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Hi 905,Interesting your comment on the warm water in spring. I was just reading a fellow on a UK forum doing the same thing. He gets 8 stems per seaso...

Do you ever fire up the soil heat cable in the spring to speed up the early season growth?

Is there any brand of heat tape that performs better for you?I have tended to be energy wasteful, and just leave the CFL's burning all winter due to p...

I wound up doing things a bit different yesterday when i got out here. The little newly planted Phoenix went from 3'6" to nearly 5' in one summer. I ...

Curious to know what you eventually went with.In answer to your questions, dark all winter is fine if you don't get too many extended warm spells. A c...

It looks like it's going to hit -6c at my cottage in Harrison this weekend, so it's time for me to drive 1.5 hrs out from North Vancouver and screw my...

That's pretty amazing.

As long as your garage is in the 30-45 degree range, the palm will be near dormant and doesn't need light, or much water. If your garage is often over...

One never knows what is behind some of those mansion walls, but if I had to guess, the biggest non trachy in Canada outside of the aurboretums is like...

Wow, that's a truly impressive palm. It makes one a bit curious to know if there are any bigger Butia in Canada.I am aware of one nearly as tall in t...

It really doesn't sound too likely that the sadder trachy will live, but the one pushing in the middle could possibly have a chance. It really depend...

Jim,Curious to know more about the surgery. How do you know how far to cut without going too deep into the bud? I have tried the drilling thing befor...

The zone here (Harrison) is a bit worse than Vancouver, but has horrible arctic blasts for a few days every few years, so the full styrofoam box, C9 o...

Thanks Barb,Just got in from planting a 4 ft CIDP at the Cottage at Harrison Hot Springs. With the wicked arctic outflows we get out here, I may just ...