Barb

Thats funny....as these damn fungus gnats are flying in my face and around the computer I was just thinking
I would love to get these freaking plants outside-it really doesn't look warm enough for that anytime soon though....

I think the main issue with the Aloifolia is they need water...

Tim

Very excited to see what the Sequoia will do!
Looks like it will be a wet year this time around..

I am hoping for a half a foot out of the Trichocereus,hey-why not-the Cereus Peruvianus
grew over 4' of branches last year!....we'll see how well rooted it is after last year....

Yea,the Princeps-I really babied that one this winter-should really be spectacular this year,
there is another one in back in the cactus shelter that is only a little smaller-it looks perfect too
and so far the spear is solid in that one too 🙂

Tim

Are you getting much snow out of the current snow storm on the east coast?

these damn fungus gnats are flying in my face and around the computer

HOLY JUMPIN' JACKRABBITS!
I just realized I haven't even seen a fungus gnat yet this winter 😯 😯
And I've got just as many seedlings/soil in the basement as last winter.

oh oh...sssshhhhh, so they don't wake up.

One question Jim . could you tell me the name of the big green cactus to the right of agave.thanks
Keith

One question Jim . could you tell me the name of the big green cactus to the right of agave.thanks
Keith

Trichocereus Terscheckii -this is the one Tim and I were discussing...

If you mean the one on the right in this pic V

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Everything looks amazing! Diggin' that desert Biosphere dome you have going on there! One question: Will you cover your palms again at all if it dips into the 20's again??

Nice plants Jim. I uncovered my big Trachy in the back near the walk way and the lone surviving trachy in the front(voles killed the other 3) Also uncovered the needle palms in the front had 2 one got damaged by voles and the main trunk died :(. Still have yet to uncover my 2 Sabal Minors. I noticed in my cacti garden that my Agave's are starting to grow again. I really like that ghost plant I have a pot of the stuff in my window thats going crazy going to take cuttings and plant them in my Cacti garden when it warms up more. Jim when is the best time to uncover desert plants?

Looking good as always. 😀

Mike-

Unless it is going below 15F I will not cover them-looks like we will just miss out on the accumulating
snow so those kind of temps will not happen at this point over our snow free ground-hoping our luck holds out!

bgodwin

After 2 years of drought,things look wet again here,I may leave the cover up well into April as long as this
rain/snow keeps up-I wait until the temps really warm up and I may just roll the plastic back for a little
moisture when temps are warmer-but yea....probably April.

Thanks Aaron!

Bryce - for voles, you can try to use a ring of daffodil. They are extremely poison to small mammals (squirls, vole, rat). Basically they smell the toxins and generally stay away. This is mostly for burrowing pests (voles do indeed burrow do they not?), but ive read it can also be applied to digging mammals, such as squirrels. Squirrels only dig where daffodils arent in my yard. SLightly anecdotial of course, but there is some literature to back it up..

Jim , how many extension cords do you own. lol.
Keith

I think there are like 5 going outside...but I only used 4 😉

Safe to say our 2 year drought is over....after a couple rainfalls of over an inch
and 8" of snow followed by well over a foot,we have now received close to 3"
of rain the last few days...ALL the snow(except the piles).... gone now!

Pretty amazing to walk out the next morning after almost 2" of rain overnight
and see your car parked 3' from the curb because thats as close as you could
get it the day before!

Thanks Aron! Happy spring
🙂

Hi Jim,

sorry for the delay...........was up in Boston for most of the weekend and I'm catching up now. The snow depths were really variable in the past storm. It snowed for 2 days straight but not much accumulation during daytime since temps were about 32F outside. We got about 6 or 7 inches but areas 5 miles to the northeast got 2 feet. The snow bands set up and didn't move.....weird storm for our area.

just a warning it might snow again. You can probably keep it open for it was a little while though. I have to close up my the gradern again. My reaction to the nexts weeks forcast. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YKss2uYpih8

The bigger Trachys....... the Needles/ Sabals are staying out,they have been snowed on before
the little stuff will get covered............