Tropicman

I have a couple of basjoo that should be close to fruiting,so I decided to try to over winter them and a queen palm.
I knew I had to build a greenhouse,so I decided to use straw bales as a base around the greenhouse.
Look and comment on what you think.
I have strung Xmas lights around all plants and heating pipe tape with thermostats and a electric oil filled heater inside there as a back up,just in case.






And here is where I'm overwintering the ones I had to dig up and bring inisde as there were just too big to try this way.



The Orinoco is 12ft tall to where I had to cut the leaves off.

palmtree

Looks like a great set up! Queens can survive down to the 20s at least so Im sure it will be fine in your "greenhouse". I think the biggest problem will be the weight of the snow and the wind, but hopefully it wont be too bad of a winter and you wont have to worry about that. Keep us updated!

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enigma99a

What are you going to do when your queen is 30 ft

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Average January Low: 40°F, Average August High: 95°F
Typical Low Each Winter: 28-30°F, Typical High Each Summer: 108-110°F, Annual Precipitation: 22 inches

Tropicman

Lets see,took 6 yrs to get 15ft,how long do you think it will take to get 30ft?
Being it is growing in zone 6-7?
I have a Washy Robusta palm in the ground 3 yrs now,over 7 ft tall,I just keep cutting the leaves off,not sure I can do that with a Queen Palm though.
I'll just enjoy it as long as I can.