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How to protect every tropical I have

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October 1, 20241 yr

I have a lot of tropicals this year and other than the palm trees, I don't know how to protect the rest. Any tips will be welcome for protecting in-ground, bananas (basjoo and xishuangbannaensis), new type of cold hardy cannas, and a new type of experimental cold hardy elephant ear that I got from Poland, its a variation of pink china but it looks like Aloha variety (don't know the name of it but you can find it online). So in general, any tips will be welcome!

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October 2, 20241 yr

Mulch, mulch, mulch, and pray!

Goes without saying that you’ll have to cut the tops off all those following the first killing freeze.

Maybe google for others who are doing it in a similar zone, 6A?

-Chris

San Antonio, TX - 2023 designated zone 9A 🐍 🌴🌅

(formerly Albuquerque, NM ☀️ zone 7B for 30 years)

Washingtonia filifera/ Washingtonia robusta/ Sabal mexicana/ Sabal uresana/ Sabal minor/ Sabal miamiensis/ Dioon edule

2025-2026 - low 20F/ 2024-2025 - low 21F/ 2023-2024 - low 18F/ 2022-2023 - low 16F/ 2021-2022 - low 21F/ 2020-2021 - low 9F/

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October 2, 20241 yr

ChrisA is correct- mulch. Lots of it. Maybe a layer of leaves over the mulch.

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October 2, 20241 yr

Like I said last year mulch and a tarp. Plants must be planted in spring and have vigorous growth (lots of healthy bulbs and multiple shoots) and not a tissue culture plant from nursery that hasn't grown bulb yet.

TNTropics YouTube Channel- Articles 60+In-ground 7B palms - (Sabal) minor (15+, 3 dwarf), brazoriensis (1) , 'Birmingham' (3), 'Louisiana' (4), palmetto (2), tamaulipensis (1), (Trachycarpus) fortunei (15+), wagnerianus (2+), Rhapidophyllum hystrix (7), Blue Butia odorata (1), Chamaerops humilis (1) +Tons of tropical plants. Recent Yearly Lows 4F, -6F, -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F

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October 2, 20241 yr

Does your dryer vent near ground level?

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October 2, 20241 yr

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The dryer vent is nowhere near the plants and all plants have vigorous growth. OF course I wont be trying the red cannas again as they died last year and only one sprouted up and the rest died so i had to buy some new local ones. Same with aloha EE.