Seaner

That would definitely be awesome! Back on target, we had our first real frost here just before the weekend. We're back in the 60's for a few days then dropping back to the 50's days and 30's nights. I'm sure glad I only have 2 plants to protect this year. You're up in Michigan. I hear it gets real cold up there! I definitely wish you luck with your plants.

BananaLee

Thanks! It does get cold up here but not as cold as most think to tell you the truth, in zone 6 here it only gets to the minimum with a big blast of wind. Usually, it's in the 20's for the average or the low. Michiganders weather pros say what you can grow in zone 7 Arizona and zone 7 Kentucky you can grow in southern Michigan, has to do with our Autumn and the Great Lakes, weird huh! We got frosts really early this year, before Halloween! We get lake affect snow too...a lot of it. Lake-effect snow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the Upper Peninsula, it snows on a clear sunny day because Lake Superior is near and the water evaporates and freezes up immediately and turns to snow, so there's a endless amount of snow...tons and tons of it... feets and feets of it...I'm guessing over 5ft. On Mt. Bohemia (a ski resort) they get annually 200 to 300 inches of snow a year!! That's 25ft!!!! Glad I don't live up there!

Seaner

Thanks for the link for lake-effect snow! I've seen that in TV docs, before. Awesome! I can see why you wouldn't wanna live there but it would be a great winter paradise to visit ! 5 feet!? A guy could dig a tunnel-maze through something like that and have plenty left for all types of snowmen & snowballs! I've also seen docs of ice sculptures. Sweet!
October frost!? I'd freak! But I was in Michigan a few years ago in the summer. There seems to be more plantlife up there than we have here.

Eric

Elephant ears & cannas are suffering heavilly . Trees have lost about half their leaves, some lost them all... even the pecan tree. Calla Lilies are gone. Startin to look Too much like winter.
Bamboo still green, though, and the roses're still blooming ! Hosta's hangin on & the Shamrock's bloomin, too!
Guess it won't be long now, though.

Levi, Thanx for the great info on the ice volcanoes an stuff ! Awesome!
Sean, if we do get snow this time... U know !

BananaLee

It gets over 3ft sometimes over here, but sometimes up there in the mountains it gets 25ft and over the houses!!!!

Seaner

25 foot snow!? Dude! That's like totally Rad! A guy could make snow-tunnel Central outa that! Def Thanks for the info!

Eric: I didn't hide it. Clue: closet drawer, maybe .

Ezekiel

No frost here in Paris, France.

Hoping that the frost will keep away from my yard until late december...

Last year we had a cold and wet winter in my town (12°F / -11°C during a few hours)

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No frosts here yet either. we came very close on Oct 18th but since then it's just been one Atlantic storm after the other, leaves looking a bit shedded but still hanging on

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I can't believe it!!!!! Outside there's rain mixed with a little....SNOW!!!!!!!!! This isn't supposed to be happening!!!!! This is insanity!!!! This is stinkn' bull crap!!! What a rip!! The high today was like 39F or 40F!!!!!!!!! This is sick man!! Really sick!!! Sorry for my sudden outburst... (sigh...)

Eric

Well... I thought he took that really well... I woulda been screaming my lungs out and throwing things through windows!!
70's (F) here today with upper 60's tomorrow... then... watch out! 50's in the daytime with 30's at night... I'd react to that but I dont wanna break my computer...
So I'll just say this
I Demand Summer Back... Now!!!!!!

Abnshrek

Somehow or another it got to 32F this morning.. Of course it was 70 this afternoon.. wth? :^) well they all took it well other than a 4ft DC that has a lil browing on leaf edges.. <-thinkin the heat-tapes need to be on standby.... lol

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It was 28 here in St Louis last night, first hard freeze this fall. My basjoos and bordeleens suffered some damage even with freeze pruf. But the leaves were still mostly green. I cut back 2 of my 5 banana plants today and covered them for the winter. My palms are still looking great. I have 5 windmill palms (3 T Fortunei's and 3 T Takil's) and 1 CA Fan palm outside. I will need to cut back the other 3 banana plants later this weekend and cover them as well. The problem is that I used all my leaves. Maybe I can steal some leaves from my neighboors yard. - Jeremy

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You had FreezePruf on both sides of the leafs I guess....and yet there was still damaged. I am a bit surprised since the Basjoo is really hardy. But still mostly green? I would like to see photos

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Eric

28 in St louis, ouch! I'm in central Oklahoma and would Def like to hear more about those palms this winter! I'm just gettin started growin palms so I'm trying to learn all I can about how good they do in cold weather.
Thanx for the info!

BananaLee

Wow! You have true Takil palms?! If you do, where did you get it?! I would love to know!

Abnshrek

The day after is really a true sign.. I have some frostbite on the leaves but my dwarf orinico got it the worst, and is protected the most.. Food for thought for the rest you-al' :^) I doubt it's worth putting a heat-tape on it @ this point.. time will tell it's suppose to be 73F and not freeze for a while... we'll see

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Da*n! Sorry to hear about your Orinoco . I just worked my tail off trying to get 2 Orinocos from corms (my first successfull attempt with corms). But bananas are Very stubborn. If there's no corm rot, you might consider diggin it up and over-wintering it inside. Even if there are some soft spots, you could try cutting them off. I've got my Orinoco corms by a heater & they're pushing up leaves fast! I left the corms planted but super dry till they pushed up 4 inches of new leaf. Took a long time but it was worth the wait!
Just a thought.
Good to hear you're warming up! Hope your other nanners do good!

Btw, weird stuff like 32* night then 70* day is so common in Central Oklahoma, "wth" doesn't apply, LOL!

JuniPerez

Lee,

I got T. takil from hardytropicals. I love 'em. They seem to take the cold better than the T fortunei I got, even though I was told it was slightly less hardy and not tested enough. And the leaves grow at a much faster rate too.

Juni

jwmahloch

I also got my takil palms from hardytropicals.com (they are located in Seatle WA). I Bought 2 one gallon palms about a year ago and started them in pots over the winter and then planted them outside. They seem to grow faster than the fortunei's. Not sure about the difference in cold hardiness yet.

I just cut down my basjoo's today and I didnt take any more pictures. With the freeze pruf they had no damage down to about 30 degrees at 28 they had some damage but the leaves were still mostly green. The wind got them pretty bad so I just cut them down. I spent all day covering the 5 banana plants I have.

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Eric

Cold front moved in around 11 am this morning. 42*F with 34*F wind chill. North winds at 17 Mph with 24 Mph gusts! Great day to go explore some things if the rain'll just take a break!