My palms (pics)
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My palms (pics)
Hi everyone,
as promised, here's some pics of my palms. Not a lot to show yet, I hope in Augsut there'll be more. It's warm here currently, so the palms are outgrowing their damage.
Trachy that survived -11F in Jan. with no protection.
Washy filifera, styrofoam box as protection, no heating.
Chamaerops humilis, I protected it with styrofoam box with 4 layers of fleece as the roof. No heat applied.
Small trachy, planted it this spring
Sabal minor, also in ground since the spring
Regards,
Yuri
as promised, here's some pics of my palms. Not a lot to show yet, I hope in Augsut there'll be more. It's warm here currently, so the palms are outgrowing their damage.
Trachy that survived -11F in Jan. with no protection.
Washy filifera, styrofoam box as protection, no heating.
Chamaerops humilis, I protected it with styrofoam box with 4 layers of fleece as the roof. No heat applied.
Small trachy, planted it this spring
Sabal minor, also in ground since the spring
Regards,
Yuri
Last edited by Yuri on Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Looking good Yuri
Nice recovery and growth!
Be careful with Sabals that have strap leaves they can be 10-15(f) less hardy then mature fan leaves.
Nice recovery and growth!
Be careful with Sabals that have strap leaves they can be 10-15(f) less hardy then mature fan leaves.
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Very nice thanks for sharing! Are you close to Volinsky Volyn?
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Great looking palms!
That first Trachycarpus looks super for going to -11 oF with no protection. Sure you don't mean -11oC?
That Chamearops looks splendid. You protect like I used to (used heat for the first time this winter) and I always lost most of the leaves.
As for Washy, well I gave up on them in the ground a year ago. Maybe I'll try again if I can find a W. filifera.
--Erik
That first Trachycarpus looks super for going to -11 oF with no protection. Sure you don't mean -11oC?
That Chamearops looks splendid. You protect like I used to (used heat for the first time this winter) and I always lost most of the leaves.
As for Washy, well I gave up on them in the ground a year ago. Maybe I'll try again if I can find a W. filifera.
--Erik
TerdalFarm wrote:Great looking palms!
As for Washy, well I gave up on them in the ground a year ago. Maybe I'll try again if I can find a W. filifera.
--Erik
Erik
Leave the Washys to us northern growers like me,Bill and Wxman,your to far south
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Thank you for your replies!
Erik, I hope I converted -23.8C to F correctly...that should be -11F! I used google
It's good your chammy is back, and it's nice to be able to use heat. I don't use it because there's a danger in using the electricity - you never know when the power outage is going to happen. As for w. filifera - you should definately give them a shot!
Rob, I do have the pics of the boxes, I'll post them as soon as I find them on my old laptop. I hope your palms grow good and healthy!
Bill, thanks! We usually drop low wnen the Siberian High comes without an invitation, and it's usually pushed away in a day or two. On average, there's 3 to 5 nights in winter when the lows are extreme (below -13C or so). But this winter has been a very cold one, we got two like weeks (13 days to be correct) below freezing, starting with -1/-3 C, and then it went all the way down to -23.8C one night, and not rising above -17 next day. A real killer and a lot of lost grapevines and peach trees this year.
During the previous cold spell my trachy survived -15C with no protection and no damage. Here's a pic of it after -15C w/ no protection:
Erik, I hope I converted -23.8C to F correctly...that should be -11F! I used google
It's good your chammy is back, and it's nice to be able to use heat. I don't use it because there's a danger in using the electricity - you never know when the power outage is going to happen. As for w. filifera - you should definately give them a shot!
Rob, I do have the pics of the boxes, I'll post them as soon as I find them on my old laptop. I hope your palms grow good and healthy!
Bill, thanks! We usually drop low wnen the Siberian High comes without an invitation, and it's usually pushed away in a day or two. On average, there's 3 to 5 nights in winter when the lows are extreme (below -13C or so). But this winter has been a very cold one, we got two like weeks (13 days to be correct) below freezing, starting with -1/-3 C, and then it went all the way down to -23.8C one night, and not rising above -17 next day. A real killer and a lot of lost grapevines and peach trees this year.
During the previous cold spell my trachy survived -15C with no protection and no damage. Here's a pic of it after -15C w/ no protection:
G'day Yuri! Everything looks good. Haven't been on this board for a while. Nice to see that things are going nicely here. My newly planted trachy is already growing and making some new leaves.
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Hi Yuri,
many thanks for sharing the photos of your super extreme palms. They all look really great. I think that with regular watering and fertilizing all of them will successfully recover this summer. It could be useful to use some kind of mulch (e.g. wood saw / shawing / bark) to protect the soil from overheating and drying. It's always very interesting to see the plants pictures at the end of the season.
Regards,
Antti
many thanks for sharing the photos of your super extreme palms. They all look really great. I think that with regular watering and fertilizing all of them will successfully recover this summer. It could be useful to use some kind of mulch (e.g. wood saw / shawing / bark) to protect the soil from overheating and drying. It's always very interesting to see the plants pictures at the end of the season.
Regards,
Antti
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Yuri, since you said it's normally only 3 to 5 nights below -13C most winters, that is the clincher.
(Despite your cold winter this year).
It's the number of consecutive days at or near the max low.
Also your yard seems to have considerable protection from fencing or buildings nearby, which reflect warmth.
I guess you're easily 1 full zone better than my location.
Nice to know it's possible with no heat.
But not here.
Thanks for the pics.
Barb
(Despite your cold winter this year).
It's the number of consecutive days at or near the max low.
Also your yard seems to have considerable protection from fencing or buildings nearby, which reflect warmth.
I guess you're easily 1 full zone better than my location.
Nice to know it's possible with no heat.
But not here.
Thanks for the pics.
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Nice!, those palms are going to look very good in a few years.
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Thanks everyone, been away for a while, sorry for no response. The yard is indeed protected from the north side a bit, but the buildings aren't very high. I was thinking about some mulch, but decided to wait for the soil to warm up and put it later. The rains are rare guests here, so it should be helpful.
Some images:
5F aftermath repost
and here's the trachy after a week of below freezing and 18F as a low temp.:
The boxes at the work. No better pics of them, sorry, I'll take them tomorrow, and closer.
Some images:
5F aftermath repost
and here's the trachy after a week of below freezing and 18F as a low temp.:
The boxes at the work. No better pics of them, sorry, I'll take them tomorrow, and closer.
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