JackLord
@jacklord
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
Last seen: Jul 28, 2017
Topics: 5 / Replies: 295
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RE: WHat are your big plans for spring 11??

I have loads of mad schemes for the Spring.I will most likely complete the palmscape by acquiring some Saw Palmettos. Last year's mail order specimen ...

14 years ago
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RE: Uninsulated palm enclosures

I bought a line of white C-9s for future use with my Butia. I prefer colored lights for Christmas, but white is better for eccentric hobbies. :wink:

14 years ago
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RE: Uninsulated palm enclosures

Looking very good. They seem quite happy inside those enclosures.Reminder to everyone that Christmas lights are now heavily discounted. Stock up now.

14 years ago
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RE: Expedition to McCurtain Co. Oklahoma (no, not with me)

Looks like what you see from the car driving down I-95 south. The cusp of the subtropics.

14 years ago
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RE: Grocery store gardening

I have been doing my fair share of this. So far, Taro, Blood Orange, Key Lime, Ellendale Mandarins, Valencia Oranges, Fall Glo Tangerines, Pineapples,...

15 years ago
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RE: spear pull

Since when is bad for a tree to get wet? They live outside. I think its a matter of how much prolonged exposure to excessive moisture, particularly ...

15 years ago
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RE: spear pull

Ok that article was a little more than my brain can comprehend at the moment. The question still remains though. They saysoil born pathogens. Like I e...

15 years ago
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RE: List your favorite or dream palms

Coconut palms epitomize the tropics and I love the curved trunks. But I think date palms win with me.Their fonds remind me of fireworks exploding. Dat...

15 years ago
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RE: Palms Indoors for winter

Not much light, if any Not good for any palm... True enough. I have set up another area away from the furnace with plant lights. Perhaps I can put i...

15 years ago
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RE: Palms Indoors for winter

chill on the other side the other side of what? the basement furnace? How's the light there? any cold drafts from garage door?In my home in winter,...

15 years ago
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RE: Palms Indoors for winter

Charles, my Chinese fan is in the cold barely-heated building, about 50F.The sunporch freezes?They don't mind being crammed into a livingroom corner w...

15 years ago
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RE: Palms Indoors for winter

Cool-winter loving palms would be OK in a cool basement. Warm-winter loving palms no.But dark isn't great for either type.Maybe "make room" on the su...

15 years ago
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RE: Fairfax, Virginia (Wash DC area) palms

Oh come on now. How bad is this place? Worst thing you will encounter are some of Bill Clinton's past exploits. :lol:

15 years ago
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RE: Magnolia's after the Freeze....

Scott,very nice!I think I'll plant a Magnolia where that bead Butia was. Shouldn't need protection down here. I took a chance and planted three burfor...

15 years ago
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RE: Palms Indoors for winter

Can I overwinter a palm by just putting it in a dark corner of the cool basement.? There is no room left at the window on the sunporch.

15 years ago
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