C'est En Francais?? Thanks for posting those Barb.. I'll be sure to make some vids in the fall when I am making my structures!!

Looking forward to another video of yours Scotty.
Great one last time!

The way your palms are growing, you'll have to get shares in a plywood manufacturer. 😆
Barb

Scott,
oui, je voudrais des videos du methodes pour les palmes en l'hiver.
(Was that even close? I last studied Francaise 20 years ago.)
My wife is designing in her mind a huge PVC-framed, plastic-covered, heated greenhouse for the large Butia, three Chamaeadorea radicalis, two Musa basjoo, a Zingiber, et alia. Her dad built things like it in Michigan when she was growing up. We don't get as cold as Michigan but much more wind.
That big cabbage palm is still a mystery. I'll be pestering y'all for ideas the next couple of months.
Everything else is small enough I can use versions of previous methods, albeit on a larger scale as my Summer palm growth has been fantastic. Plastic trash cans vs. 20 gallon buckets, etc. --Erik

You're french is way better than mine Erik!! And I was born in Quebec!!
PVC piping eh? I think Stosh does that with lots of success!! Not sure what to do with the cabbage palm becasue it's too big?? Maybe cut it down quite a bit?? You guys have such warm springs/summer it should grow back quite quickly..

I know Barb... My garage is full of it right now!! I need to change things up for next year! Maybe shares in plastic!!

I remember going by that house with the triple decker greenhouse!

This was over 20 years ago and that big Trachy by the g-house wasn't there.

I also remember they had some big Agaves out in the yard.

Pretty funny that I have actually seen that place before,those people have been at that a long time!

Somebody did post pics on this forum of some Washy's by a pool,there was a newspaper article with it
maybe that's the one your thinking of Paul?

Sorry Paul, missed your posting.
I don't recall hearing about the St.Louis property before this.

Jim, if you were there 20 years ago...bet you weren't yet interested in palms 😆 😆

I'm dying to learn and see more about that place and the owners (do they participate anywhere on the internet?)

Barb

I was trying to look it up on Youtube but I swear they had a video about them and how they protect them in the winter.. You remember that eh Bill??? They cut the fronds and use a space heater??

Is this the property you guys were thinking of???

http://videos.stltoday.com/p/video?id=7814111

Nice video. Good, strong palm hut structure for that tall tree in a windy microclimate.
Do you think they really need to do that extreme a hurricane cut on that Washingtonia?
--Erik

Scotty thanks for posting that.
I have seen that video.
Pretty severe haircut, I agree, Erik.
I don't think these people had a Canary Island Date Palm, though.

The property doesn't look the same as this shot with winter protection in place:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1415014161066784601omtzoY

Now I'm REALLY curious 😆 😆

OK do we have to wait for Erik to go to St. Louis next month? 😕
Barb

I tried to send a message to the St.Louis poster, and you have to get a MEMBERSHIP to post a message on webshots.
What a pain, won't do that. 👿

I agree, Barb, there seem to be two different folks in the St. Louis area with big palms.
I think Jim used to live there, so maybe he can help. It is too big a city for me to just drive around looking for palm trees! --Erik

too big a city for me to just drive around looking for palm trees

Instead of "Murder Mystery", your trip could be a "palm mystery" 😆 😆

H A L L OOOOOOOOO, Jim, get out of the garden and onto your computer please 😀

Barb

I think the video Scotty posted is the one Paul was thinking of,was it not Paul?

I posted a message on the deltatropics (St.Louis site)asking if they could come on
and treat us to some info,so hopefully we will hear back.

Jim,
Thanks very much for doing that.

It'll be great to hear/see anything of their winter protection processes, and also summer pictures.

And then we can get back to Scotty's great topic
😉

Barb