I think every Lowe's and Home Depot known to man has these everyday of the year. I have all three. What do you have for me? Jay

10C or 50F is not a chance for a Washingtonia. I went through that and gave up 7B/8A climates and long terms survival for any palms other than Trachys, Sabals and an occasional Butia. Even in zone 11 here they don't look at their best. My Washingtonia was killed at 14F just one night of 14F and one day of 30F was enough for all my Washies. In fact Wash. filifera is not doing well in a rainy climate or a semi-shade or both, I would not take a chance either in a rural area zone 8 with any of the Washies. 8 years experience talking. Now I am in a zone 11 without much heat, so it may not be a true zone 11 since the low temps March the 11B but high temps are never above 80F. Even the 80F is reached a couple days a year for short periods. I would say Washies are best for zone 9 and up, maybe marginal for 8B. That's it. Your Washie is dead or dying and even if it comes back, it will not last long. The next winter will kill it. It is now too weak to survive. Move to a warmer zone. I lost too much money playing with borderline zones. Get your plants one or half zone below yours and you will be safe.

if the seeds were green mightve been picked tooo soon. just plant them anyway with meat on, washies are weedy, if they can sprout up from underneath asphalt they will surely sprout for you!

Oiling -- depends. Many newer fans are made with sealed bearings. However we have a 27 year old HUNTER brass fan with wooden panels. We check the oil (it is seldom low) and only add Hunter fan oil (very refined, light oil) as needed. The Hunter Fan Co. Has been helpful and responsive on the few occasions when I've wanted information. Our fan runs all day every day. AND, it was a store demo fan that I begged the folks at Lechmere Sales (anyone temember them from way back?) to let me buy. If the fan was a cheap fan w bushings, you might want to replace it. But it it is a well made (they're usually heavy) fan with brass bearings, call the manufacturer's tech support. Tim? How's it going? What happened?