Great pictures Jim! Your cactus garden amazes me and makes me want to plant one. I have a feeling this hobby is gonna drain every last spare dollar!...

Well, so far all the leaves except one and the spear have turned brown. Hope this thing makes it. Any tips guys? Room is 85 and lights are on 16 ho...

Jim,Thanks for the reply. I thought it was sick because it was shedding all those leaf sheaths. My butia made it just fine through the winter and pu...

Musa orinoco, not dwarf. They were moved from full sun to full artificial light.

Be careful! They take awhile to show damage. The one in my backyard that saw 19F took a month to go from green to brown.

Was 65 here today. Keep the snow over there.

I don't think we'll have problems in our washy enclosures. I didn't last year and I think it stays too humid and cold in there during the winter for ...

I will probably water once a month until December and then not again until March sometime. Melting snow seemed to give them enough water during the w...

I have plastic on the inside, under the foam. I don't mulch. Plenty of winter time snowcover keeps the ground temperature up here. I plan on not un...

The R value of the foam is 7.5. I don't think bubble wrap would maintain that. I am heating them with a 750 watt space heater. It seems to run for ...