wrapping tracycarpus.
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wrapping tracycarpus.
I know we have plenty of time to decide but do any members stuff hay or straw in the crown area of these palms. 2 have 4.5 ff trunks fortunei, and 1 a 3ft trunk waggy. All in the ground.
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Re: wrapping tracycarpus.
No. George at thepalmhouse says to keep the rain and snow off in winter and wrap well with fleece if its looking cold.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Re: wrapping tracycarpus.
I'll be lagging my pots this winter and if it gets anywhere near -8 I'll be using duvets through the night to wrap the crowns.
I'd be much happier if mine were in the ground but I bought them too late in the year to get them established well enough for winter so I'll be planting next March.
I'd be much happier if mine were in the ground but I bought them too late in the year to get them established well enough for winter so I'll be planting next March.
Re: wrapping tracycarpus.
This one is in a near neighbour's garden and got no protection at all in either 2009/10 or 2010/11 - and it's doing fine, no damage afterwards at allTom2006 wrote:George at thepalmhouse says to keep the rain and snow off in winter and wrap well with fleece if its looking cold.
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Why do you think its too late to plant in the ground? George said it was fine. There are still 3 months of growth time. If you don't plant in the ground you can always sink.the pot into the ground.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
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Get it in the ground man!GoggleboxUK wrote:I'll be lagging my pots this winter and if it gets anywhere near -8 I'll be using duvets through the night to wrap the crowns.
I'd be much happier if mine were in the ground but I bought them too late in the year to get them established well enough for winter so I'll be planting next March.
I left my large waggy in a pot last winter with just two layers of bubblewrap around the pot and a 2" layer of gravel on the top and it survived -19c
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Jezza did you protect the leaves at all?
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
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Nope, none of my trachys are protected. My biggest two after last winter...
Re: wrapping tracycarpus.
They look super healthy!
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
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One in first pic was potted over winter, went in the ground in march. 2nd pic has been in the ground since march '09.
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Never protected in the past but in hindsight would have protected a decent size Waggie and Trachycarpus if I'd have known about these silly temperatures we had. Resulted in the Waggie spearpull and a sawn off Trachycarpus trunk. Other taller Trachys looked rubbish.
This Winter I'm putting a thick layer of mulch round the base and would use fleece for the spear area if we get similar to last year.
Di
This Winter I'm putting a thick layer of mulch round the base and would use fleece for the spear area if we get similar to last year.
Di
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Re: wrapping tracycarpus.
I will be doing the same Di.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.