sidpook
@sidpook
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Joined: Dec 2, 2009
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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

Sid, take a deep breathe. Then make a pot of gluhwein. :lol: Your Trachies will be fine. In city, planted close to house, facing East. If it will m...

12 years ago
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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

MikeI was looking at your averages...mostly because I thought you were full of #### :wink: saying it rarely gets below 20F there..I was really shocke...

12 years ago
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RE: Do you see what I see? follow up of not sure post.

Thanks...its cool too have the stuff inside,having your south living roomwindow framed by a 6' Madagascar palm on one side and a near 7' Cereus cactus...

12 years ago
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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

could be worse I got 2 nights one at 16F and another at 14F on the way..this is November right? I don;t see temps like that till jan-feb most of the t...

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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

thanks for your help everyone, i am just panicking because i am not prepared for the cold, for us the F 20's is brutal, we do get to high 20's some ni...

12 years ago
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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

I'd cover the trachy for the 22'f. Call the local appliance stores or Lowes or Depot. Ask them for a cardboard box from a stove or fridge. Use that...

12 years ago
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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

Depends on the size of them,Trachys with a couple feet of trunk can take a few days below freezing easily...Once you get below about 12F you may see l...

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RE: Do you see what I see? follow up of not sure post.

Don't have the resources or watts to cover those Agave,they are dug up each year=inside the house now. gotcha, they are beauties!!

12 years ago
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RE: Should I or shouldn't I?

What you've used before (blanket, trash can) would work again...do your trachies still fit inside a trash can?Or maybe just a string of extra lights u...

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RE: Do you see what I see? follow up of not sure post.

beautiful agave you have! how do you protect? Is that under the large plastic enclosure i have seen in your pics before?

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RE: Tetrapanex protected

another update photo....<img src=> I HAVE to do tetrapanex this spring

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Re: Palm protection

Hi Mike in your area you should wrap up your palm around the middle of December or slightly before my friends on Long Island NY wrap the trachys in De...

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RE: Joining the club - up go the boxes

I like the shrink wrap idea for sunlight.Whatever you build, your palm will outgrow it.So something modular and relatively lightweight with styrofoam,...

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