oppalm
@oppalm
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Joined: Oct 5, 2006
Last seen: Oct 29, 2015
Topics: 27 / Replies: 667
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RE: Trachycarpus - A resilient palm.

great pics. appears you had lots of snow. by the way those fronds are hanging I am guessing it was a wet heavy snow too. we just had our Schnauzer...

17 years ago
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RE: Let's see Cool/Unusual/Interesting Pix

this picture is not cool or unusual, but I just set it up as my new screen saver for a while. Its a picture taken in March 2005 (springbreak) from t...

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

January 10, 2009 update. I trust everyone had a nice new years. We've had very moderate temps over the last few weeks, highs in the 30's 40 and ...

17 years ago
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RE: Spider mites and my findings (long)

nice research. I hope that helps. Please let us know the results of your experiment.I don't have time for research I am too busy eating cookies an...

17 years ago
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RE: I hate to beg, but...

wes, if I had some CIDP seeds, I'd send them to you. Good luck.

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

new temperature report just in. we had 2 days of temps near20F (-6C) and nightime lows around 4F (-15C) and the leaf pile hit a low of 27F (-3C). ...

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

I promise not to provide daily updates. Our temps the last 24 hours were pretty much 32-34F (no sunshine) , and this morning my leaf hut showed 42F...

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

we've had some very cold temps the last 4-5 days , highs in the low 20's F (mostly no sunshine) and lows from 5-10 F. Under the leaf tent the temp ...

17 years ago
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RE: Tis the season! New fronds

Thank you Barb. The shower is a good idea , but I am a very modest man, it makes me nervous to shower when others are in the room :lol: I do have ...

17 years ago
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RE: Tis the season! New fronds

I took a few pictures Sun Dec 13, 2008 of a few of my larger palms and their emerging and just opened spears (as the case may be). Got more, will ...

17 years ago
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RE: Tis the season! New fronds

Barb and Steve - nice lookin' stuff you got there. I'll get my camera out this weekend and post some spear photos. I always love seeing other people...

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

Hey Jim. I am following your other threads and I beleive you may be the hardest working zone pusher I know. Please keep up the good work because it...

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

Barb - I believe"snow" is a four letter word. Usually any snow we get around here melts pretty fast, can't count on snow for insulation, but every ...

17 years ago
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RE: Interesting read,about a lost Jungle.

I am into bamboo, just don't know what to plant around here. Any suggestions? What works well for you?I bought a cast iron plant earlier this year,...

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

funny you should ask Don because I was going to post some numbers here today. We have had a couple of cold nights in a row, below 20F (-6C), with...

17 years ago
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