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There s some pics about 2 Trachy i unwrapped last week, they are in zone 4a, at the Laurentian foot hill, few degree s celcius colder than my house. I...

Thx Guy's for your comments :D ...the LED rope heat a bit when you put your hand on and wait few minutes, you ll feel the heat. But i think i will co...

I tried on a Butia and it had almost no damage, but mine at my home had a bit more burned tips. I ve had a probe Inside 2 wrapping and the lowest temp...

Just unwrapped last palms near St-Jérôme, 30km north of Montréal, zone 4b....all Trachycarpus looks good, few burn tips thats it :D ...so, definitive...

Wow, nice surf link....thx...unbelievable, these guy's surf in that cold weather....brrrr...the water was so cold too !!! Im probably going down to Ne...

In these videos, i used heat tape (Easyheat brand). But at my home, the LED rope did the job too. I think it turn on more often than the heat tape. Wi...

There you go... :D Ben

I wrapped at least 11 ( 2 Butia and 9 Trachy Fortunei, 8-12 feets tall) with the same method: 2 Easyheat cable one 12 feets at the ground and one 16-...

Just took of the wrapping protection, and guess what......it work well even the horrible winter we had here. Here s a video i toke yesterday. It is in...

Yeah, im working on that :lol: ...will unwrap more others this Saturday, but im pretty sure they will have damages :( ...will take off box soon too....

Here s a video after unwrapping some palms...box method is still better but wrapping could work easily in zone 5-6.Ben

Nice job Tavi, glad to see everything looks good....my Washy looks like yours. Will uncover it and few other palms in the next days. To much snow stil...

I never had problem with the 2x2 box, even if the roots goes outside the larger of the box. Maybe because we have 1-2 feets of snow every year over it...

I thought LED gave off next to no heat... are you thinking that that strand gives off enough heat to keep the fronds from burning? I though the samet...

Sorry Wheelman, Dan is right...that LED cable is only 54 watts for 30 feets long. The cable stay on more often, like that there s no peak of high heat...