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So far it seems the lights are on more in the drum set up test than in the wooden boxes..... We'll see what damage I'm looking at when it gets really ...

What temps does the heat tape thermostat turn on/off at? Does the tape warm up the air around the tree enough to trigger itself off or is the built i...

Beny,So when you're dealing with a thermocube and heat tape, you're basically letting the thermocube only cycle on and off based on the air temps outs...

Wheel,well, will do some good. You'll just get foliage damage where frond tips touch the outer surface. The palms themselves should be fine.So, how co...

avoid if possible any leaves to touch very cold enclosure. Beny's bang-on with that advice.Fronds cannot touch the cold surface at all.Barb So the fr...

I am testing one of my oldest palms this winter with my 55 gallon plastic drum method. I covered the foliage with frost cloth, one layer, I'm thinkin...

I have purposely kept things not air tight with my boxes and have had no issues with fungus. Obviously the barrels will be a bit more air tight, I ju...

I think anything you can do to insulate, yet not trap moisture will be a good thing. Those ideas seem to be in competition with each other.

I would think you'd need to be warmer than that. I don't think majesty palms like any amount of cold, much less prolonged cold.I'd guess 50 degrees w...

I think this year I'm going to use the drums on the palm that lost all of it's fronds last season. It put out 6-8 fronds this summer, but it'll be mu...

don't think it'd make it unless you had a nice box and a ton of heat.

Looks good to me. You'll cover the top, right?top will be covered and at this point I think I'll shrink wrap it from top to bottom with a little venti...

I've never used fungicide with just building a wooden box over the top and shrink wrapping the box, but I am curious with when you wrap the tree with ...

Would you use a fungicide if you're going to have them somewhat snuggly wrapped with insulation? I'm debating less light and buy 5 rolls of insulatio...