Washingtonias

[Si]

How are they doing out there? no news is...mmm
my leaves are fried and its a biggish one, hope it will grow back but its not started yet, this winters been horrendous. any tips?

[redsquirrel]

ive put my big dasy in front of mine so i havent got to look at it anymore

[jezza]

Both of mine in a heated greenhouse so in full health and flying up

[sanatic1234]

I have got two washy seedlings they are 5 inches in height. might put mine back in my heated prop yet if yours are taking off in your heated greenhouse. I may see 10 inches by the end of summer

[Nathan]

Mine is doing fine, only had a couple of damaged leaves due to snow laying on them, it's too big to protect now anyway. It has been pushing out new leaves for the last few weeks too.

[Dave Brown]

I have got two washy seedlings they are 5 inches in height. might put mine back in my heated prop yet if yours are taking off in your heated greenhouse. I may see 10 inches by the end of summer

Grow them hot, force them, they will be 6 feet tall with a 1/2 inch trunk and hardy to +25C, or alternatively grow them cool they will be stocky 1ft palms able to take +2 or +3C next winter.

Mine is growing but the newest spears seem to have some damage visble as they are opening. We did get -4.1C after I removed the Parasol protection

[Dave Brown]

Mine is doing fine, only had a couple of damaged leaves due to snow laying on them, it's too big to protect now anyway. It has been pushing out new leaves for the last few weeks too.

Nathan when you say leaves, how many. Mine has grown about 3cm, on the petiole I am measuring, since 18th March

[Nathan]

Mine is doing fine, only had a couple of damaged leaves due to snow laying on them, it's too big to protect now anyway. It has been pushing out new leaves for the last few weeks too.

Nathan when you say leaves, how many. Mine has grown about 3cm, on the petiole I am measuring, since 18th March

Well it has finished pushing out a leaf that "stalled" over winter & another been pushed out since, this has about 12 inches of petiole out of the crown & the leaf is about 3/4 of the way open. There are a few more spears on the way out as well...

[jezza]

Grow them hot, force them, they will be 6 feet tall with a 1/2 inch trunk and hardy to +25C, or alternatively grow them cool they will be stocky 1ft palms able to take +2 or +3C next winter.

I don't cook the bloody thing, it stays at constant 10c

[metalhammer]

My robusta stayed outside all winter,we got down to -6c air temperature.All the leaves have gone,but the spear hasn't pulled,but it's brown,but was like that after last winter & had 6 new leaves by the end of the summer.






metalhammer.

[danz]

mines looking good. over wintered in the greenhouse for the second time but had a heater this time for those really cold nights. roll on summer

[danz]

mines looking good. over wintered in the greenhouse for the second time but had a heater this time for those really cold nights. roll on summer

[Rabbie]

My Washys spent the cold nights and wet days in an unheated hallway, no damage and started growing a few weeks back. Watered twice all winter so they have had a very dry winter.

[davidjonesUK]

I was reading this and I wanted to know but what would you do dave if yours died let's say next winter hopefully not but wha would u do?

[Dave Brown]

Cry, probably and have quite a job digging it out.

It would be the end of an era, but I would probably try Brahea edulis which is also not quite hardy, but has been said it has a degree or two more frost tolerance on the leaves. The warm wall would have to have something fitting