Indoor Palms are growing!
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- Arctic Palm Plantation
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Indoor Palms are growing!
Must be the warmth and 3x/day misting, combined with more frequent sunshine this winter,
(except today...snowing like mad).
But does this mean they won't grow this spring/summer???
Triangle palm:
Spindle:
Still not sure what this one is:
and a few of the great palms I got from Barrie: Sabal mexicana, S.palmetto, and others.
from Barrie, Trachy Naini Tal, which is growing despite being in the cold room:
Barb
(except today...snowing like mad).
But does this mean they won't grow this spring/summer???
Triangle palm:
Spindle:
Still not sure what this one is:
and a few of the great palms I got from Barrie: Sabal mexicana, S.palmetto, and others.
from Barrie, Trachy Naini Tal, which is growing despite being in the cold room:
Barb
Nice plants Barb. I bet that Sabal palmetto came from here http://www.follybeach.com/
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- Knnn
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Hi Barb,
They will keep growing Palm growth in optimum conditions is continuous.
Just be careful of the Winter growth this Spring, it can sunburn very easily.
( Phoenix roebelenii is real touchy....)
Steve
They will keep growing Palm growth in optimum conditions is continuous.
Just be careful of the Winter growth this Spring, it can sunburn very easily.
( Phoenix roebelenii is real touchy....)
Steve
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Great thanks...reason I asked is that these are new in the last 6 months.
Plants I've had years and years don't grow in winter, even in the warm house.
So I tell them "hold on, this isn't summer yet."
Another question: why is the new Chinese Fan getting so WIDE
It's not wilting, just "sagging". Still pushing new fronds.
I keep soil damp, mist frequently. Twice as wide as it was in the nursery GH
It'd be unsightly to tie it back up into a more vertical position.
oops, and I pruned up the P.roebellenii...it's growing like mad too.
Barb
Plants I've had years and years don't grow in winter, even in the warm house.
So I tell them "hold on, this isn't summer yet."
Another question: why is the new Chinese Fan getting so WIDE
It's not wilting, just "sagging". Still pushing new fronds.
I keep soil damp, mist frequently. Twice as wide as it was in the nursery GH
It'd be unsightly to tie it back up into a more vertical position.
oops, and I pruned up the P.roebellenii...it's growing like mad too.
Barb
- Knnn
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It looks like it is just stretching out a bit,
They grow these packed tightly together to produce a taller plant. When grown in decent light, the petioles are much shorter.
I think my P.roebellenii has put on more growth inside than it did last Summer yours should start putting on some trunk this season.
Steve
They grow these packed tightly together to produce a taller plant. When grown in decent light, the petioles are much shorter.
I think my P.roebellenii has put on more growth inside than it did last Summer yours should start putting on some trunk this season.
Steve
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I like them too!
Have a small forest of them in my dining room
Steve
Have a small forest of them in my dining room
Steve
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Barb,Another question: why is the new Chinese Fan getting so WIDE
It's not wilting, just "sagging". Still pushing new fronds.
I keep soil damp, mist frequently. Twice as wide as it was in the nursery GH
It'd be unsightly to tie it back up into a more vertical position.
The big one I got is doing the same thing. Darn thing is about 8' wide now!! I think Steve nailed it. The more sun, the shorter, more compact they are. I had to cut off a few fronds so I could find my couch....
Pygmy people....how do you get your pygmys to look so good!?!?! Out of all my palms I have the hardest time keeping mine looking good. I have a humidifier set up by it. It gets about 5 hours of sun a day. I let the soil dry out a little before watering and mine still just puts along. I also just learned that they do not like Neem oil. I gave it a pre-cautionary spray and alot of the leaves turned brown and dried up on it. I just can't seem to win with them.
Craig
Not the pot I was expecting........
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Barb most of these Chinese fan palms are grown either outside under shade cloth or in indoor greenhouses with overhead lighting. This is why you see the long petiols connecting the frond. I find after a couple of years with regular sun you will too will see these petiols shorten to the way nature intended.
John
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I noticed The Home Depot here had Phoenix roebelenii for sale. They where grouped 4 to a pot in varing heights with the largest having about a foot of trunk for $69. I passed more because I want a single specimen and not a group. I plan on planting one this spring if I can find a single. I don't have the patience to separate the roots from the multiples, so that's out.
Cheers, Barrie.
Cheers, Barrie.
separating the roots is very easy. Pull the plant out of the pot & lay it on its side. Use a jet sprayer on the end of your hose & work your way around the root ball. Once you have flushed all the soil from the root ball they should separate quite easy. I do this all the time. Finding a single is hard unless you find a nursery that sells them for planting in the yard. Most all that are produced for pot culture are planted 3-4 to a pot.
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Barrie,
I have one and with three trunks. I planted it in a pot last April and kept it outside. It got down to 4C one night and low and behold the spears pulled out on two of them. They have since recovered but I have never put it outside since then. Not a very hardy species in my opinion unless I did something wrong causing the spears to pull out.
I have one and with three trunks. I planted it in a pot last April and kept it outside. It got down to 4C one night and low and behold the spears pulled out on two of them. They have since recovered but I have never put it outside since then. Not a very hardy species in my opinion unless I did something wrong causing the spears to pull out.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Humm ... thanks for the info Todd. I assumed that even using your method, the roots would be nearly impossible to de-tangle. Obviously that's not the case so maybe I'll reconsider and buy one, or in this case 4.
Wes ... These are reliable in frost free locations and even rated as survivor in zone 9b. It needs fertile soil and routine watering while in growth. My plan is to give it a 'primo' location and use an insulated enclosure for winter. They're small enough in over all dimensions so it is relatively easy.
Cheers, Barrie.
Wes ... These are reliable in frost free locations and even rated as survivor in zone 9b. It needs fertile soil and routine watering while in growth. My plan is to give it a 'primo' location and use an insulated enclosure for winter. They're small enough in over all dimensions so it is relatively easy.
Cheers, Barrie.
Barb - mine has done the same thing. I took some green twine , tied the darn thing up so it would not take up so much room in the winter. I'll unleash the beast in spring time when it goes outside to the patio.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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and hot in summer (usually)
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