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Hi everyone. This is my first post seeing I joined this forum 5 minutes ago. My name is Dan and I live in southeast Michigan. I have been a non practicing plant/garden nut for awhile. I was turned on to Cold Hardy Plams back in December after coming across and article on the internet. I love plam tree's and tropical plants. In fact I love most plants. I placed a few orders online for some palms. So far I have 2 - 3 foot Dwarf Palmetto's, a 3 foot windmill palm, a 1.5 foot windmill palm, 3 - 6 inch needle palms (young ones), and about 10 windmill seeds planted in containers. I also have a 7 foot windmill palm, a 2 foot needle palm, a 4 foot Pygmy Palm, and a 2 foot Dioon Palm ordered and being shipped for next weeks delivery. I will have a lot of questions so please bear with me.
Posted : 14/04/2008 11:45 am
Welcome aboard Dan. 😀
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 14/04/2008 12:21 pm
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Barrie. Tell me about yourself. What is Las Palmas Norte. Besides spanish for The North Palm.
Posted : 14/04/2008 12:58 pm
Welcome Dan.
I'm Paul from zone 4b/5a Ontario, Canada. I have a few palms, but am mostly interested in the hardy Agavaceae and cactaceae... Been growing for about 5-6 years now. I have a tonne of seedling material as well as a large T. nainital (takil), T. fortunei, T. wagnerianus, and have 2 palms planted out: A struggling needle palm (planted as a 3 gallon 2 summers ago), and a T. fortunei which has refused to die despite inadequate protection and complete defoliation!
Cheers.
Posted : 14/04/2008 1:46 pm
Barrie. Tell me about yourself. What is Las Palmas Norte. Besides spanish for The North Palm.
Oh ... I have a few things on hand if people want to get get involved with palms and exotics.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 14/04/2008 4:45 pm
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Very nice Barrie. I am hoping to start a small buisness in Michigan like you have in BC. I would like to practice, experiment for about a year. Then maybe rent a spot in a local greenhouse. I don't have the land to build something right now.
Posted : 14/04/2008 8:25 pm
hello palmmandan Nice to meet you!!
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Posted : 14/04/2008 9:14 pm
Welcome to the forum. I am from the Canadian prairies and relatively new to palms, overwintering my first palms in 2007-08.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 14/04/2008 9:34 pm
Welcome Dan!
You will learn lots from the experts here. Where you orderning all those palms from? 7 foot Windmill.. nice. I need one of those. Planning to plant it in the ground?
I'm in northern Illinois by the way.
Mark
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Posted : 14/04/2008 10:07 pm
Welcome Dan. Post some pics of your palms for us.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 14/04/2008 11:58 pm
Welcome Dan
Ask any palm questions you want. We have a lot of experience here on this board.
I live in North Vancouver BC by the water and I am in a zone 8b/9a wet winters and dry summer location.
Vancouver is loaded with palms especially trachycarpus fortunei, wagnerainus and chamaerops humilis.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 15/04/2008 1:22 am
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Mark,
I have ordered my palms from a few nurseries out of Georgia. I ordered the 3 foot and 1.5 foot windmill and 2 - 3 foot dwarf palmetto's from Arron's nursery. Found them online. I bought those March 1st and received them fairly quick. The were nice specimens. The strange thing when I ordered from Arron's was the prices. They only charged me $43. for each Dwarf Palmetto's. Even the Windmill Palm's were cheap. Then the strangest thing was the only charged $10.99 for shipping. They shipped through UPS and I watched the UPS struggle to pull this 6 foot box out of his truck. I know it cost more then $10.99 to ship. Funny thing is if I go on their website and try ordering the same plants. The total price is double. They raised the prices of the plants and also are charging $75. to ship. I made out lik a bandit. I ordered my 7 foot Windmilland 1.5 foot needle palm from Paradise Palm in Georgia online.
Not sure if I am going to try and put the 7 footer in the ground. I did buy a big Pot for it. I may just leave it outside until October and then take it to my work. My office has a 10 foot ceiling and a nice big window. That's is where my 3 foot Windmill is now.
I just about killed my first palms. I planted the Windmills and Dwarf Palmettos in organic soil. The was a bad idea. Soil drained real slow. And the water in the bottom of the tray smelt like sewage. So I repotted them in Miracle Gro's Palm soil. Lost a lot of leaves off the 3 foot Windmill. She seems much happier now.
Welcome Dan!
You will learn lots from the experts here. Where you orderning all those palms from? 7 foot Windmill.. nice. I need one of those. Planning to plant it in the ground?
I'm in northern Illinois by the way.
Mark
Posted : 15/04/2008 7:38 am
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Welcome Dan. Post some pics of your palms for us.
John
I will post some pics soon.
Posted : 15/04/2008 7:44 am
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Forgot to mention also I have a lemon tree. I bought this in Florida while at the airport gift shop. It was a little sprout about 6 inches long when I bought it. I planted it and it did not move or grow. Then within a month while it was in th house it popped. It is now 3 years old and about 3.5 feet tall. Has not produced a lemon yet. Anyone know how to get it to start making some lemons? Has plenty of thorns but no lemons.
Posted : 15/04/2008 9:56 am
Dan,
Do tell me how that Windmill from Paridise is. I was thinking of ordering from there as well or TyTy Nursery. Good luck with your new palms and take some pics.
Mark
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Posted : 15/04/2008 8:11 pm
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