Goodnight Sabal minor

[Colin1110082]

Hello, today I finished wrapping up my Sabal minor because it’s supposed to get to the mid and lower teens this week and I’ll keep it wrapped until march. I used Christmas lights, a thermocube that activates at 20 degrees, and some frost cloth wrapped around chicken wire. I’m in zone 6A. I put the lights in the center of the palm and used mulch and rocks to hold the bottom of the cloth down and further trap air inside the enclosure. It’s been a pleasure growing palms with everyone and I hope this palm makes it through. Also thank you to @Allen for showing me how to do this properly. 

This is unrelated but I added a picture of my cactus because how sad it looks from the cold and red hot pokers. Am I supposed to cut the red hot pokers? They are still green. Not sure if it’s a die back perennial. Thank you 

[Allen]

Looks great but like I said you don't have to cover until around 5F or conservative 10

[Colin1110082]

30 minutes ago, Allen said:

Looks great but like I said you don't have to cover until around 5F or conservative 10

This week is supposed to get into the low teens each night. Thursday has a low of 11 degrees and It’s its first year and I want to be extra safe. I can always take the cloth off quite easily. Do you think if I left the frost cloth on all winter the palm would get hurt? If it doesn’t bother the palm then I’ll just leave it. I don’t want to risk it