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Moldy Windmill in Chicago

ChicagoPalmsss

By ChicagoPalmsss
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Hey there yall! Long time no post and see! This is ChicagoPalma here, just cannot log onto my old account and I need some immediate assistance here! So far, I took off the enclosures for the palms, and this year instead of making it out of fosmboard, I made it out of reflective bubble wrap and chickenwjre. So far, the small windmill did amazing, but the larger one did horrible. The spear pulled and I am not sure what to do atp. Anything anyone can help with?

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I assume no temp sensor so no way of knowing temps it got in there? You have to do a foamboard box in your area

hydrogen peroxide then copper fungicide weekly in morning till it regrows spear.  Hydrogen peroxide on spear area, copper fungicide entire palm, cut any entirely dead fronds with mold

When to Use Hydrogen Peroxide/Fungicide https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ix-swtWO0tc_u7dhQmr1wz-1S4iAZMrp/view?usp=drive_link 

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Want to edit my mistake, the spear did not pull. So far it’s just horrible mold but I assume once it gets warmer the spear will pull.

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Just now, ChicagoPalmsss said:

Want to edit my mistake, the spear did not pull. So far it’s just horrible mold but I assume once it gets warmer the spear will pull.

go ahead and treat as above

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7B palms - (Sabal) minor (15+, 3 dwarf),  brazoria (1) , birmingham (3), louisiana (4), palmetto (2),  tamaulipensis (1), (Trachycarpus) fortunei (15+), wagnerianus (2+),  Rhapidophyllum hystrix (7),  Blue Butia odorata (1), Serenoa repens (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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20 minutes ago, Allen said:

I assume no temp sensor so no way of knowing temps it got in there? You have to do a foamboard box in your area

hydrogen peroxide then copper fungicide weekly in morning till it regrows spear.  Hydrogen peroxide on spear area, copper fungicide entire palm, cut any entirely dead fronds with mold

When to Use Hydrogen Peroxide/Fungicide https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ix-swtWO0tc_u7dhQmr1wz-1S4iAZMrp/view?usp=drive_link 

About the temp sensor, I had a thermocube that turned on and off at 35-45 degrees Fahrenheit. I think this was a moisture infiltration problem. Also, here are the pics of the smaller palm. Same protection method with chickenwjre and reflective bubble wrap.

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yea the second one is golden try to figure out what was different.   That temp sensor can let you catch if something is wrong with the lights/thermocube/temps.  Leave any green parts of fronds.  As cold as you are you may have to carefully integrate some C7/C9 bulbs to hit temps

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7B palms - (Sabal) minor (15+, 3 dwarf),  brazoria (1) , birmingham (3), louisiana (4), palmetto (2),  tamaulipensis (1), (Trachycarpus) fortunei (15+), wagnerianus (2+),  Rhapidophyllum hystrix (7),  Blue Butia odorata (1), Serenoa repens (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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29 minutes ago, Allen said:

yea the second one is golden try to figure out what was different.   That temp sensor can let you catch if something is wrong with the lights/thermocube/temps.  Leave any green parts of fronds.  As cold as you are you may have to carefully integrate some C7/C9 bulbs to hit temps

I mean for the second larger palm this has been its 3rd winter but first with this new protective method so I have no idea what went wrong compared to the smaller one.

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