I'm sorry too, Barb. I hope it can recover. If its any consolation, I make similar mistakes every Spring. Hence my uncovering palms outdoors last mont...

A week later, my relatively unprotected Mua basjoo is growing like a weed. Of the two I protected so carefully, one has two green bumps that will even...

Interesting. That may be why the plastic "palm hut" worked so well. It functioned like a greenhouse and once the sun hit that south wall, temps soared...

Jack,have you seen pictures of the cheap palm hut I made for my large Butia (the one pictured with the dog)? I used scrap wood and plastic, so it cost...

Sergiy,my "zone" is ambiguous. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says zone 6 on their old map, pre-global warming. A non-governmental...

Sergiy,definitely. This photo shows how. Summary:spray with fungicide,pack loosely with fresh, dry haycover with large (~80 liter) plastic bucket (vis...

The irony is that the W took my other foam sheet to insulate the hen house in that blizzard. They promptly ate it. :( Can we still say we sell "organ...

Robert,welcome!I look forward to tips on BLEs. --Erik

Yes, I'll do some re-design. That was my first-ever palm hut. The original design was merely plastic walls. I added the foam sheets to the top and nor...

Segiy,I'll check area January temperatures, but my "Avatar" Butia has spent many consecutive days below 0oC the past three winters without heat. The t...

Styrofoam was frustrating for me. It insulated well, but the chickens in my yard pecked at it and removed the bottom ~2' from the base of my Butia hut...

I'm loving it down here. Easter last year came with a hard freeze. This year, I'm sunburned from being outside so much. --Erik

I'll follow your Bizzy with great interest. I love them (who doesn't? :D ) but always assumed I couldn't have one until I retire to Belize some day a...

Wxman,my wife's robusta is doing something similar, but not as severe. Here is a photo of it a few days after I moved it from the dining room to the "...

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