April fool's weather......frozen palm pots

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:16 am

Woke to frozen palm pots and lots of frost. Low was 27F......it was suppose to be in the low 30's.

If I knew it was gonna be that cold I would have closed up my greenhouse and protected my Washingtonia! I hope the Citrumelo in the greenhouse is OK.

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hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:54 am

That sucks Tim

Went throught the same thing here last fall and may have lost most of the T.ferns because of it.....

bad forecasts!

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:26 pm

Tim, that's unfortunate! It has been pretty cold at night here too lately, with -7 C last night. I'm going to be in Massachusetts next weekend, so I hope the weather is warmer there by then!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:39 pm

I'm convinced all the senior forecasters have retired and the new guys don't know squat.

Sad to hear that Tim and Jim.
Fingers crossed they'll be OK with just that one cold blast.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:02 pm

Hey Cameron.........if your close to Providence your more than welcome to swing by for a visit...........Bill's garden is the next town over too!

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:49 pm

Bill was saying that as well

I'll be at the Wrentham outlets for at least a day, so once I have a better idea of my schedule I'll send you a message!

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:05 am

Tim, you are right. The April weather is so unpredictable! I wouldn't surprised if we will get a badly snow and frost after http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/kzxx0001.

Hope we won't.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:02 pm

Hi Cameron

You gotta ditch wrentham village for subtropicals!!!!! Let us know when your at wrentham village and we can drive you around to Bills and my garden. You can shop for plants instead of clothes.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:03 pm

Hi Igor

Your temperatures finally look like they are getting warmer. I hope the cold will not return.

Okanagan desert-palms · Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:05 pm

Tim did your potted palms make it through your mini freeze?

John

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:10 am

Hi John,

I have not noticed any damage to those palms which were frozen the other day......but I haven't looked too close either. I only have the hardiest types like Trachy, Needle and Sabals.

CTPalm · Post by **CTPalm** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:32 pm

Tim I have a bunch of trachy seedlings in 3" pots that froze solid a few times in the past couple of years (due to wrong weather reports - haha) and they are all doing well. Paul

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:57 pm

Tim and Paul,

Good to hear that little palms in pots can make it through some frozen temps in early spring.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:34 am

Hope all your stuff is ok....April is a roller coaster month. And we NEED rain badly!!!!!!!!!!! Down 4.5 inches