PALMETTOMAN
@palmettoman
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Joined: Oct 5, 2006
Last seen: Sep 28, 2010
Topics: 11 / Replies: 339
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musa rojos

Philmusa.Hope you boys were lucky and enjoyed the ice fishin..Yeah..Vandermeers has a good stock of the musa zabrina's rojo's..It's a good thing becau...

18 years ago
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Macarios palms

I've been waiting to see your palm photos all winter Macario..Very impressive..Please remember to post more photos as you get things up and running..P...

18 years ago
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figs and mild bc air

Philmusa,Yeah I heard that from a friend down in Niagara about that process of bending the branches...Seems the old ways work? Did you get over to Va...

18 years ago
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figs and mild bc air

Philmusa,Yeah I heard that from a friend down in Niagara about that process of bending the branches...Seems the old ways work? Did you get over to Va...

18 years ago
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what palm would I chose?

I'd have to say a great big old pindo palm..Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

18 years ago
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kansas trachy

Congrats Kansas..!Nice to hear you finally scored that trachy..what a steal eh?Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

18 years ago
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RE: Well, had a zone 5b winter

Philmusa.Sounds like you have quite a collection...!I found despite the lows temps (even in the garage) the hardies have faired ok..What is the lowest...

18 years ago
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protection

John,My hardies are pretty well hardened off...Garaged at -8C lowest this winter..no problems...looking good..no spear pulls.Now, if the wind chill ca...

18 years ago
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RE: Well, had a zone 5b winter

Philmusa,Yeah..that was some stretch of cold eh?We didn't even get close to a thaw...well...everthing looks up (slowly) from here...Where did you hous...

18 years ago
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winter protection

John,Yeah, wind looks like a factor...but....lets see how they hold up!...Even for my Oleander's and smaller palms that are not as high this might wor...

18 years ago
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temps/rhodos

Yuccaman,Try dropping a nice lukewarm pail of water around your rhoddies..works for me during a cold snap..More wind than snow here in Ajax...shovelle...

18 years ago
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Florida

Go with your heart Kansas...My advice is to give it a try...Life can be full of regrets...One year we moved to Calgary (western Canada)..I wanted to u...

19 years ago
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winter woes in the east

John, Its been a good test for my hardy palms and others...Looks like near the end of Feb were gonna be above normal here in the east...its been a cr...

19 years ago
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Cordyline

Barrie,Thanks for the cordyline tips...I'm at about 5C during the day now...nites around -3C... I'll keep my heater on.... The damage shows in the spr...

19 years ago
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Cordyline trees

Looks good Barrie,Glad to hear your Cordyline pulled through the cold blast....My two-8 footers are garaged for now and seem fine after bottoming out ...

19 years ago
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