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I too just put my palm hut frame up. No walls or roof yet though. I wanted it to be ready in case I need to throw it all together quickly down the r...

Erik's right, wheelman...those light strings sure are cheap.And like I said, BC government has a new law in place where it's now illegal to sell/buy i...

First official frons/freeze of the season here (my yard) Saturday morning 10/29, 31.4f. This came a couple weeks later than average! The roofs of ho...

Tim-Thanks for verifying the cross. This is going to be a cool yucca! Too bad yuccas take so damn long to get big though...

Scott-If your heat tape already has a thermostat you should not need to plug it into the Thermocube as Jim noted. I would however try to find out wha...

Scott-A word of caution about the heat tape... I learned this the hard way, be very careful with heating the roots. There is such a thing as too muc...

Scott- If your palm(s) will be enclosed, heated/kept above freezing within the enclosure, I wouldn't worry too much about the mulch. In my experienc...

I plan to use this guy's method to grow some of the seeds: That is unless anyone here has any better suggestions... I'm pretty new to yucca cultiv...

Well after returning to town after 4 days away up north it seems I jumped the gun on pulling everything tender. No frost here yet afterall! Tomato a...

Jim- I just posted an update to the thread about my yucca thompsoniana. I know that section does not get a lot of action this time of year so I thoug...

UPDATE: I got three fruits to fully mature. I just opened up one of them today and 90% of the seeds within were black (not white/yellowish). I unde...

I really look forward to the season with just the palms and cactus out there........It means most of the work is done and I can enjoy thecold hardy pa...

Well it appears the seed pods may be ready soon. The little branches of the flower stalk that hold the seed pods have dried out and it seems that the...

Jim-I might just try a cactus bed, just not here in MN as I don't have any more suitable full-sun spots. Certain cactus, agave, yucca, etc do well in...