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Do you supplement? I don't, I just try to place potted plants in for the winter near windows. This clump (dominated by foxtail and traveler's palms) is by a sliding glass door, albeit facing ENE so no direct sun in winter. Seem to be OK, but no growth.
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Posted : 13/01/2013 12:21 pm
my plants hibernate in the unheated garage which is typically in the mid to upper 40's unless there is a massive cold blast when it might drop close to freezing......not much light in there............plants seem OK as long as temps remain below 50F.
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Posted : 13/01/2013 1:01 pm
I have a lot of my cold hardier palms also in a unheated, but well insulated garage and have two floor lights with a CFL bulb in each that is equivalent to 200 watts of light on a 14hr timer.
I have a spare bedroom that I keep other plants/palms/seedlings in that has a room heater to keep at 72deg and ceiling light bulbs(3) are daylight spectrum type bulbs.
All other palms are as close to windows as possible(mostly east/west facing) depending on type of palm and it's light requirements.
On a heat pump, so warm air isn't dry like regular furnace. Easy to keep house humidity at around 50%.
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Posted : 13/01/2013 6:29 pm
Interesting topic, Erik.
No additional lighting, except in the basement where I start palm seedlings.
Have one of those little red/blue light thingies over seedlings that have popped.
Your housesitter did a fine job; they look good.
Barb
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Posted : 13/01/2013 6:51 pm
