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Tavi- I believe Kevin uses that white plastic trunk wrapping stuff that you occasionally see. I'm thinking that I will use frost cloth since it is thicker and will afford some protection in addition to reflecting the sunlight!
Posted : 19/08/2010 5:28 pm
Paul, I think he was referring to something like bedding sheet. He mentioned that you should always plant the magnolia near a pole, and then wrap the cloth over both. This way it's also protected from heavy wind or snow.
Tavi
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Posted : 19/08/2010 10:30 pm
Tavi- You're absolutely right. It was sheets... Maybe I'll break out the old He-Man sheets and wrap them around my mag this winter... nah!
Posted : 20/08/2010 6:26 am
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No way! I would keep those on the bed!!
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Posted : 20/08/2010 7:27 am
Paul do you have the Ferrari bed for those sheets?
😈
Posted : 20/08/2010 9:52 am
No no, not anymore, I got rid of that bed a couple years ago now...
Posted : 20/08/2010 10:28 am
😀 😀 😀 😉
Posted : 20/08/2010 10:32 am
I probably shouldn't ask, but what's a Ferrari bed?
😕
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Posted : 20/08/2010 8:21 pm
Stumbled on some protection pics here:
http://palmae.free.fr/protection.htm
minimum protection for those needing only a bit.
Barb
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Posted : 21/08/2010 2:53 pm
Great link, Barb!
Mon Francais est mal,
but my browser offered to translate and that worked surprisingly well.
I liked the photographs. I often have trouble visualizing protection methods I just read about.
What I'd really like this Fall are some more YouTube videos like the ones Steve and Scott made for us last year.
Since you're all a month ahead of me, I can watch and get ideas.
--Erik
Posted : 21/08/2010 3:31 pm
Your French is better than my Oklahomian 😆 😆 😆
Erik, I had forgotten to post this other link for those needing more protection (like most of us).
I really like the hardware connectors.
Scroll down a bit for pictures.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/palms/msg1023182216595.html
Holy! LOOK AT THIS PIC FROM ST. LOUIS! Wish I could see a summer photo:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1415014161066784601omtzoY
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Posted : 21/08/2010 3:35 pm
barb- Those St. Louis pics of protection... Are those the famous large Washies? If I recall correctly those have been there since the late 1980's. Very impressive, especially for a zone 6!
Posted : 21/08/2010 4:10 pm
I think you're right Erik, but I couldn't find out any more from their webshots.
That one is a canary island date palm (CIDP), fabulous specimen.
I wish the owner would join PN !!
I had searched "Palms winter protection" on google images.
amazing pics came up.
Barb
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Posted : 21/08/2010 4:47 pm
Maybe Jim knows where those Washies are?
I'll be up there next month for one of W's horse shows (BTW: she took 2nd and 1st in two carriage driving events this morning.)
I am enjoying this thread as it lets me think about cool weather. Today it is 100oF outdoors (75oF dewpoint; no breeze); full AC has it down to 87oF indoors. I haven't watered yet as I got heat exhaustion at the horse show today and am confined to bed rest until it cools down outside. We got down to 80oF this morning, so hopefully that will happen again.
I just want to remind y'all for when I start gloating in November about not having a freeze yet....
--Erik
P.S. y'all is Oklahomian 😆
Posted : 21/08/2010 5:41 pm
Hey Erik, maybe you can find out location of those St.Louis palms and take some pics when you're there 😀 :
It'd be wonderful to get the owner to visit PN so we can see more of his photos and get his tips.
Congrats on W's carriage events today...that must've been brutal in that heat.
Don't blame you at all for thinking about cooler weather after your heat wave.
You may still have it in November 😆 😆
Feel better soon!
Barb
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Posted : 21/08/2010 6:37 pm
