KYpalmer
10-09-2014, 10:16 AM
Hey folks. I believe I'm a seasonal "bananas DOT orger" hahaha. I'm not on often at all, but when I am on, it's usually to refer back to the great resources and info that is throughout the forum.
My question is; what are you methods for winter palms or do you have any resources that you would like to share regarding overwintering palms? Last winter I had a baby pindo palm in the ground and I had a 9mil plastic dome type structure over it and I guess condensation dripped into the middle of the growth stem and it froze inside and caused all of the fonds to die. Come spring I went out and pulled out the middle dead fond and a week later it grew back even stronger. So with this I said, "ok cool.....my palm lived through (-4F) planted in the ground" ..... this motivated me to plant my bigger potted pindo and my pygmy. Now my question is so I don't make the same mistake as last year, what do you recommend? Here are pics from today of my 3 palms. The smallest palm is the one that trooped through the winter and I pulled the middle fond out in the spring. I'm in zone 7.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/egk0321/20141009_082522_zpsb43b4746.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/egk0321/20141009_082549_zps96a95246.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/egk0321/20141009_082536_zps1212ca26.jpg
My question is; what are you methods for winter palms or do you have any resources that you would like to share regarding overwintering palms? Last winter I had a baby pindo palm in the ground and I had a 9mil plastic dome type structure over it and I guess condensation dripped into the middle of the growth stem and it froze inside and caused all of the fonds to die. Come spring I went out and pulled out the middle dead fond and a week later it grew back even stronger. So with this I said, "ok cool.....my palm lived through (-4F) planted in the ground" ..... this motivated me to plant my bigger potted pindo and my pygmy. Now my question is so I don't make the same mistake as last year, what do you recommend? Here are pics from today of my 3 palms. The smallest palm is the one that trooped through the winter and I pulled the middle fond out in the spring. I'm in zone 7.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/egk0321/20141009_082522_zpsb43b4746.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/egk0321/20141009_082549_zps96a95246.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/egk0321/20141009_082536_zps1212ca26.jpg