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blownz281 · 07-24-2009, 08:39 PM

We are moving into a rental home for now and all my banana's/palms are potted up. Now the coldest it got last winter was 16* degrees give or take different areas in Wilmington NC. Now I will have no where to plant these those my Ice Cream,Basjoo,Laterias,Skiss,Veluntia, EE,Robusta,Windmill,Pindo,Sago and cactus are all cold hardy of course.

This place has a cement porch that is level with the grass. Has a wooden fence around it and is right up against the house.

In the past in Ohio I made Hop houses for palms and cactus. zone 5. Bought cheap wood from Home Depot,bought bisqueen (spelling?) that clear plastic you use for painting to keep paint off stuff. Made square boxes and wrapped the plastic around it and worked good. BUT these plants were also planted in the ground as where now they will all be in pots. But it doesn't get below 0*degrees here. I would have to design something that was tall and kinda wide. Then have it supported so it wouldn't get blown over from the wind. Would need it vented also incase I was not around to remove it if temps went up. Any help on ideas? Thanks

07-24-2009, 08:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
blownz281 Location: Coastal NC Find me on the map! Zone: 8b coastal Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,373 BananaBucks : 361,816 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 440 Times Was Thanked 756 Times in 534 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 14 Times	This is a early winter question We are moving into a rental home for now and all my banana's/palms are potted up. Now the coldest it got last winter was 16* degrees give or take different areas in Wilmington NC. Now I will have no where to plant these those my Ice Cream,Basjoo,Laterias,Skiss,Veluntia, EE,Robusta,Windmill,Pindo,Sago and cactus are all cold hardy of course. This place has a cement porch that is level with the grass. Has a wooden fence around it and is right up against the house. In the past in Ohio I made Hop houses for palms and cactus. zone 5. Bought cheap wood from Home Depot,bought bisqueen (spelling?) that clear plastic you use for painting to keep paint off stuff. Made square boxes and wrapped the plastic around it and worked good. BUT these plants were also planted in the ground as where now they will all be in pots. But it doesn't get below 0*degrees here. I would have to design something that was tall and kinda wide. Then have it supported so it wouldn't get blown over from the wind. Would need it vented also incase I was not around to remove it if temps went up. Any help on ideas? Thanks