JackLord,
nope, the CIDP will never go in the ground.
Can't keep a big enough area of soil thawed under protection (let alone warm enough above ground) for this beauty.

I'm counting on Washy to outgrow Trachy, but 6 to 9 leaves a season would be impressive.

Barb

CIDP in the ground would be a huge undertaking--heated soil, like Bill does for Musa. Plus a palm hut of course.
Maybe we'll talk you into it in a few years when these Washy are trees! 😀

Barb I would suggest using a root stimulator first for your new plantings. JMO You could use your palm ferts a couple of months from now after the roots have had time to settle in. Look forward to the updates on how they are doing.

John

That palm picture is hilarious Barb!

OBTW

I counted the leaves on the Washys again...13 and 11,so-
1 grew 8 the other 11 leaves last year.

Root stimulator it is, then, especially after reading Jim's 8 and 11 leaves in one year!

Thanks!
Barb

Had to scramble a bit today, heard tonight's low will be -3C 27F 👿 after a gorgeous sunny warm day.

Half an hour of fun, throwing this protection together, 35F/45F thermocube with C-9's inside two hastily constructed teepees for the Washy filiferas.
The 35/45 thermocube is perfect for Washies but, as I said before, I think it's too warm for Trachies.

Y.rostrata are just getting inverted plastic buckets with garbage bags over the drain holes.

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Put my remote thermometer in there, and while I was piling soil around the plastic base, temp ramped up to 95 F
Perfect for Washies. 😆 😆

Barb

Barb- We're only just now getting the first flowers of spring here (Snowdrops and crocus). Would you be willing to post some springtime pics for us? I'm getting tired to waiting (I know, it's only march, but I want Magnolias now!)

Had to scramble a bit today, heard tonight's low will be -3C 27F 👿
Y.rostrata are just getting inverted plastic buckets with garbage bags over the drain holes.

Barb

Wouldn't even worry about the Yuccas,if they can't handle 27F...why bother!

That was my thought, too. Heck, I've had potted W. robusta and even Bizzie see that in the past couple of weeks (pots too big to move back inside on my own).
As for the root stimulator, what do you use? The only product I have is a 5-15-5 fertilizer with IBA. Is that what you use or NAA? Or something else altogether?

Paul, nothin' blooming here, Star Magnolia hasn't moved an inch.
I'm not "the flower type", and have no bulbs at all.
At Magnolia's base are junipers (yuck!), shading the ground and delaying root warm-up on sunny days.

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Erik, re "stimulators", have Thrive Alive B-1, which is 1-1-1.5, plus .09% B-1, .5% humic acids derived from Leonardite, Kinetin as cytokinin & ~Naa "a hormone-like substance", whatever the hell that means.

Also have "The Ultimate Thrive", 3% hydrogen peroxide, 2% thiamine hydrochloride, 1% nitrogen, .25% calcium, 2% mg, .001% allantion, .001% sulphur. Hmmmm...interesting about the hydrogen peroxide, huh? And thiamine? maybe we should just throw some cereal on our plants. 😆

Barb

Kinetin is a powerful cytokinein whihc helps to promote things like shoot elongation. NAA is an auxin, which helps in root formation.

Thanks!
Nice to have someone who passed Chemistry on PN. 😉

Just looked at the remote thermometer...95F inside the little teepees in the sun.
Gotta go open the top of plastic.

Barb

Barb I would definetly take off that plastic during the day 95f is to hot for a palm that just came out of cold storage. 😯 Later`s root booster 10 bucks for one ltr. http://homehardware.ca/en/rec/index.htm/Outdoor-Living/Yard-Maintenance/Fertilizers/Flowers-Vegetables/Liquid/FRTLZR-PLANT-ROOT-BOOST-5-15-5-1KG/_/N-2pqfZ67l/Ne-67n/Ntk-All_EN/R-I5026474?Ntt=Later%27s

John

Yes plastic is off during the day.
Thanks.

Yea it's a good idea to take the plastic off but....
don't worry if you forget last year Bill and I left
our Washys covered late(relatively) into spring and
we were kidding around about how hot it got in the enclosures-
now don't get me wrong here because the Washys were not growing or
anything but-one day it was 117F in my enclosure!

They are tough palms and can take the heat!