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Soil Heating Cables

Squince&WendyPeffercorn

By Squince&WendyPeffercorn
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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Squince&WendyPeffercorn Newbie

Squince&WendyPeffercorn

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First time poster here. I live in zone 6B and planted some Windmill Palms (south facing). I am thinking of burying some soil warming cables and have them set to automatically turn on at 32F and off at 50-60F.  Have any of you had success with this method?

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Palmlover_78 Experienced

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I have hard of people using them, My worry would be it failing through the winter and freezing the palm roots, Contact Dan Richards (Pinapple Dan) he is at Niagara Tropics

He can help you with this :D http://www.niagaratropics.com/about.html

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Allen Grand Master

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In 6B you just need mulch 4-6 inches deep 18 inches around palm.  No cables. 

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On 4/23/2021 at 8:33 AM, Allen said:

In 6B you just need mulch 4-6 inches deep 18 inches around palm.  No cables. 

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EastCanadaTropicals Experienced

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Yeah, even in my 5a, where the soil freezes, I put mulch along with my protection and the palm's soil didn't freeze.

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Nothing to say here. 

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Squince&WendyPeffercorn Newbie

Squince&WendyPeffercorn

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On 4/22/2021 at 10:56 PM, Palmlover_78 said:

I have hard of people using them, My worry would be it failing through the winter and freezing the palm roots, Contact Dan Richards (Pinapple Dan) he is at Niagara Tropics

He can help you with this :D http://www.niagaratropics.com/about.html

Thank you so much!

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Sweet !....a Fellow Utahn..... I have never used soil heating cables.....but I have used heat tape on my Trachycarpus around the trunk and spear.

sashaeffer Veteran

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I have used them on many of my in the ground palms, but mostly as a emergency back up to Christmas lights trying to keep root zone warm.

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