Palm Hut Dismantled

lucky1

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Perfect day, with a light rain.
High time for this Trachy to be out again.

It didn't grow over the winter, like other people's palms did 8) , but it looks healthy.

Wonder if H will notice where we stored the panels 😳 Too heavy to drag down to the basement!

Now watch it snow... 😆 😆
Barb

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Posted : 26/03/2010 6:35 pm

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WOW 😯
That trachy looks so healthy. Nice job! 😀

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Posted : 26/03/2010 7:37 pm

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Hey Barb.. Trachy looks great! I'm sure it will grow lots now that it's out! I am probably going to take my hut down next weekend. Supposed to be close to 20c! If not then the week after. Take care!

Posted : 26/03/2010 7:44 pm

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Thanks folks.
Made me feel good "freeing" it.

You're waiting for 20C to free yours, Scotty?
If it could talk....
😆

Barb

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Posted : 26/03/2010 8:57 pm

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Wow! Barb, Your trachy looks better than mine. And I had mine in my garage all winter. 8)

Posted : 26/03/2010 10:06 pm

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Looks great Barb!! Good Job!

😀 Mark

Posted : 26/03/2010 10:37 pm

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Looks great Barb

Really is starting to spread out.

Posted : 26/03/2010 10:37 pm

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Fantastic!
You know what my Trachy looks like, which should reassure H you did the right thing. If he questions you, show him the photos of mine and say, "see what we avoided!"

Posted : 26/03/2010 11:06 pm

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Well done Barb ... was that the same one you had for decades that finally got planted?
I'd be in a heap of trouble if I had shelters for all my palms 😆

Cheers, Barrie.

Posted : 27/03/2010 2:40 am

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Yeah I am waiting for the nights not to go below zero. I have a washy in mine, not trachy.. So I need to be a bit more careful..

Posted : 27/03/2010 9:24 am

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Very nicely done Barb 😀 😀 😀 All of your efforts really paid off.
I'm sure your trachy will reward you with a ton of growth for taking
such nice care of it and freeing it too. Pretty soon it will be time to
pour on the fertilizer 😆 😆 😆

Bill

Posted : 27/03/2010 11:49 am

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Yeah I am waiting for the nights not to go below zero. I have a washy in mine, not trachy.. So I need to be a bit more careful..

Yup. I uncovered the basjoo last weekend so they could soak up the rays... I'm not crazy enough to think that it's time to uncover frost intolerant plants for the year yet.

Barb- Seems funny that the one year a Trachy might survive your cold with no protection, is the first year it's planted!

Scotty- If you have time this coming weekend to come by and pick up a 15-gallon bamboo, I'll be around!

Posted : 27/03/2010 11:49 am

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Yup, thanks everybody...this is the 33 year old Trachy that was in containers for all but the last year.

Paul's right...this is the one winter it might have made it without protection 😆

Scotty, sorry, forgot yours was a Washy...good to wait a bit.

had mine in my garage all winter.

But any other winter, Jay, I might've been wishing the same thing.

The only reason mine finally got planted out was because it outgrew its garbage can... 😆

Erik, I am looking forward to seeing your Trachy recover.

Jim good observation...it does seem to be spreading out.

Fertilizing is next Bill, but I'll wait a couple of weeks. Will do an epsom salts tonic first.
Then hit it with Palm Special Fert...or maybe I should try 20-20-20 like you do!

Weather's cooling off again, first week of april is supposed to be lousy.

The Naini Tal that overwintered without heat looks worse and worse, but still no spear pull.
The trick, I think, is to NOT tug it until it pulls 😆

Barb

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Posted : 27/03/2010 2:02 pm

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Barb,
I'll resist tugging until my Trachy spear pulls.
Can you describe this Epsom salts tonic?
--Erik

Posted : 27/03/2010 2:14 pm

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Epsom salts are avail at any drugstore (nice and cheap).
The crystals readily dissolve in water.

Use 1 or 2 tablespoons (right John? 😉 ) per gallon of water, stir and water your plants.
Instant green-up from the magnesium, which palms really love (and generally lack in "ordinary" fertilizers).

I think Jim just sprinkles the crystals on the soil and then waters the plant.
I prefer to dissolve it in the water can.

Good for people too! if you're stiff and sore from working strenuously, dissolve a handful in bath water. Soak in it...feels good.

Barb

PS--nice weather you've got Erik...send some northwest!

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Posted : 27/03/2010 2:34 pm