So the frost cloth between the fronds and the drums won't do me a bit of good? If so.... darnit....

Frost cloth will help somewhat; the cloth won't feel as cold as, say, plastic.
Would let humidity escape too which is good.

Yup, an arctic blast is settling in.
Got the palm hut up yesterday but the camera's broken again.
Fronds are touching the roof, not good, so pulled them a bit sideways with bungee cord.

Everything's finally protected now.

Good luck wheelman.
Erik, not too bad in Oregon; they'll be fine.

Barb

The deep freeze in Southern Ontario is not expected to be as bad, listed highs for the remaining week are around the 35oF (3oC), lows of 25 ish.
Got the palm huts up as well today as it was wicked mild out. Extra work this year because of the Pindo and Washy. Pics to follow.

As the cold is settling in, this forum is about to heat up!

Dont worry Whellman, your palms sould be fine tooeven with the cloth Inside. There s less 20% chance to have fungus problems .

No arctic blast for us now. It was 13c or 55F today 😀 ...cooling down to 50F tomorrow then 32F on saturday. Will start to cover my palms at my home thursday. By next sunday, all palms will be covered 😥 ...

There s some pics of the palms in covered today...

Ben

Beny, that Butia's stunning :bounce:

Enjoy the mild weather back east, folks.
We're getting out the woolies, and it's not for palms.

Barb

There s another video i took yesterday...

Ben

http://youtu.be/yczdRqG6D-M

Nice flowers on that female, Beny.

The male trachy sure has a thick trunk ... wow.
Mine's taller and only 1/5 that diameter.
Strange.
😐

Thanks for the video look!

It looks like it's going to hit -6c at my cottage in Harrison this weekend, so it's time for me to drive 1.5 hrs out from North Vancouver and screw my styrofoam shelters together to cover the CIDP and other tender stuff.

When Trachys grow just fine unprotected at my house in North Vancouver, I have no idea why I was so crazy to plant the more tender palms way out at the cottage where it gets much colder.

-6c at my cottage in Harrison

Might want to bring the tender stuff back to your North Vancouver home in Spring.
-6C is pretty cold for a young CIDP...

And then you can spend hours and hours building protection in your home's yard. 😆
Good luck.
Barb

I wound up doing things a bit different yesterday when i got out here. The little newly planted Phoenix went from 3'6" to nearly 5' in one summer. I ran a drip irrigation line to it and had black painted stones around the base to heat the soil in spring and fall...guess it worked. So instead of tying the fronds up like normal, I pushed them down so that I didn't have to add a 2' strip to the 4' box. It will be interesting to see how miss shaped it looks in the spring.

Phoenix went from 3'6" to nearly 6' in one summer

Wow, that's quite the growth spurt.

Any photos from yesterday?

Barb

Here are some pics of how I covered my Washy a while back....

Heat tape will work great but you need a very small area to heat...meaning
the wrap needs to be tight enough that the the tape can warm sufficiently.

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I do open the tops when it is warm enough-so that moisture can escape.

I recall how successful that's been for you, Jim.
Nice and sturdy.
Good job.

But no heat tape, just C-9s, right?

Barb

Here's another video guy's...forecaster are saying 5-10 cm of snow tomorrow 😥 ....just finish to wrap all palms today, it was tight 😆 ....

http://youtu.be/bTzjyHVtA4g

Ben

Beny,
So when you're dealing with a thermocube and heat tape, you're basically letting the thermocube only cycle on and off based on the air temps outside correct? The heat tape doesn't warm the inside enough to trigger the cube off does it? For me with my c-9 lights I have them cycling on and off constantly as they warm the area around the cube which i position around the crown.

I'm just curious if you're essentially turning on the tape and not turning it off until the temps outside come up from freezing to the 45 degree F cut off that is norm for the cubes we use.

I do not use the thermocube with the heat tape. It has is own thermostat. But if you use a T3 with C9, install your T3 Inside the protection, as you say near the crown. The thermostat in the heat tape ( i use 2 heat tape, one on the ground and another around the trunck and foliage ) should be Inside the protection. Cause if you put the thermostat outside, it will always turn on then burn the palm 😥 ...

Ben