Yup, you are!

But if paint is drying, guess we don't have to ask how mild your weather is...

Buy a smaller house next time 😆

Barb

Yup, you are!

But if paint is drying, guess we don't have to ask how mild your weather is...

Buy a smaller house next time 😆

Barb

Tis small. I had to scrape the old paint off, sand, caulk, prime, and finally paint it.

I think were all getting lucky with a mild winter so far. Other than a bit of a cold stretch in early December...I've uncovered my Trachy's so they can get some fresh air. Heck, I could have left the stream running for my pond as well!

scrape the old paint off

and it landed on plastic that you laid down to protect your foundation plants (NAG, NAG) 😆 😆
But you've got lots of "points" with the MRS after that project.
Go out and buy some palms. 😉

could have left the stream running for my pond

then it would've been 10F.

Hopefully those trachy's will be fine! Im sure they will especially if they have been in the ground awhile. Our Midwest winter too has been really mild! I would definitely keep an eye on the forecast though and not be caught off guard. Im sure you do 😉

Yes, I am. Another great day tomorrow(tues) close to 60 again, but will cover them back up. VERY easy to put on/take off coverings although for my first year trying this I haven't been challenged much so far.

Giving them a drink before covering them back up. Weather turning colder, but still not bad at all for this zone.

I use a spare PVC tube to pour water right at base of palm so as I don't get any on crown by accident to possibly freeze.

Green house has helped baby Trachy's and Blue Beaked yucca, along with a Pindo Palm on the floor to grow over the winter as well.

Scott nice pics. I believe in that the last photo of palms in your cold frame of the Pindo palm is actually a Butia eriospatha. You can tell because it has a hairy trunk and much more pinate fronds than Butia capitata. Great score. It is worth a lot more than a B. capitata. Where did you get it from?

John

Large nursery here called mulhall's they had like 30 of them they must have bought somewhere. All were marked Pindo Palm for around $34.00 each.

Are they more hardy than the other? I know it really likes the greenhouse this winter. Seems to have shown more growth there than when I left it outside this summer when I got it!

Nice pics, Scott. Good idea with the PVC!

Agree with John that's not a B.capitata (Pindo).

Barb

I havent covered mine totally ether. Just a blanket/outdoor cushions wrapped in a large plastic trash can on the nights where we got down into the mid 20's. I havent watered either though and am covering it with plastic if it rains so it can't freeze after. Should I water? So confused????????? I think I will cover next week when i get back since they say temps will be more seasonable here by then.

The only reason I make a point to water mine is that I buried heat tape in the ground around the root ball when I planted the palms. Read on here somewhere where another member did that but never watered and the heat tape over time "cooked" his palms because they got so dry. So I make a point of once a month giving them both a good drink, usually with a few drops of Superthrive vitamins in the water (3-5 drops per pitcher, and I use 1 pitcher for the bigger palm and about 1/2 for the seedling)

I havent covered mine totally ether. Just a blanket/outdoor cushions wrapped in a large plastic trash can on the nights where we got down into the mid 20's. I havent watered either though and am covering it with plastic if it rains so it can't freeze after. Should I water? So confused????????? I think I will cover next week when i get back since they say temps will be more seasonable here by then.

I will probably cover mine this weekend. I think they are ready to go it alone during Winter, but then there is that haunting vibe that makes you second guess lest you end up with a bunch of fried shrubs and smirks from the neighbors. 😳

Wow

Those palms look well loved and protected.... :happy7: