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Alex Calamia
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Добавлен 13 июн 2016
I’m an Emmy Award Winning AMS Certifed Broadcast Meteorologist with a passion for telling an engaging story and sharing my love for gardening. I am a morning meteorologist for News12 Long Island and the creator and host of "Garden Guide", a weekly segment that encourages people to garden with helpful tips that keep our local climate in mind.
Thank you for following me on RUclips where I'll share some of the work I've done on air and fun garden videos in my spare time!
Thank you for following me on RUclips where I'll share some of the work I've done on air and fun garden videos in my spare time!
One of the coldest weeks of the year in my Tropical New York Garden!
January is our coldest month of the year, and this week is brutal!
Here are a few plants that still look beautiful.
I filmed this on a cold day to demonstrate thermonasty, which is a process some plants with large evergreen leaves go through to survive.
0:00 - 0:44 hello from indoors
0:44 - 4:20 It’s Thermonasty!
4:20 - 5:58 Helebores have flowers!
5:58 - 6:22 Cast Iron Plant
6:22 - 6:55 Fatsia Japonica
6:55 - 7:53 Koi Pond care in the winter
7:53 - 8:54 Viburnum have flowers
8:54 - 9:43 Evergreen ferns
9:43 - 10:10 Hollys
10:10 - 11:27 Subtropical outdoor plants, Windmill palms, Kale, Dyckia bromeliads, Camellia, and Eucalyptus
Here are a few plants that still look beautiful.
I filmed this on a cold day to demonstrate thermonasty, which is a process some plants with large evergreen leaves go through to survive.
0:00 - 0:44 hello from indoors
0:44 - 4:20 It’s Thermonasty!
4:20 - 5:58 Helebores have flowers!
5:58 - 6:22 Cast Iron Plant
6:22 - 6:55 Fatsia Japonica
6:55 - 7:53 Koi Pond care in the winter
7:53 - 8:54 Viburnum have flowers
8:54 - 9:43 Evergreen ferns
9:43 - 10:10 Hollys
10:10 - 11:27 Subtropical outdoor plants, Windmill palms, Kale, Dyckia bromeliads, Camellia, and Eucalyptus
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Did the first cold snap of the winter DESTROY my Palm Trees!?
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I’m growing palm trees in New York and although they look green and healthy, palm trees can take WEEKS to show signs of damage after a cold snap. Check back and see if they survived! A lot of gardeners focus on the low temperature when figuring out what could get cold damaged, but the duration of cold is even more important. Although my windmill palm trees can survive 12F temperatures like we e...
My Plant Shopping Adventure on Vacation in New Orleans (zone 9b)
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I escaped the cold in NY to go plant shopping with my best friend! Let’s take a tour of her garden and I’ll show you what plant I got and how I packaged it to come back home with me. I always bring plants back on the plane and have never had any problems following these rules: - It has to be a domestic flight within the continental US. Plant material is banned for international flights as well ...
Do THESE garden chores in December for a beautiful spring garden!
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I'm planting spring bulbs on this gloomy New York winter day and taking my citrus and palm trees outside for some fresh (and nearly frigid) air. Gardening never stops! CHAPTERS: 0:00 - 1:18 December Updates! 1:18 - 2:57 Houseplant Tips 2:57- 6:34 Palms, Yuccas, fruit trees alive in the cold 6:34 - 9:49 Cycads, Palms, Bromeliads covered in snow! 9:50 - 13:43 Why I take Citrus out in the cold 13:...
I brought 100s of tropical plants into my house for the winter
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I'm growing hundreds of tropical plants in New York and now that winter is here, all those plants are inside patiently waiting for the warm weather to return. Here's a tour of some of my favorites!
Bringing tropical plants inside for the winter!
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If you fell in love with a tropical plant on your patio this summer and are looking to rescue them before it gets cold - you are in the right place! I love growing tropical plants in New York during the summer and for more than 15 years, I've been rescuing them before winter arrives so I can keep them as houseplants over the wintertime. Today I'm in my parents' backyard in Staten Island, New Yo...
My Tropical Garden in New York - Autumn 2024
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LONG ISLAND, NY - Tropical plants thrive in the heat so it may be surprising my tropical NY garden usually looks its BEST as the weather starts to cool down in autumn. The plants are just so full after a summer of growth! Now I'm starting the long (and kind of fun) process of bringing all these plants inside for the winter so keep an eye out for that video next! CHAPTERS 0:00 - 0:35 Intro 0:00 ...
Growing palm trees in New York - or in ANY cold climate!
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Ive been growing palm trees most of my life here in USDA zone 7b New York. Some I overwinter in containers in the house all winter, some go into the garage, and others stay outside all year long. What unusual plants are you experimenting with? 0:00 - 0:24 Intro 0:25 - 1:41 Silver Bismark Palm (Bismarkia nobilis) 1:41 - 1:57 Gaussia Princeps (Cuban Princess Palm) 1:57 - 2:44 Flamethrower Palm (C...
Bringing the Tropics to New York City Autumn 2024
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Take a step into the garden I planted for my Parents in Staten Island New York. In this video I'm sharing why Hedychium ginger, Geraniums, and a few amazing flowers are MUST if you love tropical plants and hate these cooler, gloomy days. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 0:20 - 1:37 Hedychium Butterfly Ginger 1:38 - 1:57 Adondila Palm - Great for containers 1:58 - 3:18 Ti Plant / Cordyline fruitosa 3:18 - 4...
My Tropical Garden on Staten Island, NY August 2024 Update
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My Tropical Garden on Staten Island, NY August 2024 Update
My Tropical Garden on Staten Island, New York
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My Tropical Garden on Staten Island, New York
Tropical plants & fruits in New York (June 2024)
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Tropical plants & fruits in New York (June 2024)
Starting plants from seed? Avoid this mistake!
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Starting plants from seed? Avoid this mistake!
Growing Bananas in New York: Winter Storage Update
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Growing Bananas in New York: Winter Storage Update
My Bird of Paradise in bloom ... inside my house!
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My Bird of Paradise in bloom ... inside my house!
Winter Garden Ideas - Long Island New York
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Winter Garden Ideas - Long Island New York
This is why I'm an EMMY award winning meteorologist & a gardener...
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This is why I'm an EMMY award winning meteorologist & a gardener...
How to garden in November in South Carolina
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How to garden in November in South Carolina
Answering common summer garden questions
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Answering common summer garden questions
What does the peak of Hurricane Season really mean?
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What does the peak of Hurricane Season really mean?
Here's why day and night aren't equal on the Autumn Equinox.
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Here's why day and night aren't equal on the Autumn Equinox.
May 2021 Garden Update from my workplace
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May 2021 Garden Update from my workplace
Growing Fruit Trees in South Carolina
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Growing Fruit Trees in South Carolina
South Carolina April 2020 Tornado Outbreak
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South Carolina April 2020 Tornado Outbreak
October Birds Eye View of Gandy's Garden
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October Birds Eye View of Gandy's Garden
Fantastic video, Alex. Your indoor garden is excellent.
Thank you!
Plants are obviously much tougher than we think. I brought all mine into the garage with grow lights & a heater whereas they'd probably be well enough on their own outside. But being plant dads, you know, we just worry!
I'm so glad your plants are thriving in the garage. I always worry, I can't wait until spring!
Great video
Thank you my friend!
Wow 💪
In Portland the windmill palms very rarely need protection
Can't tell you how many hours I've fretted over the decline in temps with fear & trepidation worrying about the green left out to fend for itself. Took me a long time to understand that yes, it's the duration of cold & not simply the cold that does the damage. Having said that, if it looks any bit too cold I'll spend the time lugging everything into the garage and/or the house (as you do)! I'm holding faith that your palms will make it through....
Can you tell me where you purchased the plants
Please help me. I'm on LI. No green thumb at all. 😢
Hi Alex. i enjoy watching your videos. We are Zone 7b/8a. Our coldest temperature in 6 years has been 9F for a brief time, which brings me to your talking about duration of cold. Living in Albuquerque, we are vastly different than these zones in the east. We only get 8" of total precipitation a year. The aridity combined with our altitude makes for warm days and cold nights as there is nothing to hold the heat in at night. We usually go into the 40s, 50s, with an occasional 60 degree day in the winter. The dryness makes it easier to overwinter less hardy plants. I do water my palms occasionally as drought is more of a problem keeping things alive than cold. I have the following palms, all uncovered: windmill (both fortune and wagnerianus), Sabal minor McCurtain, Pindo palm, Mediterranean fan palm Atlas Mtn. form, California fan palm, and a Needle palm. I have a Mexican fan palm but it did not do well over the summer And the fronds got sunburned much to my surprise. Anyway, just thought you might find it interesting to see what's happening in the same USDA Zone but also different climatically. I'm also trying various other tropical style plants plus lots of cacti and succulents.
Thank you for the report!! I love the climate in the desert southwest, you can get away with growing so many more subtropicals. The sunny winter days make a massive difference! Everything just rots here we can go a week without sunshine and during bad years, the ground could be covered in snow most of the winter. It’s a great climate for humid loving tropical plants in the summer, but I wish I could experiment with more succulents and yuccas! Rostratas do incredible here though!
Fantastic video, Alex. The palm trees are very nice.
Thank you!
licualas, I never even thought were hardy below 40 F as I consider them to be super tropical palms. Frost proof Gardenia I left uncovered last year and we had 3 nights of 18 F and 4 days barely abovet 30F here in Houston and it was fine in the container. however, I did have it up again the south side of the house along with my Caesalpinia (Bird of paradise) and my 2 tecomas.
Most of them aren’t, but I have seen Licuala spinosa survive in cooler climates like California and down to 30F. Maybe they have to be older, but I will never risk them again. They are too hard to find to experiment with!
And I’ve always wanted to try bird of paradise! I’m so glad your plants survived the cold in Houston. I hope you have a mild winter this year!
@@AlexCalamiaTV so far yes mild and very stormy!
I think if it was just this last cold snap it would be fine… but we still have cold January/beginning of February left. I would at the very least add some lights to the palms, unless you really want to be an experimenting pioneer.
I agree, I will cover the Trachys if (probably when!) we get our next cold snap in the teens. January is looking a little rough after the first few days of the month. I already can’t wait for winter to end!
@@AlexCalamiaTV I'm with you on this. I was really hopeful for a mild winter but so far a bit extreme
Hi Alex, welcome to my neck of the woods just down the road Natchitoches Louisiana. Love your channel and all your knowledge of plants. Enjoy your vacation, safe trip home
Thank you for following along. I had such a beautiful time in Louisiana. Ive never seen a city with such beautiful patio plants!!
Areca catechu 🥰
Yes!! Thank you for adding the key word so people can find this video!
Beautiful garden thanks 🌲⭐☃️❤️🌝👍🍀
Thanks for the kind words it was a great trip!
So much fun. I’m jealous
It was a blast, and a nice break from the cold! New Orleans has a really nice microclimate there were definitely some nice finds there!!
I thought you 2 were siblings! You look so much alike!
We are very in sync, and my real life sister made an appearance toward the middle and end of the video!
Have you grown date palms from date seeds?
I haven’t, but I want to try that!
Omg, your friend almost looks like she could be one of the Mowry sisters… Tia and Tamera. Or a cousin. Lol. Beautiful ❤️ and you’re pretty handsome yourself.
Aw thanks for watching!
Great video! thanks for sharing. I love a torbay dazzler!
Me too!! Thank you. I thought I lost it in our snow last week. It was completely bent down even after the snow melted, but it's bounced back. A great plant!
@@AlexCalamiaTV protect that crown ! sustained freezing temps will kill that badboy! Builders bag over the top on the worst days... its the only way to be sure (in the voice of Arni)
Nice collection. I can relate! 😂
I admire your plant collection. I have orchids. Greetings from Poland
Thank you for the kind words! I love orchids. My collection is slowly growing, yours sounds lovely!
Are you fighting spider mites and mealies? I am and my house is exactly like yours. Last year I used a product that did an amazing job and it is not made anymore
@@woowooone the one plant I have major mealy bug problems with is my Cordyline Singapore Twist. The leaves are arranged in a way that makes it impossible to get rid of the mealy bugs! I swab rubbing alcohol and it seems to do the trick! Spider mites are a little less of an issue until March. Neem oil seems to work & a good shower! I hope your plants are recovering!
This is like looking at my house! Thank you for allowing me to feel normal, lol!
@@woowooone your home must be such a retreat for you! Haha so glad other people share this passion!
❤ your jungle!😊
@@janeenclark8728 thank you so much!
I'm the president of one of the largest Cardenas clubs in the Midwest. Most don't know this, but many tropicals can be heavily cut back and wintered over indoors. This not only takes up so much less room, but also stimulates new growth.
@@acsmith7818 so glad that you are bringing tropical plant tips to the Midwest! It is pretty remarkable how many tropical plants can be cut back. I cut all my ginger back. And lately I’ve left them outside over the winter!
Lovely, kind of crazy garden. Thank's for sharing.
Thank you! Crazy is defiinitely my garden vibe haha
Appreciate your confidence & general positivity that all shall be well in the cold! I'm such a nervous plant dad that if it even gets below 50 I'm dragging nearly every bit of green back inside. Then, of course, it immediately warms up so back outside everything goes. But I may well try your advice to keep the bananas, citrus & other hardier things in the garage for most of winter and leave things to Nature! Happy marathon-ing...😁
@@peterwaldeck6596 thank you for the kind words! It’s so hard to keep the warm loving plants happy inside the house, if they can go dormant I try to make it happen so they are strong when spring arrives. I am growing my Musa Ae Ae and Siam Ruby in the house. They kind of just sit there this time of the year haha
Have done the same every year. Keep the air moving and the clear, electric teakettles running when the humidity gets below 60%
@@surgeinc1 you are dedicated and I’m sure your plants are loving it!
Recently found your channel and I'm so glad I did!
@@melnelo3875 thank you for finding it! I’ve been active on Instagram for a while but am just getting onto RUclips! I’m loving it!
@ I subscribed on instagram too! I thought I was the only one struggling to fit plants in my house at winter but you took the prize! 😂 Great job of maintaining all those beautiful plants👏🏽👏🏽
@ thanks for finding me on there! And for all the kind words. I’m so happy to hear you love rescuing plants too!
Love seeing everything in your garden. I think your European Fan Palm would do great in ground where you are with some protection if extended cold. Bravo
@@newyorktropicalgarden9364 thank you!! I plan on planting it soon. I had a seedling that survived for 10 years unprotected on Staten Island, but it wasn’t growing in a really small space. When I dug it up, it died! I’m excited to try again!
@ I have two and I love them
@@newyorktropicalgarden9364 your palms are amazing, it could seriously be the best personal collection in the northeast!
@@AlexCalamiaTV Thank you! I’m not the only one… there are several of us. Good luck with the big freeze Friday night. I always panic just a little when it gets this cold.
@@newyorktropicalgarden9364me too! I saw you got to 14F, I’m sure the plants are all cozy! I haven’t covered anything yet, but my most tender palms are the windmills so they are still good for now!
Those Windows in the ceiling are such a blessing. Certainly helps :)
@@Tminus89 I am so grateful for them! I bought my place specifically for the windows! Haha
You have an addiction. Plant addiction. Your hoarding plants.🪴🌿
@@samueljaramillo4221 ahaha this hobby is literally socially acceptable hoarding. I wouldn’t have it any other way!
@@AlexCalamiaTV Any kind of hoarding is never socially accepted. Only in the mind of those hoarding. Because it’s collecting to them.
Wow! You have quite a large variety of absolutely beautiful plants. I've added a couple to my list for next spring. Have you found any creepy crawlies that hitchhiked with your plants? I brought in 15 plumerias, and I've come across some earwigs. Oh the sacrifices we make for our plants. 🥰🌻Peace from California.
@@beh4846 thank you for the kind words! Ahh ear wigs are the worst. I haven’t had any big problems, just a few pill bugs so far. We had a very dry autumn so I think that helped relieve some of the bug pressure!
How do you manage pests when you bring them inside? I brought mine inside and had an aphid outbreak 😢
Im so sorry to hear you have aphids with your plants. Neem oil has helped my plants a lot. During a mild winter day I'll take infested plants outside and spray them with a hose and wipe them down, but if a plant is really sickly and it's new to the collection, I will leave it out in the cold to save the other plants in my house
You need a ballcart, or at least a hand truck
I'm going to get one for the spring!
Every coconut palm that I have seen indoors has died - mostly mine. They just don’t like it ( Even if they did, they get very big very quickly)
I had one inside successfully for so many years, but I started it from a sprouted coconut. It seems like the greenhouse grown coconut palms they ship up north just don't have what it takes, I'm hoping my large one can pull through. We will see!
Awesome plants. Also, maybe you already know this, but one thing you can do-at 14:14-for the plumeria is spritz some isopropyl rubbing alcohol on the mealy bugs to get rid of them 😊 The white fuzzies. I’m just OCD and trigger-happy I suppose with my spray bottle. 😂 I do find plumeria get them from time to time at the center of their growth “crown”.
Thank you for the kind words! Love the suggestion on rubbing alcohol. I use it all the time! The white crusty stuff on the new plumeria leaves is actually dried latex from the white sap. The new leaves sometimes develop white crystals when they first come up in the spring, it looks. alot like mealy bugs, but it disappears when they grow out!
Woww gorgeous house. Love th ep,ants
Thank you!
It’s very. Nice to see you Alex. Your plant collection is amazing. Keep in touch
Thanks for following along on here too! It's fun to put out these longer videos!
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You are so cute ><
Thank you!!
Where did you get the Singapore ti plant from?
It was a very lucky find at a local nursery called Resses Plants when I was living in South Carolina!
WOW!!!!🙌🙌🙌everything looks so beautiful….love all the plants inside!..beautiful home!👍👍🙌🙌✌️❤️❤️
Thanks so much!
Beautiful and I appreciate the knowledge you have about plants! 🪴. Great variety of plants I wasn’t as familiar with 🤔
Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm glad there were some new plants for you on here!
"Hello my name is Alex.. I'm a meteorologist here in new york... and I am a big time tropical plant lover." Me as a first time viewer: You sure are fruity patooty.
I'm actually a person, but I'd rather be a fruit than nasty, meaningless junk food so thank you!
@@AlexCalamiaTV Sorry, was meant in a positive way. I'm a fruity patooty too. I enjoyed the content, especially the palms. Thanks. Edit: I am European so I didn't know it was a junk food chain, now I see why you see it as an insult. I thought it was slang for something else. 😆
@@wanderotter4667thanks for clearing that up, I’m glad I learned something new and that we think alike! 💚
Glad to see I'm not alone with the indoor jungle. Nice.
It's so much easier than a trip to the tropics! Enjoy your tropical jungle!
no... I'm in this boat as well
@@ronslandscapedesignandbeyo2960 I like this boat! Haha
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I love growing !
Me too!