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Wow Canadianplant I hope all of your stuff is ok after that cold. Man I was annoyed when we hit the lower 20's, I don't feel bad anymore.
Lets hope the cold is done now for good.
Bill
Posted : 29/03/2010 10:31 am
I was looking back at the beginning of this thread and just wanted to point out that
(in case you didn't know)the reason small seedlings(even Washys,Butias etc)do so well,
is that they are so close to the ground they enjoy a micro-micro climate.
I covered my Tesan seedling with leaves and 4" of soil and it made it through this cold winter
with a minimum low of -12,the reason is the ground temp was around 35f with that much insulation the
seedling never saw below freezing temps,most likely stayed 35-40(f) all winter.
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Posted : 29/03/2010 10:48 am
I agree. The good thing is, the fargesia is the only thing ourside. The stupid iris n lily decided to wake up early, covered em, no worse for the ware. The bamboo leaves seem a bit crispy, but seeing as the handled 2 hours of light freezing rain, and a bout of -25 C ( -10 before the wind), it looks pretty damn good. The leaves are just starting to drop anyways....... so i dont think theres any REAL damage........
And thats a good point abotu the MM climates ( oooooh new short form fer plant geeks lol). Its gonna be a different story when u cant vury them in leaves. I imagine t would take alot of em to cover a 10 foot butia lol ( by then it shoud have somewhat climitized...
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Posted : 29/03/2010 2:37 pm
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I was looking back at the beginning of this thread and just wanted to point out that
(in case you didn't know)the reason small seedlings(even Washys,Butias etc)do so well,
is that they are so close to the ground they enjoy a micro-micro climate.
I know, and I'm going to have to invest in some C9 lights for the coming winters 😆
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Posted : 29/03/2010 7:00 pm
Has anyone seen that person growing palms in zone 4 utah? he has 12 foot chamerops, and trachys, butia, banana, its crazy, builds a wood box, and puts 3 compact flouracent bulbs in, hasnt failed in 10 years he said...
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Posted : 29/03/2010 7:59 pm
Artic palm is his name. He has some really nice palms for sure. Thick foam and heat, a perfect plan for you to get some really nice palms through your winters. Make sure you amend your soil to drain drain drain and you'll be killing it in 10 years too.
Bill
Posted : 29/03/2010 8:16 pm
His name is Kevin. Hi is known as Arctictropical.
Posted : 02/04/2010 1:13 am
no his name is arctictropical LOL. Very smart dude. Very insightful. Hes probably what got me thinkin of this....... OH BTW, i ordered 2 musa from banooworld. Theyre in stock......
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Posted : 02/04/2010 7:58 am
no his name is arctictropical LOL. Very smart dude. Very insightful. Hes probably what got me thinkin of this....... OH BTW, i ordered 2 musa from banooworld. Theyre in stock......
Musa=what?
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Posted : 02/04/2010 9:22 am
anybody have a link to the Utah palms?
Searching google for "arctictropical" got this:
"Basically, it looks like the Earth released a gigantic fart of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere - and globally the Earth warmed by about 5C (9F).
from BBC in 2006.
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Posted : 02/04/2010 1:51 pm
I made a post that idnt apperantly work LOL
ya its a musa basjoo....
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Posted : 02/04/2010 2:47 pm
I knew i had the link somewhere muhahahha...
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Posted : 02/04/2010 2:50 pm
I knew i had the link somewhere muhahahha...
BARB
You can use the search function and pull up all Arctictropicals post's
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Posted : 02/04/2010 4:23 pm
Holy cow, those palms!!!!! wonderful pictures.
Imagine that! In Utah, on open land that the wind obviously rips through during winter (judging from the tiedowns), I am so very impressed.
Fabulously healthy specimens.
Jaw-dropping gorgeous...so why does my Nainital look like crap??? (you don't need to answer that).
Thanks for the link, canadianplants.
Barb
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Posted : 02/04/2010 4:47 pm
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I was finally able to uncover the palms for good after all of this rain. 2 of the trachys have already started growing new fronds! 😀
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Posted : 03/04/2010 9:34 pm
