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Ok guys, I took a couple photo's of my Dwarf Palmetto and my Needle Palm last Saturday before we had our cold snap pass through this week with -18 at night. Here they are.\
My Dwarf Palmetto with a rose cone for protection. If the weather was above 3 celsius I removed the rose cone to get it fresh air and a lil sun.
My Needle Palm. Up until Saturday, January 18, the only protection was a blanket over top of it and a tarp when we were expecting rain/snow. As of the 19th, I put a garbage pail over the top of it with our night time lows getting down to -18C. We are seeing a warm up at the end of this week so I'll probably remove the garbage pail again. One of the new fronds pushing up is not very green though. Was like this already near the end of the summer. I did very little with this guy. No fert and not a lot of water this summer.
Jeff M
Ajax, ON, Zone 5b
Posted : 23/01/2013 6:42 pm
your palms look great so far...............keep us updated. 🙂
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Posted : 23/01/2013 7:10 pm
Nice work! Keep us updated on how the progress through this cold snap.
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Posted : 23/01/2013 9:12 pm
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Well, we are supposed to get a couple days next week of 4 and 5 degrees so as long as it doesn't rain, I'll be uncovering them and taking a look.
Jeff M
Ajax, ON, Zone 5b
Posted : 23/01/2013 10:41 pm
They both look good.
Nice specimens, Jeff.
Barb
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Posted : 23/01/2013 11:41 pm
Good Job Jeff...
looks like the Sabal might have a bit of leaf damage, but you wont know for sure until the spring when it warms up. The needle looks right happy though!
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Posted : 24/01/2013 7:01 am
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The sabal did have a little going into the winter to begin with so I'm not too worried. Needle is very happy though.
Jeff M
Ajax, ON, Zone 5b
Posted : 24/01/2013 10:42 am
Looks great! I'm going to try some needles this spring.
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Posted : 24/01/2013 12:33 pm
Palms look Great!! Jeff. Hope our cold snap does not last too much longer we have down to -32C with the windchill so -25.6F
Cheers
mike
Posted : 24/01/2013 10:39 pm
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Mike, you guys are a good 6-7 degrees colder then us during the cold snap. We are more or less back to seasonal on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday we are pushing 6 degrees.
Jeff M
Ajax, ON, Zone 5b
Posted : 25/01/2013 8:08 am
My Needle palm protection this winter, I plan on finding good spot to plant it this spring along with a few others i have stuffed in my barely heated greenhouse.
My sabal minor with no protection seems to be holding its own
Heres what it looked like towards the end of summer.
Glenn zone 5b SE WI
Posted : 27/01/2013 9:27 am
Glenn, welcome to palmsnorth! What has been your coldest temperature this winter? your palms look good!
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Posted : 27/01/2013 9:48 am
Welcome aboard, Glenn! 😀
Good looking needle and sabal.
Barb
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Posted : 27/01/2013 11:00 am
Nice palms! Makes me want to try palms again. 😀
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Posted : 27/01/2013 12:41 pm
Jeff,
welcome.
Excellent choices for palms. They will do great for you.
Posted : 27/01/2013 3:54 pm
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