropicals as annuals in the landscape.

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:30 am

That is sort of what I did last summer with my chinese fans. I found that they will damage easily in any wind. See my avatar for what was left of my 2 after 2 months in the ground and subject to occasional east winds.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:03 am

Allen, agree that our winds do so much damage to otherwise great summer conditions.
My next house (dream only

) will have lots of "L" and "U" angles to protect my palms...maybe a glass roof covering the U shape

Couldn't care less what it's like INSIDE

Craig, that's an excellent idea.
Especially with palms at such a low low price.
Being a Palms North member, you'll soon build contraptions to keep them over winter

Hope you'll post pics of your tropical landscape as you're building it.

Barb

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:40 am

Barb and Allen

I am ready to get going on it now!!! Darn winter!!! The area I have is between my house and a detached garage. NIce and protected. Wind is not a big concern here. The mountains sort of buffer alot of it. I am still tryinging to think how I can put up a temporary roof and enclosure over the area in the winter. It would give me about a 20' x 30' area with a 15' ceiling. I am leaning torwards something like a removable pvc poly-house with added heat in the winter. Sort of a living greenhouse idea.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:10 am

Craig....

your place sounds PERFECT for sheltering palms. No wind? whoopeeee!

I'd give my eye teeth for 20 x 30 foot area with a 15 foot ceiling in an L shape.
Which way does it face? south? that'd be great for winter protection but would have to be heavily vented or removed for summer otherwise plants would fry.

In our area, the coldest most damaging winter weather comes from the northwest.
If it's facing east or south east, you could actually do something permanent there.

Man, that'd be fun to do. Keep us posted.
(In the meantime your Trachy is saying ... yup, do it!

)
Barb

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:21 am

Barb

The area is open on the west and east sides so ventilation should be good. Our nasty winds also come out of the northwest, especially this time of year when a clipper comes down out of Canada. The garage blocks these type of winds.

I will be looking for input as the time draws near.

Craig

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:13 pm

As the originator of those 'wonderful' Alberta Clippers, I will be ready to give you all the advice that you can stand, both good and bad.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:15 pm

Sounds like a perfect spot.
Since we're all so bored with winter, how about a pic of the area so we can get the dream going?
Barb

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:25 pm

Cali - that is a great find. got to keep your eyes open this time of year for some great buys.

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:27 pm

Barb

That sounds like a great idea!! I will take some pic this weekend.

Cali - that is a great find. got to keep your eyes open this time of year for some great buys.

Whenever I want a good buy I just pull the palm into the isle and kick the palm over. After all the dirt spills out, I yell "OOPS"!! When someone from the garden center comes to clean it up I tell them it probably will not live, but I will take it at half price.

just kiddin'

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:25 am

sometimes in the world of gardening you have to create your own deals, and you my friend, Cali-man, have done just that. At the end of the day you have created a win-win for everybody. (notice the use of 2 cliches in one sentence). The store sells a tropical plant in January and you get a bargain.

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Good box store find!

Good box store find!

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