Unwrapping some palms – Page 3 – Cold Hardy Palms – PalmsNorth.com

Beny · 2014-04-03T16:22:41Z

Hi guy's, Just start today to unwrap few palms at my home. All palms with the wrapping method survived the worst winter we ve had in 20 years :shock: ...The Trachy at the front of my house , the one i added some insulation in january, has better result. So, when using 30 feets DEL Christmas light cordon 54 watts plugged into T3 and 12 feets heatcable on the ground its enough even in very cold winter. The trick is:need to protect the fronds to touching the cold tarp by adding 2-3 inches fiberglass insulation and a low wattage heat cable. The damage that Trachy had this winter was due to the fronds touching the cold tarp, before i added the fiberglass insulation. If i was doing that in november, probably the palm was nt have any damage. I cut no fronds on it since last spring. It has more damage last spring with the old wrap method. The Needle palm has a lot of burned leaves, that one was protected with C9 and has no fiberglass insulation. So, next time i will protect all palms with the following method. So, the wrapping works like this:DEL lights cordon on T3 (30 feets for 8-9 feets palm) located near the crown and 12 feets heatcable around the trunck on the ground with his own thermostat. Then wrap with vapor barier insulation, not to tigh. After that, wrap again with 2-3 inches fiberglass insulation then wrap with tarp. Make sure to make 2 holes in the wrapping, one at the side at the top of the trunck and one at the top of the wrapping. That will allow some air ventilation and prevent fungus problems. Like that it should work even at -30c temp. Be

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Actually I like a combination of Scott's and Beny's ideas.

Because air circulation needs to be good, I do like the idea of a wire cage/fencing over which plastic/insulation can be draped.
Provides a rigid frame that won't collapse.

My Teepees for Washies provided about 6 inches of air space at the closest, 2 feet at the bottom all around the trunk.
And they've got some fungus, so Washies will be a challenge.

But Beny proved it works for Trachy and Butia (yippeeeeeee on that one, Beny! 😀 )

Thanks Beny for the detailed explanations.

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Posted : 20/04/2014 12:41 pm

Beny

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There s some pics about 2 Trachy i unwrapped last week, they are in zone 4a, at the Laurentian foot hill, few degree s celcius colder than my house. Im very happy to see they are good 😀 ...they were protected with the wrapping..
Just post another video ou Youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31nCrj3qdfk&list=UUCnC1GmEEAUNAR4CBYZCrhw&feature=share

Ben

Posted : 21/04/2014 6:04 pm

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Excellent protection job again, Beny. 😀
Probably had some protection from really cold winds from the adjacent woodlands.

Some of my "worst" planting spots here are where there's nothing to stop cold winter winds from tearing through already-stressed plants.

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Posted : 23/04/2014 4:20 pm

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Aside from how great his palms came through the winter, that yard looks like party central for the neighorhood! Pool and hot tub on nice decking????

Summer pics too Beny.

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Posted : 23/04/2014 5:25 pm

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Yeah, and you should see the girl living there 😯 ....you ll wont believe your eye's 🙄 ....will try to take picture of the palm and the girl beside 😆 ....

Ben

Posted : 23/04/2014 9:38 pm

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Keep your mind on the palms, Beny. 😆 😆

:bootyshake:

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Posted : 23/04/2014 9:57 pm