Posted by Terry 6b7a NJ
on 11/1/2009, 1:03 am, in reply to "Blue pot palm question"
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I'd agree in your area they'd probably be OK; but just a couple of thoughts:
The origins of the Morningstars is still up in the air, but I doubt there from a northern seed source, but again they probably still wouldn't really be hurt. Also helpful if you're getting one of their larger sizes.
But if you do keep them inside, myself and others have noticed that they don't mind even if there's low light. There might be an advantage - some of my palms continued to grow slowly inside. If you waited to plant, (you wouldn't expect much growth in winter anyway), they might put out a new leaf or two before spring, and the whole plant (leaves and roots) will just continue to grow if planted then in the spring. In other words, inside they won't really go dormant (compared to outside) over the winter.
Rainfall 50" per year - Elev. under 250 ft.
22 miles west of downtown Manhattan
Lowland wooded swamp-
Remnant glacial swamp(meltwaters)from Ice Age
State Dinosaur: Hadrosaurus Foulkii(plant-eater)
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