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(@sashaeffer)
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Close out sale at Lowe's here in Omaha on some selected palms. Didn't have a Spindle Palm, and they had pots with 3 plants in each pot for $9 so bought one to separate. Hope they all survive the transplant!

Also got a Pygmy Date Palm for $5 that looked a little tough,but worth the try to nurse back to health.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 6:32 pm
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Look nice!
Say, about the greenhouse: can you keep that thing above freezing in winter?

 
Posted : 06/11/2011 6:50 pm
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Just put that up a month ago. Have a heater, and 100W light bulb in there attached to a Themrocube, so we'll see what kind of temps I can sustain. It's on the south side of the house so will benefit from the sunshine as well. Have a wireless thermometer in it to keep me informed.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 6:54 pm
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Nice. On my wish list for a future decade.
Give us a photo or video tour someday this winter.

 
Posted : 06/11/2011 6:58 pm
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Good Deals! Never see much of a variety of palms at the home improvement stores here in CT - and never any at that price. I think they would throw them out first, only too charge full price in spring for new stock.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 6:59 pm
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I will post updates on who it maintains temps. I have some sacrificial Cannas in there to experiment with.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 7:06 pm
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nice palms and greenhouse! Keep us posted on how cold that ghouse gets. Perhaps a large water container in there too.........fill up a black walled, 30+ gallon garbage can with water......this should help buffer the temps too.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 9:18 pm
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Good idea, Tim.
Floating stock tank water heaters are inexpensive and would keep that big mass of water at least 35 F all winter.

 
Posted : 06/11/2011 9:20 pm
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Right now, I have a 5 gallon bucket that I fill up once a week withe fresh water. Time will tell when it finally gets cold temps around here. So far the lowest it's got is around 30F or so.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 9:20 pm
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5gal buckets should be fine.....just place a few next to each other so they are in a 'mass'.

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Posted : 06/11/2011 9:35 pm
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Scott, tape black plastic garbage bags to the outside of your water buckets.
Will heat up water nicely on a sunny winter day.

Great new additions, nice size.
the one on the right is a Spindle, isn't it?

The PDP looks like it wasn't watered, should spring back for you with a little TLC.

Barb

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Posted : 07/11/2011 10:29 am
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Barb,

All 3 were in the same pot listed as Spindle palms. I had put both the 3 spindles and the PDP while still in their pots in a 5 gallon bucket with some water and drops of Superthrive in the water and let the roots take up some moisture. The next day I was able to gently separate the Spindles into individual pots and of course transplant the PDP into a little bigger pot.

I hope they all will do good and thrive. Can't pass up deals like that when I see them.

I will give the black trash bag idea a try. I have plenty of those!

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Posted : 07/11/2011 10:41 am
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Guessed that 2 were triangles.
I find spindle and triangles are hard to tell apart at that size.
(I've got 3 triangles, 1 spindle).
After 4+ years, the spindle now has longer leaf segments and petioles, but trunks still look similar.

Good that you used Superthrive.
Certainly can't hurt.

You've acquired some really nice diverse plants!
Good work. 😛

Barb

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Posted : 07/11/2011 11:07 am
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Thanks!! And I keep looking too. I get to travel in my job, so not limited to just what is around my local area. Then, there is always Ebay for the "must haves"

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Posted : 07/11/2011 11:53 am
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Well, Scott, I'm blaming you for rekindling this "palm search" thingy 😛

Heading off to look at what might be new at HD today.
Crazy! I have no more space...

Let us know how quickly that PDP recovers.
Barb

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