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Same here! Nope I gave up,on the wet foam,it kept the seeds to wet,although it did work,I just think most the seeds were not fertile. I have better luck with potting soil,even the perlite a lone doesn't work to good for me either. I think you just got to have fresh seeds,and if you don't 10% germina...

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spindle Brahea armata Hatteras Sabal Minor Sabal Louisiana Euterpe oleracea (assai/acai palm) Satakentia liukiensis (satake palm) Washingtonia filifera King palm Queen Palm Chameadora,several kinds Rhopalostylis sapida Fiji Cuban Royals Foxtails Sabal,Tex,and Mex,Sabals Silver saw Gaussia maya Butia...

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I've got plants in the attic of my greenhouses,just so I have room to walk!!!LOL

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Is what I use for my main source of heat,in all but one I use a oil filled radiator in the greenhouse in front of the garage,it keeps everything about 50*,if I loose electricity I have a propane heater for back up. Yes I have hundreds of palm seeds going at the moment,some are just starting to pop n...

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Palms have new growth since bringing in Late October.
Guess they have settled down and are ready for winter time.

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All look nice and healthy too!
Great light pole idea,now find a way to market it and become a multi millionaire again!

tropicman

Then you can buy another one!!!!!LOL

tropicman

Helps catches the ants!
little sugar in a plastic plate,when the ants has the plate covered full of them,take the plate outside,kill them,
Everyday until no longer get any ants,takes awhile,and it works!

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I think it was just the cold,it was planted southeast corner of the house,right next to a sabal Minor,both were covered with polytuf plastic,to keep moisture out,wasn't sealed air tight,but enough to block the cold north wind.we had temps down to 0 for a couple days,sabal minor made it just fine.but...

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Well Done! Steve
Things really look lush and healthy!
I tried a sago,croaked on the 3rd winter,but no heat at all.
Maybe I'd have better luck with a Dioon.

tropicman

Lot of people in California have gone back to panning for gold,and there are finding it too.
I wonder if there is any in The Arkansas river?
It's just a couple blocks from the house!!!LOL

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Had my son look for some land down there in Texas for me when I retire,he said if you could find land for sale,small plot now will sale $200,000. It's what they call the Texas Riviera. He said cross the border,and we could get more the buck there! Neighbor a block or two around the corner from me sa...

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And then you'd have medical bills for broken feet!!!LOL

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Pictures,just so we can see how much crowded it really is???LOL
Cocos putting out new spears here as well,just though try opening up before the frond has even finished growing out.

tropicman

Put on a little Don Ho music,start singing tiny bubbles,say Aloha welcome to the Islands and enjoy the warm gentle rains the shower can provide and enjoy your trip to the islands where coconuts washed a shore!!!LOL

tropicman

Steve a type of birdnest fern,,nice looking one at that!

tropicman

Steve,
How to I post a picture without the properties info that is around my photo?
Don

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This will blow your minds completely!!!

http://palmpedia.net/Video/JDA/JD3_HSPA ... NO640.html

tropicman

Carins,North Queensland
Some very interesting photos of Palm,cycads and other tropical plants of interest.
Enjoy! I did!
Don

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72793939@N ... 534949707/

tropicman

Might be a bacteria of some type,you got any kind of spray to try on it a copper fungicide?

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Kent how much warmth is still in the ground? Have you taken any soil temps yet? I think when the ground gets colder we will begin to see lower temps inside our protection boxes. I have quite a few washy filfierias in the ground with carpeting wrapped around the trunk and hard poly around the whole p...

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One day years in the future,people will come to Kansas and just find that jungle if all our palms in the ground stay alive. As more hardy varieties of palms and yuccas discovered or hybridized this may just happen. I keep looking for more hardy looking tropicals to add to my yard,cast iron plant has...

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... state.html

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Thanks,I'd be a happy Palmer!!!

tropicman

If anyone can do it,your the man!!!!
I couldn't even get the seeds to germinate!!!

tropicman

Hey good idea,first I need a jack hammer floor is 18 inches of concrete,that alone might by me 2 extra years!!!
Then again keeping it in the same pot for another couple years ,Bonsai affect might be easier than anything!!!!

tropicman

Lot of my fans are on timers,but some are not,because a timer breaks down,And I forget to buy a new one!

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Your welcome.
I was worried I forgot to tape the plant to the box,and was afraid it would slide back and fourth in the box!!LOL
And I didn't remember until I got back home from the post office.
Glad the fan wasn't bent to bad!!!

tropicman

Thanks
Looks like a big hole in the ceiling,is fourth coming!!!!LOL
Maybe just lay it on it's side!!!

tropicman

If the right growing conditions,like good sunlight,a fan on just as much as the light is on your plant,just enough air flow to slightly move thru the leaves,I think plants can take more food,especially the palms that are heavy feeders.

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Steve,
I know how you feel,good thing you enlarged the greenhouse!!!!LOL

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No it's 19-8-10,and is a powder granular you mix in the top of the soil around and out to the drip line,I use it about 2 to 3 times a year. Where peters is a water soluble,that I use every other week. I might fertilize once a month,if the plants keep growing in the greenhouse,and it stays above free...

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I bought some fertilome Brand fertilizer,says trees,palm and shrub fertilizer,that had manganese,I used it in August,and now the palms are all putting on new growth,so we shall see how things are doing at Xmas time!

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I plant these in the ground in April,my soil is so organic,when I dig these back up,I can't even get a rootball with it. It Drains fast,and I fertilizer every other week with 20-20-20 peters,I seen one of the local nurseries using it,so it works for me too! Really,even tho I plant these in the groun...

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This is the 3rd summer,starting out with a 1 ft tall pup. It reached close to 20ft to the top of it's leaves,the diameter of the trunk is 14inches,just measured a leaf,2 inches under 10ft,and it's laying on a 8x10 tarp,and is way to heavy for me to lift,full of water I might add,as I was chopping of...

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Larger palms,coco's ,spindles,King,Lady and more. <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ndJPI_FrX0VCCc6SqBzzdw"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/dbrya1/SPa9vHwmn1I/AAAAAAAAAng/I0ED9X1Nn08/s800/MVC-004S.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zvg0BM8Ow...

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Here you go Barb! Steve got any extra room? [/img]<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5oZAcXCJNvblPUWQSZ4BTQ"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/dbrya1/SPa9wZ_k8BI/AAAAAAAAAoY/27r3ZrCc344/s800/MVC-011S.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eT-HF8R34...

tropicman

Hi Barb,
Here's a link to the robusta,Spike doing great!
Will get pics as son as I can.
Don

http://www.palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2030

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Any wind to move the blades?

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Interesting read,about a lost Jungle.

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chopping down and digging up Ensete ventricosum 'Maurellii'

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Filling up the greenhouse,Fall 2008