Beny
@beny
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Joined: Mar 17, 2010
Last seen: Mar 15, 2017
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RE: Photos of other people's winter protection

Thx for the pics Barb...nice to see how the other peoaple in the world protect their palms. This one in Utah is a crazy one. He must use heat tape, Wa...

13 years ago
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RE: Musa Basjoo Zone 5b winter protection.

Hasty,a thermocube is like a electronic thermostat with 2 plug. Google thermocube and you ll see. A CFL bulb do the job when you use stryrofoam for yo...

13 years ago
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RE: Musa Basjoo Zone 5b winter protection.

Nice protection Hasty, ill try this year the same protection than my palms. Small Styrofoam box with a 13 watts CFL bulb with thermocube 2-7c. Will se...

13 years ago
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RE: Palm protection zone 5a

Hey Barb, the tool its not mine. Its at the customer, its not for the palm protection. I think its to remove dog shit, seriously. Wheelman, there s th...

13 years ago
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RE: Mommy wrap technique for Trachy

HA... :lol: the thing is, id like to protect soon, big trachycarpus 15-20 feets tall without having to cover them with big box. If the mummy wrap wor...

13 years ago
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RE: heat cable and thermocube

Ok thx guy s...thats why a make a air chamber with 2x2 to prevent the heat tape to touch directly the palm tree, thats keep the heat tape 3-4 inches ...

13 years ago
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RE: Mommy wrap technique for Trachy

I used the steel post because i don t have 2x2 in wood. It s just to make a air chamber between the layers of arbotex (burlap), thats prevent the heat...

13 years ago
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RE: Trachy's mushrooms!

Don t forget to use a fongicide/bactericide before closing the box for winter. With all these mushroom, you will have a lot of humidity inside the enc...

13 years ago
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RE: Trachycarpus near pool..

Thx Mike, its a customer pool...im dreaming to have one like this..but thats make me glad to do a landscape like that far from the tropic. Ben

13 years ago
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RE: Trachycarpus near pool..

Yes, the washy was planted by the customer this spring. He bought them at the botanical center for 90$ each, good deal. I sold him the protection kit ...

13 years ago
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RE: Trachy end of season pictures

Nice growing...they look very healtly.

13 years ago
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