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Trachy box, last winter, I saved only the window.
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Washy box
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and half opened: (you can see my hopes are high)
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Trachy free:
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Washy free:
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Trachy under snow, a week later:
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And Washy under the snow:
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yucca under snow:
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after the freezing rain:
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but there is hope:
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Posted : 15/04/2013 8:58 pm
the palms looked great after removing the protection............too bad the snow came! 😥
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Posted : 15/04/2013 9:59 pm
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I know, I should've waited one more week, but everybody was opening their boxes here. This is what I call peer pressure!
Tavi
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Posted : 15/04/2013 10:47 pm
Great work, Tavi! What was your lowest temperature this winter?
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Posted : 16/04/2013 1:05 am
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according to wunderground, the minimum was -21C, but I remember having less than that. In the boxes the minimum was -5 once, but most of the time was around 0.
Tavi
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Posted : 16/04/2013 9:36 am
Great, Great, Great!!!
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Posted : 16/04/2013 11:24 am
Gorgeous plants Tavi.
Especially that Yucca.
A shame you had snow/freezing rain.
It was a good idea to make your Washy and Trachy boxes that size.
That way you won't have to build new ones for a year or two.
Barb
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Posted : 16/04/2013 1:16 pm
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Yucca was in a box against the house with no heat added
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I don't have a picture of it during the winter, but this is how everything looked:
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In the little box to the right I had a wagnerianus that I cut it's trunk last spring
the box:
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and out:
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Tavi
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Posted : 16/04/2013 3:04 pm
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As you can see all of my boxes have a window. I'm in a relatively new development, and most of my neighbors changed their front door window. The one supplied by the builder is very simple, with the white lines. After I changed mine I did not want to put it in the garbage so I used it for my first box.
Once I got new palms (and more boxes to take care over the winter) I put an add on the freecycle mail and got offers for more than I could use. Everybody was happy that they don't have to throw them in the garbage but there was not too much use for them.
Tavi
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Posted : 16/04/2013 3:11 pm
Very e-conscious of you! Congrats, Tavi.
On a recent trip to my area's garbage dump (a horrible place), I noticed scads of "little windows".
As I was poking around in that pile, a worker came over and said "no scavenging is allowed".
What a wasteful policy, when people would happily pick up old doors/windows for cold frames, etc.
Barb
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Posted : 16/04/2013 5:09 pm
Those are some nice boxes-palms are looking good!
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Posted : 16/04/2013 5:55 pm
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I'm writing down here so I don't forget: Next year don't take the hut down for the Washy before May 01. The Trachys are OK, but the Washy looks terrible now. Lucky good weather is on it's way.
Tavi
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Posted : 26/04/2013 11:08 pm
Tavi, sure hope that Washy comes around with the warmth.
Both of mine took a beating too.
They're nowhere near as "tolerant" of cold ground as Trachies.
Barb
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Posted : 27/04/2013 12:43 pm
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After loosing all the fronds the washy is started to grow again.
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Posted : 26/05/2013 4:25 pm
That's a quick recovery, Tavi, for end of May.
Glad it's fine.
Barb
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Posted : 26/05/2013 5:08 pm
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