My big potted Yucca rostrata is outside, albeit under cover and snugged up against a window. Dry. How cold before it will have a problem in a pot? The...

:D My most recent trip to B.C. was 20-some years ago; most were in the 1970s, so those pics show B.C. as I know it.

Nice! Did you have a fertilizer or watering regime?

My blue pot needles all died when they spent a winter unprotected in any way. Not sure it is a consequence of their source. I still think of them as h...

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...

Nice to get one last look for a few months. I'd like to give a "shout out" to the needle palm. Yes, you have to protect them where you live, but they ...

Jack, thanks! That was once an Alaska cedar hot tub. But then the bottom rotted out. Now, a colossal planter.

I put the part of the cube where the temperature sensor is located close to sensitive plant tissue (i.e., the spear base) but far enough from heat sou...

Scott,sorry! Glad the Livistonia came through.

Great! I've found them easy to germinate, but all of mine have died before getting to that size. :?

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Hmmm...maybe try again. Personally, I wouldn't worry for Brahea if the thermocube is a few degrees off, as long as it kicks in. Nice thing about Brahe...

Glad to see them looking fine. As for LED lights, no, not a fan for this purpose. Personally, I have more confidence in the heat tape. Then, incandesc...

Fingers crossed for you.P.S. only 20 oF here this morning. Still zone 9, right? :lol:

Paul,got to -4 oC in Idabel, largest town in McCurtain County, this morning. The "23 oF" on this map is from the more northerly population Chris Butle...