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 ...
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:
Looking very good. They seem quite happy inside those enclosures.Reminder to everyone that Christmas lights are now heavily discounted. Stock up now.
Looks like what you see from the car driving down I-95 south. The cusp of the subtropics.
I have been doing my fair share of this. So far, Taro, Blood Orange, Key Lime, Ellendale Mandarins, Valencia Oranges, Fall Glo Tangerines, Pineapples,...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Oh come on now. How bad is this place? Worst thing you will encounter are some of Bill Clinton's past exploits. :lol:
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...
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.