Looking good! Looks like your weather is much like we are having now. Jeez, it looks like you could be just down the road from me! Same amount of snow remaining, weather, etc. I'll uncover my large trachy next weekend for sure. Needle palm uncovered last week.

Yeah, we didn't get tons of snow this winter, but what fell basically didn't melt at all from Dec-Feb. I'm really ready for spring this year...about another month before I can uncover my Washy though. :(

It looks really nice and healthy. And your weather sounds pretty good too. By be we have some days in the forecast that goes a little below the monthly average of 52F, but not a single night below freezing in the 10 day forecast, and I think we might hit 60 tomorrow and tuesday (but the forecast is calling for high 50s). There was a very small patch of snow left in my yard and I got tired of looking at it so I broke it up today and now my yard is finally snow free! I hope that this weather continues, but by mid march really cold arctic air is pretty rare.

Good luck and thanks for sharing your pics!

Soil temperature up to 43F around the trachy. Much higher than I expected it to be.

Looks good!!

Your trachy looks nice and healthy. You should get a lot of good growth out of it this year. Can't wait to see your Washy! From what I remember it is bigger than your trachy.

Palms look good.
I want to get some palms for my yard in Milwaukee,what is a good place to buy them?
What about palms from The big box stores?

stanc

wxman i remember you tried to overwinter a sago palm and a washingtonias how did that go. the trachy looks great

Sago didn't make it---it was in too shady of a location I think.

Washingtonia is still in its enclosure and looks great. I will take it out in hopefully 3 weeks.

Stan, you should order your palms online from nurseries or eBay. The local box stores won't carry anything around here that can overwinter in WI easily. Start out with a Trachycarpus as they are most cold hardy and once you master that you can move on to less hardy stuff like Washingtonias.

Truly amazing!

So, I have just gotten my first waggy - it is a little smaller than the one pictured in this thread. I am keeping it in my grow room now (it came up from TX) in temps between 50 - 68, but it can go higher depending upon how warm the outside temps are. For example, when it hits the upper 50s outside, it will go into the upper seventies in the room.

When is it safe to move it outdoors for the season? Should I use 40 degrees as a nighttime low as a benchmark?

It is no hardship to keep it where it is, but the room it is in can start to get pretty warm. So, is it better to leave it there and wait a bit longer...or move it out as soon as I can?

Thanks for the advice!

Tom

I think once nights start to get around 32F, with most being warmer, they will be 100% fine. They can handle pretty cold temps (my potted trachycarpus seedlings saw 20f with no damage, and my trachycarpus in the ground saw 14f with no protection). Still I wouldnt let it see those type of temps if it can be avoided so wait until nights in the 20's are out of the forecast. Night temps in the low 30s wont faze them.

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply! I find that so amazing that they would be happy in those temps - we are at those temp levels now already...

It is so amusing to me to be thinking that if it is safe outside for my white pine bonsai, it is safe for my trachy palm...it's gonna take a bit of getting use to!

Tom

Beautiful Tree...You did a great job !!!! Congratulations!!

Laura in VB