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Old 01-07-2010, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by TomW View Post
May be a timely topic now. I hope my queen palm comes through in good shape.
From my experience the Queen palms suffer damage from the freezing temps quicker than any other palm we have. One thing that can help is to wrap it (especially the crown) with rope lights (Christmas lights) and keep them on when temps drop below freezing. The fronds may still turn brown but the tree itself will survive to sprout new ones if it can be kept warm enough.
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