awesome comeback. Will you keep it in a pot this winter?

It's staying in the pot and going to my work for the winter.

I'm wonder what made it completely defoliate like that, your protection method seemed pretty sound (I think I also remember seeing it a while back in an old thread). I only covered my palms with garbage cans and Christmas lights this past winter and only one died out six, even my washingtonia pulled through, and we got all the way down to -23F.

Anyway, good luck with your trachy, I hope it puts on some growth this year!

Here is an updated pic of my windmill.

http://emob295.photobucket.com/albums/mm160/turbodan321/IMG_1413.jpg

One thing that comes to mind right away is having a min/max thermometer in at least one inclosure.When the temps get above 60F with cold soil temps palms cannot pull enough water up to replace whats lost unless they are very well established with a extensive root system.I know in some of my inclosures the temps could easily push beyond 90F on a warm sunny winter day.It's actually better for them to be on the cold side then warm,esp north of zone 6,another thing is mulching 4-6" this far north,very important,anything less than this(soil will freeze) and palms lose their feeder roots which usually leads to rot in spring when wet cool soil is the norm.

I didn't use enough mulch last winter and lost some of the more sensitive palms-Trithrinax,Washy,etc.