Great palms...great covers. 😀

Thx guy's,
Barb, still at least 13 Trachy , 2 Butia and 1 Chamaerops. Plus a few palms at my house like 2 x 8 feets Trachy, 2 x 5 feets Trachy, 2 Needle palms and 1 Chamaerops humilis. Plus another 8 feets Trachy and Butia that i already covered with the mummywrap. That s why i really focus on the mummywrap this year. With all these palms to protect, i dont have no more room to store the box 😉 ...And my wife will be happy if that new technique works 😆 ...

Ben

Still a lot of work ahead Beny.
But, yes, good you don't have to find storage for 4 x 8 foot plywood panels.

Take your camera please when you cover up the rest.

Barb

Beny, My son and I were just commenting on your second last photo... that sequence of : extension cord, thermocube, socket, splitter, 2 bulbs, extension cord out from there...

we have the exact same protection measure sequence in our Brahea enclosure, but i have two different colour bulbs. That way if in the winter I see only red or only white, I know one bulb has burnt out.

here`s ours:
<a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/10807008434/" title="Brahea armata protection by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src=" " width="449" height="800" alt="Brahea armata protection"></a>

Good idea Adam, but when using the CFL bulbs (10000 H), im sure they wont burn during the winter. I change at least 1 bulb per year, just in case. But with 2 CFL, if 1 burn, ill still have another one plus the heatcable (64 watts) on the ground. That will give enough heat with 2 inches styrofoam box.
Thx for sharing pic 😀

Ben

What lamp holder are you using? Isn't a problem if the lamp is too close to the thermocube?

Tavi

Adam that is a fantastic idea!

I'm putting the protection on my stuff this weekend. Should be fun. 2 Palm houses, and a bunch of wraps...

There are some articles on the web that claim that cfl bulbs are not made to be turned on and off very often. Also that they don't work very well in the cold.

Optimal use for a fluorescent light is to be left on all the time at temperatures between 50 and 80 degrees (F). You can still experience savings when an area needs to be illuminated by artificial light for ten hours or more at a time. But for most households, the need is for a few lights to be on for an hour in the morning and two to five hours at night, and most lights to be on for one to ten minutes as needed. If you try to leave the light on longer so the bulb will last longer, the electricity savings are then lost. A more accurate longevity statement would be "250 to 10,000 hours depending on use."

http://www.richsoil.com/CFL-fluorescent-light-bulbs.jsp

look at this link for example

Tavi

What lamp holder are you using? Isn't a problem if the lamp is too close to the thermocube?

Tavi, my thoughts exactly, and is why i have the pigtail of about six inches and a plug on it then the thermocube, for some distance (instead of directly plugged in to the t-cube). I used a plant stake with a curled top to hold it all up and away from the fronds.

cfl bulbs are not made to be turned on and off very often. Also that they don't work very well in the cold.

My garage is proof of that in winter.
Two CFLs in the ceiling.
When it's really really cold (because the people door is open for the dog to come and go), the bulbs take 30 seconds to come up to full light.
Much faster in the summer when it's warm.

why i have the pigtail of about six inches and a plug on it then the thermocube

That occurred to me too.
So I turned the thermocube so there was no heat source underneath it (skewing on/off because of the heat that was generated below).

Barb

I never had problem with that before, cause the heat produced by the CFL is low. I never had a burned CFL after a winter, but i change some just in case. Inside my protections, never the temp. went down Under the +1c even at -27c outside. So, the CFL work Under a milder temp. range +1c to +8c. And i don t think they turn on and off often. Cause during the night, they are on almost all the time and turn off during the day when temp. is higher than -6c. Cause there s some heat giving by the sun. And the styrofoam box contain the heat pretty well.

Ben

WOW, what did you feed your Washy?........it's huge. 8)

Carl Pool Palm fertilizer.

Here's a video of a 7 foots Trachy and 12 foots Butia Under protection. I protected these palms 2 days ago, the Trachy is Under the box and the Butia Under the mummywrap. Im pretty sure that technique will work this year . Sorry the video is in french 😉 ....
Ben

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5H-C1_oHNY&feature=share&list=UUCnC1GmEEAUNAR4CBYZCrhw

2 done, 21 to go, huh, Beny? 😆

Yes, please take extra good care of that 12 foot Butia 😀

Barb