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Man oh man, Cameron.
You've had such huge success with seeds from which others only maybe get 1 to pop...or none.

I'm personally thinking of Nannorhops ritchiana and a couple others.

Well done.

You'll be wearing the "germination" crown at the end of this season, and it's certainly well deserved.

Barb

Thanks, Barb! I still have my failures with germination attempts too, I'll have to make a post about a few of those soon

ACtualy, yes, theres 3 of them planted outside already LOL. ITll be small enough to protect this year for sure. ID wait till they have 4 or 5 leaves before moving them IMO. They seemed to hate being transplanted.

You remind me of a mad scientist

When does the roof of the house come off!

Those Opuntias could use some sunlight to set that new growth right.

When do you make your fortune on e-bay!

Canadianplant, I'll probably wait until next year before planting mine outside!

Jim, I'll take that as a compliment!!

Ya you should wait LOL, im impatient, and have to experiment. I still have 2 inside, in the baggie

I've been keeping an eye on some Poncirus trifoliata seeds that I've been germinating. So far, 7 plants have emerged as "albino", but three of them have eventually changed into a "variegated" form. So far, four have remained "albino". If they are indeed albino, they will not survive for too long, because they can't perform photosynthesis! I've heard that albino trifoliata seedlings are fairly common.

Group shot:


Closer up:


No flash:


The seedlings in the front show the "variegation", while the two in the back remain "albino":

Dude, I didnt get the "albino" ones, but i definetly got some of the variegated ones!. I didnt know they were so common

I've heard that the variegated trait is also usually fatal!

Blue on those Cape Sabals is electric for that size!


Are you guys going to have a summer up there or what!

get some of those Trifoliate into the ground!

Trifoliate on the left (with fruit this year)
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Jim, the blue on all of the sabals is awesome!

Tim, that's a great trifoliata! I can just make out a couple of oranges. You should try making a trifoliata-ade when they're ripe (with lots of sugar of course)!

Damn! I hope you have room for that jungle that is emerging.

Great stuff. I've done some Cherimoyas myself. One of the easier to cultivate.

Jack, I'm going to have to move a lot of plants outside!

Cameron, I'm sitting here with my jaw dropping at those photos and your successes.
I've never before seen juvenile photos of most of those you're growing.

Really love the seedling Trachies and Sabals!

Those Nannorhops are going to lift the roof.
Had no idea that they would grow so fast.

Well done, as always.
Barb

PS---forgot to say OLE to that P.dactilyfera from Luxor! What a treasure that is.

Thanks a lot, Barb!

Hey Cameron, how have you managed through all the recent rain storms?
Heard you folks had 100 mm in two days and lots of lightning?

Send some rain out west please.

Barb

Barb,

After living in NS for 10+ years, I've learned that I just have to try to ignore this idiotic weather, and pretend to pass it off as "normal" like the rest of the population does You can take 90% of the rain, as long as you send over a bit of heat!


Here's an updated shot of the Loquats:

Nice growth on the Loquats...those deli containers don't allow much room for roots...maybe that's a good trick

You can have all our heat.
I've had enough already after only a week of it.
Drier than popcorn around here.

Received your PM that seedlings are en route...yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Will post pics when they arrive.
Thank you!

Barb

I think one benefit of the shallower containers is that it's easier to heat the soil, but one downside is that you need to transplant the seedlings soon after, to allow for more root growth!

nice Loquats Cameron! That's one plant I've always wanted to try here.....someday. There's an 8 foot tall Loquat at my parents development in Rockville, Maryland (zone 7a).

What can I say thats not been said already,

So many success' Cameron. I love those Araucaria araucana: they are like little Christmas trees, (first shot.)

And all those Trachicarpus seedlings...wow

Thanks for showing us your magnificent, mind boggling stock, , and the germinating Images. Never had any luck with hard seed.

Thanks, Tim! Your parents are very lucky

Zomble, thanks as well! Since you're in the UK, you should try joining the EPS or Growing On The Edge forums! They're very informative, and you'll have a lot more local people to chat with!

and to trade with The Uk people go all out with their on the edge yards.

I am a member at EPS, also I think GFTE, very rarely go to GFTE.

I joined also Cycadelic I think it was, that was quite new I think...not been there either for a while.

I don't grow tropicals apart from two Cycads and a Trachicarpus but I do like the variety of new people forums offer...their ideas, success, and failures. No Idea how I happened on this one

I usually visit EPS once a day, I signed up then never went for ages. Then John was wondering why not so I started to vist once daily. Not a lot goes on for me, just the odd post I subscribe to. No place to have off topic etc.

My main interest is looking after my Cycas and Trachicarpus so I am learning as I go.

Canadianplant I am limited in what I can grow because my garden/yard is small.

Do you think this is the wrong forum for me Cameron?

Hey Cameron!

I finally received your seedlings in the mail yesterday.
It only took TWO FULL WEEKS from Halifax to Vernon BC
Bloody idiots at Canada Post

Roots were still moist, but the felt pen faded on the one Trachycarpus...what is the name?
(from bottom up, 10 Nannorhops ritchiana, 2 Bottle Palms, and the unknown Trachy).

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A quick dip into B-1 and then potted up...they look better this morning.

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Put the Nannorhops into a 2 gallon community pot to see which recover.

Thanks for sending them!
Barb

Hi Barb,

I sent you a PM!

And yes, Canada Post is full of idiots! It's an embarrassment for Canada!

This is weird.
I thought I had posted my new seedlings from Cameron.
Post is missing
But when I wrote it again, I could see the (previous) post under Preview, but not when looking at the topic!

OK here goes again.

After 2 weeks in transit (thanks a pantload, Canada Post), they finally arrived.

From the top, 1 Trachy Tesan, 2 Bottles, 10 Nannorhops ritchiana

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Gave them a 2-minute soak in B-1 vitamin, then nannorhops went into community pot (at top, below), and T. Tesan and Bottles each went into 1 gallon pots in the shade. Look better already today.

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Thanks Cameron, glad to have them!
Barb

EDIT: yup, the first post now shows up. I'll leave them both in case there's a glitch somewhere.

Barb.... thats bull HAHAH I got mine like, no more then 3 or 4 days ago... im liek 2500km closer to cameron

Way to clean him out of mazari palms LOL

Ya, I think pony express would've been faster

Way to clean him out of mazari palms LOL

Nope, I took 10, not 1,000

Barb

Not sure how I missed this post, wow. Nice job.

Thats a lot of plants.

Cameron, look forward to watching everything grow. Nice selection.

Cam awesome job dude. Save some dimes for the greenhouse yet to come soon?


John

Thanks guys I'll try to post some updated pics soon.

And there's no room for a greenhouse in my yard!!

Then just turn your yard into a greenhouse

The Dasylirion (Sotol) seeds are germinating!

4 days only!
Center of photo:

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Wish I had taken the hulls off the rest of them...only the little round ones (freed) are popping.

Barb

Great work, Barb!! It should only be a few more days for the rest of them.

Thanks...here are the Dasylirion wheeleri two weeks later.

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Hey Cameron, did you start any Jubaea chilensis seeds?
And if so, how was the germination?

Barb

Barb, those seedlings are coming along nicely!

I'll be posting an update (including the successes/failures) soon

Thanks Cameron, looking forward to your update.
It's been a while...

Barb