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They tend to grow thicker rather than higher in the first few years. Once they hit their max base diameter, up they go. Yours looks nice and wide at g...

Nice job holding back winter on that palm....looks flawless!!!

Oh no Jim...sad to lose some after so many years.Which palms did you lose?.....Phil

I think it will be fine Barb,The spear doesn't look too bad, the top of the spear isn't great looking where it touched the roof, but it's the bottom o...

Amazing job on the Agaves!!! Not even one mushy leaf to cut away...you sure have the magic touch.

Really nice and tropical looking. Thanks for sharing.........Phil

Good luck with nursing your Phoenix back to health. Hope it's a good spring for you so that it sees some early warmth to grow out the damage.

The 23 watt CFL's (100 watt equivalent) get fairly warm, but not too hot to touch. The cooler bulb temp means that they are less likely to overheat th...

Interestingly, CFL's actually produce quite a bit of heat. I switched to them after reading Arctictropical's posts from Z4 Utah on another forum a few...

Yup, the two 23 watt CFL's did the trick. The min/max's showed -11c mins outside the box and +3c inside. No sign of overheating with warm weather and ...

Hi Barb,Great to hear that your CIPD might be alive!!!I drove 2 hours east of Vancouver to the cottage on the weekend to check on the place and to pea...

Sorry to see your Phoenix is lost, especially since you have had that one such a long time.Glad everything else looks so good........Phil

Wow 905, that's truly a labour of love...very impressive.

NP,A picture of the protection would be great to see on a palm that big. There is a good sized CIDP in one of Vancouver's eastern suburbs that I drive...

I haven't been able to peek directly, as mine are way out at the cottage, a long drive from here. But what I do have is a couple of web cameras monito...