sashaeffer
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Joined: Jul 11, 2011
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Time of year to check your Lowe's clearance plant rack....

Local Lowe's store last week told me that their "new" palms and plants shipments were coming in this week. Since they always get the same stuff I was ...

13 years ago
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RE: Light in winter

I have a lot of my cold hardier palms also in a unheated, but well insulated garage and have two floor lights with a CFL bulb in each that is equivale...

13 years ago
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RE: Niagara z7 winter palm protection

Last year I suffered through humidity buildup in the plastic "tent" I had built around the Windmill palm I was protecting. I just took a razor blade a...

13 years ago
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RE: Palm protection zone 5a

Thank you Barb for posting the temp conversion! was bout to Google -27C lol

13 years ago
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RE: Major cold front coming through next week.....

Barb, Hows that Foxtail doing? any fronds turning brown? All mine are brown, only the spear looks good.

13 years ago
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RE: Major cold front coming through next week.....

The weather channel's forecast is opposite of what local weather is predicting.....typical midwestern weather.

13 years ago
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RE: Major cold front coming through next week.....

Aaron, aren't you the member in Idaho that has a European Fan Palm that you leave out and over winter way out in your yard?

13 years ago
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RE: Major cold front coming through next week.....

I can add "layers" of the plastic shipping bags I have on there now. One of my Trachy's that face the west I have a 100W bulb that I can plug in for ...

13 years ago
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RE: Major cold front coming through next week.....

Forecast highs to 0-5F lows -10F for a few days. Not sure about wind chills.

13 years ago
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RE: Yet another new addition in the winter

Naturally I wish it was bigger now. Again it's 6x8 and have it sitting on a concrete pad (8x12) where a dog kennel once was. Google PVC greenhouse and...

13 years ago
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RE: Yet another new addition........

Yes, Canadianplant have some Chinese fan palms and a couple of "Cat" palms in the ground. All but one(one cat palm) close to foundation of house and c...

13 years ago
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RE: Yet another new addition in the winter

Keep in mind it was end of the year clearance price, not the regular retail. Just have to keep an eye out at the end of the season.

13 years ago
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RE: Mexican Fan Palm protection. Late Dec. check...

Yes Tim, it does look pretty good so far. Will be ecstatic if it makes it looking like that through the winter and hopefully will pick up speed in it'...

13 years ago
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RE: Epsom Salts?

LOL NO! answer the question FIRST....THEN babble!

13 years ago
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