Looking good guys,I checked my cactus enclosure today after not being around or heating for
some of the colder nights lately,even with 10(F) last night the snow covered C-house was only 27
for a low..... the Cordyline australis looks good still-it may just make it through without dying
to the roots for a change!

Unfortunately 2 of the Trachys spear pulled(also my planted Princeps)not from cold however,
byproduct of the Neem oil 🙁 ,the good news is they are totally fine though besides the pull 😈

The 2 C.cerifera are looking really nice too!

Looks good Scotty. Where do you guys get your c9's. All I see here in Niagara is LED.

Unfortunately 2 of the Trachys spear pulled(also my planted Princeps)not from cold however,
byproduct of the Neem oil 🙁 ,the good news is they are totally fine though besides the pull 😈

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Darn! I always thought of neem oil as safe, if not particularly effective. I haven't used any yet but have a spray bottle on standby.

Looking solid guys. I use a similar enclosure for my palms, no insulation save a layer of frost cloth and heat is provided by cables and mini-lights. I have not used the thermo cubes this year (still sticking with palms that 'might' have a chance if the heat fails). I will be more proactive next year with some of the slightly less hardy Sabals (texensis (aka minor) and birmingham (aka??????).)

I don't use c-9 lights. They are as rare as a chickens tooth, and much more costly to replace/operate than the mini-lights. Mini-lights are available anywhere that sells xmas lights (Canadian Tire, Rona, HD, Zellers, etc.).

They had a ton of c-9 lights at CT this year. They were $ 9.99 for a string of 25... I think they put out more heat though. They only run about 60% of the day when it's around the -5C range.. Just my observations..

Who had them??? Are they the LED ones?

You might have me second guessing the failures I've had in the past Scotty... Maybe a Trachy is worthwhile in our climate... And the survival of that Aubuca without care for 2 years has got me wondering!

C-9 & C-7 lights here are $6.99 for a strand of 25 at Walmart....nothing beats that!

2 of the Trachys spear pulled(also my planted Princeps)not from cold however,
byproduct of the Neem oi

Stuff smells rank, mine was sold as "neem oil leaf shine"...what a mess it made on wood floors too, one little drip was like glue.

Well, Jim, if anybody HAS TO HAVE spear pull, it might as well be you.
Your palms regrow from spear pull. 😉

I bought the c-9's at Canadian Tire. They had a lot there for $ 9.99 for a string of 25...

Yeah Paul.. I dunno.. Maybe we just get lucky with certain plants??? The Acuba I got was from Bill in MA. We have had -15c here at my place and not a scratch on it. Not to say it won't die by the end of the winter. But each time, like today when it warms up to 0c it looks mint again..

2 of the Trachys spear pulled(also my planted Princeps)not from cold however,
byproduct of the Neem oi

Stuff smells rank, mine was sold as "neem oil leaf shine"...what a mess it made on wood floors too, one little drip was like glue.

Well, Jim, if anybody HAS TO HAVE spear pull, it might as well be you.
Your palms regrow from spear pull. 😉

Barb

I think the neem oil is great for anything but palms,works great on Lemon trees
for scale,lalalalala.

It's just awful for palms,Cordylines,floors,walls,windows etc.

I noticed that even on some of my other palms that the spear leaves where damaged even though
they didn't pull and even my Filibusta spear broke off but is growing out of it 😈

I just went in the Cactus house yesterday,the Cordyline australis still looks good,no pull
and all the Trachys with pull are nice and healthy,no leaf lose! 😀

I almost tossed the Neem oil but will keep it for the 6foot Grapefruit tree.
Have 2 inches of coffee grounds as top-dressing so may not need Neem for that.

Cordyline australis still looks good

Better conditions than last winter, plus it's a year older.

Re spear pull you've already had...do you wait until spring to cut away to live tissue?
or do it now to dry out the bud?

BTW have you heard how Bill's GH fared through that brutal snowstorm?
He's AWOL
:sad2:

Don't understand all this spear pull stuff. I've never had spear pull.

Maybe this will be your lucky year! 😯

I've never had spear pull.

The golden rule has officially been broken.