mnpalms
@mnpalms
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Joined: Apr 29, 2009
Last seen: Aug 18, 2016
Topics: 8 / Replies: 140
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RE: Long time no post! Seeking advice-trachy getting too big now

Thanks for the replies. I thought about extending the enclosure, but unfortunately it would be just a band-aid and maybe buy me one more season. Thi...

9 years ago
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RE: 3-11-12

Looking great Jim! You put your bananas back in already?!? You have more guts than me... I'm thinking about putting in another needle palm (or two)...

13 years ago
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RE: Trachy uncovered for almost a week - Insane forecast inside!

Isn't this just awesome Jim?!? Also funny how it is always colder at the airport.... (always that way here too). Officially (at the airport) this wi...

13 years ago
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RE: Trachy uncovered for almost a week - Insane forecast inside!

Awesome job Wxman! I also uncovered my trachies this past week and they look as good as the day they were covered late last fall. We are facing a si...

13 years ago
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RE: Trachy's Tougher Than I Thought! ~ Watch Your C-9 Lights!

Precisely why I string my C-9s around the inside of the enclosure completely off the ground and with the bulbs touching NOTHING. If the enclosure is ...

13 years ago
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RE: Yucca Thompsoniana Flowering in Minnesota 4b/5a

That's awesome Jim! Thanks for posting the pic. Good question, what should we call this new yucca? I think winter has finally arrived here. We had...

14 years ago
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RE: Yucca Thompsoniana Flowering in Minnesota 4b/5a

MIne have started to sprout as well. With luck I'll have a few to plant out this spring! Paul- Glad to hear yours are sprouting also! I also heard f...

14 years ago
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RE: A few pics of the garden- taken in the last few weeks.

Looking great Jim! It still astounds me how well the trunk cut trachies recovered. It's just sick that some A-hole would steal one of your plants. ...

14 years ago
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RE: Yucca Thompsoniana Flowering in Minnesota 4b/5a

Jim- I germinate my seeds the same way (sphagnum). I put them up in the ceiling at my office on top of a flourescent light fixture. I put a piece of...

14 years ago
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RE: Yucca Thompsoniana Flowering in Minnesota 4b/5a

Jim- That's awesome! Sprouting already! I figured I'd hold off on starting mine until I'm back from another upcoming trip. I have only a few days b...

14 years ago
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RE: Yucca Thompsoniana Flowering in Minnesota 4b/5a

Bad time of the year to buy another one, but I though it might be now or never since these seem to be pretty scarce. I hope you get one Jim, it would...

14 years ago
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RE: Yucca Thompsoniana Flowering in Minnesota 4b/5a

UPDATE- New addition just arrived today (Monday 11/7/11). The source of the original yucca in this thread actually has some more so I had to get anot...

14 years ago
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RE: Got my palm hut frames up!

Newly planted palms are usually very thirsty until well established. If you planted correctly (well draining) it is nearly impossible to over water t...

14 years ago
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RE: Got my palm hut frames up!

I recommend watering the hell out of them. As long as they are properly planted in a decently draining soil, it has been my experience that in-ground...

14 years ago
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