I also hear there is a guy in Topeka that will come to your house and pick up your overstock 😀
I have talked to a couple folks that I gave some palms to and they too are doing ok in the winter homes.

That things are still alive 😀
Those Adonidias are proving to be pretty tough, They grew in the GH last Winter with 40F lows and fairly low light levels. Should turn out to be great indoor Palms.

How are your Trachy's doing?

That things are still alive 😀
Those Adonidias are proving to be pretty tough, They grew in the GH last Winter with 40F lows and fairly low light levels. Should turn out to be great indoor Palms.

How are your Trachy's doing?

Honestly, I am disappointed in them. I thought they would be much bigger. They are still on the third leaf and since I brought them in they are either not growing or actually drying out. Joe SSI sent me 150 seeds and I think I have about 10-15 trees left 😥
But those were my very first thing I EVER grew from seed, so they were my test pilot.
Those Christmas Palms you gave me are AMAZING! I have not lost one, and in fact all are growing new leafs since bringing them in from the outside. I REALLY like them.
Hey, I went to Wichita today on a trip that I couldn't stop, but I went by a Church on Kellogg, at the Washington exit, and I looked over and saw 2 trunked Yuccas about 4'-5' tall and you could tell they were not pot planted like mine, but were long time residents at that church. They were on a South facing wall and looked GREAT!!!
Next time I am down there and have more time, I may stop by and ask about them.

Thanks for the ones you sent my way, Happy to have some out of SSI 8) Probably going to be more slow growing with the Summers here but should adapt over time. The bright side is the ones you have left should be the hardiest out of the bunch. Watch for drafts and heater ducts inside - That can dry them out real quick. Seems to take a lot of seedlings about a year before growth really starts to pick up. A good example is some 1 year old 2 leaf CIDP seedlings this Spring that are now pinnate in 5 Gallons.

Are you overwintering your robusta outside? If so what are you using for a shelter?

The Coonties, ( Zamia floridana Var "Palatka Giant"), Are doing great so far. Pine tree canopy with just leaf mulch, 18F with no sign of leaf damage. Did I mention I also have a Hyphaene planted? snuck it in next to one of the robusta's 😆

Well since you mentioned the draft, I thought I should put a fan in the room (inside the house) to keep the air circulating. Now the breeze never hits the Trachy's, but is the fan hurting everything else????? No heater vent is getting them at all. I have all my stuff in a room in the basement, with three grow lights, a fan and two huge tarps to keep the light inside.
Yes, I did buy a Robusta and plant it outside. That dang Iowa guy with his post talked me into it 😆
Up until about two weeks ago, it was doing GREAT!!!! Better than the two I brought inside. But after that cold snap a week or so ago w/ high 20's at night, the three leafs all browned and I cut them off just tonight. The half emerging spear looks good and the tiny emerging spear looks good.
If you read the Iowa guys plans how to winterize, thats kinda what I am doing....
wrap the trunk with X-Mas lights, wrap the X-Mas lights in Burlap. Add tons of "Sugar Maple" leafs, wrap those with transparent plastic wrap up to the top, but leaving room open for air. Then I have some extra house insulation that I will wrap that around the trunk area too w/ wrap around that.
I am a little worried about the top and letting water (rain & snow) on the crown, but I think if I put enough leafs on top too to not suffocate the spear, but also not let it get too wet, I'll be alright.

If it doesn't work, heck, it was $10 tree and all the winterizing stuff was free so I am only out my knowledge of what NOT to do next time.

As long as the humidity is not too low the air circulation will be good for them, It's just heater vents and cold drafts to watch out for.

Just keep a tarp to throw over your robusta if rain/freezing rain is in the forecast. If you have an old umbrella you could stake that up ~ ( things like that like that will sometimes set the neighbors off 😀

Steve - the back of my house faces west and would get plenty of sunshine in the winter. At least enough to maintain my palms until spring time. I am thinking something along the lines of about 6X12 with the 12' side running along the back of the house. I don't know how the homes assoc feels about the these things but I've been told that it has to match the construction of the rest of the house. i.e. no glass structures, etc. meaning it has to look more like a knock out room than a greenhouse structure or fabricated sunroom. But with adequate glass and a few sky lights I think I can get adequate light in there. We'll see.