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After quite a long winter
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Posted : 12/04/2015 11:26 pm
Looking at your palm you would never know there was winter.
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Posted : 13/04/2015 9:19 am
Like Jim said, what winter? Not even the fronds are bent out of shape.
Posted : 13/04/2015 11:49 am
Like Jim said, what winter? Not even the fronds are bent out of shape.
Posted : 13/04/2015 11:49 am
Your palm looks amazing!
I love palms.
Posted : 13/04/2015 10:49 pm
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this winter I had three different systems in the box:
1. Christmas lights on a TC3 (35F/45F -2c/7c). They were mostly on the ground. Very unreliable, I think there were only 2-3 bulbs working when I opened the box. I will use roof deicing cables next year.
2. A pipe cable with it's own thermostat. The palm was covered in arbotex with heat cable wrapped around.
3. A small (200W) heater on a TC2 (20F/30F - -7C/-1C). The heater was on the ground.
I don't know if the heater was ever activated, as the temperature was alwasy around 5C inside.
Tavi
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Posted : 14/04/2015 10:26 am
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If I replace the Christmas lights, I will probably add a bulb of some kind just to see when it's on.
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Posted : 14/04/2015 10:29 am
Next year I am looking at a 200watt heat lamp in a socket on a spike to stick in the ground and face upward in my barrel housings I'll be building. I've found I have no issues with freezing ground or the trunks getting damaged and it's all about keeping my foliage green and not letting those freeze. I figure a good heat lamp will warm things up quite nicely. Of course I'm looking at two lamps per box for redundancy.
Posted : 15/04/2015 9:42 pm
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I used this heater on a tc2:
www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-MyHeat-200-Watt-Electric-Portable-Personal-Heater-Black-100/202363459
The advantage is that it has a little fan to move the air around. I used them for the last 2-3 winters, and they are still working fine.
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Posted : 16/04/2015 10:27 am
These cheaply "made in china" christmas lights and light bulbs now a days are totally unreliable. I like the tiny heater idea but would worry it would dry the air too much..and the fronds.
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Posted : 24/04/2015 7:34 am
Nice job Tavi! Flawless... Things do grow better in Ontario! I agree about the xmas lights, half of mine were toast when i opened mine. All alive but 50% damage on my Palmetto.
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Posted : 26/04/2015 8:54 am
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and for the second year in a row it has flowers:
😀
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Posted : 14/05/2015 11:38 pm
Just beautiful!
I love palms.
Posted : 15/05/2015 1:36 am
Hey Tavi,
Did you go back with the same method for this year (C9s), or did you go with the cable?
Cheers
Dan
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Posted : 10/01/2016 10:53 am
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I went with the cables, but I added one regular bulb on the ground. It's hard to find those old Christmas lights.
Tavi
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Posted : 14/01/2016 11:29 am
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