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Old 03-18-2013, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Serenoa View Post
Pindos are the least hardy of anything I currently have in the ground up here. Whenever it's forecasted to go below 15F I have spotlight fixtures (the kind with a stake to go in the ground) with a heatlamp bulb aimed downwind of course, & up toward the heart (growpoint) of the palm. I usually place it out about 3 feet from the base of the trunk. Don't want to cook it. Has worked great for me, but haven't had to use at all the past two winters.
The palm geeks use burlap and wrap with white or clear Christmas lites, they claim it can bring them 2 zones higher.
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