"Tom Puskar" wrote in message
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My wife says I'm full of hot air, think that'll work?

Some of my Palms, Taros and Cana are 4-5 feet tall. I am concerned that
once I move them back outside they will be vulnerable to winds. I was
planning to stake them with bamboo stakes but training them might be an
interesting idea as well. I think I'd need more than a small fan,
however.

They will also be vulnerable to "sun scald." It's safer to place them in
semi-shade at first, then slowly bring them out into more and more sun.

My plants haven't prospered over the Winter like this before and they all
really are in need of splitting. Some of the pots are bursting. I'm not
sure what sequence to use to split them. Should I split them in the next
few weeks (I'm in NJ and will probably put them back outside in April or
May depending on the weather) and let them acclimate in the house or
should I wait and move them outside, give them a few weeks and then split
them?

I split mine in the spring when I bring them outside. No mess in the house
that way. They're kept in the semi-shade (under trees) and moved over a 2
week (or so) period into the bright open sun.

In any even, I may need to sell, trade or give some away since I don't
have room for what I have now and once I split them it will be even worse.

Ask around. Some FSs will buy or trade you for nice home grown pond plants.
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