Wow, that looks superb! Really impressing!

Stunning! what an amazing astonishment. 8)

Beautiful. Love your selections.......

Hey Bill
Those Trachys are really amazing,they have grown whole new crowns and the new leaves are
getting huge,with some beautiful color.

That's really cool to see the banana flowering,keep us updated on it's progress through the various stages.

😀

What did you do, plant them in fertilizer! Impressive growth!

Thanks a lot guys!

It is crazy to look back at them like that. I should have posted a picture from two years ago too I'll see if I have one somewhere.

Paul,
Your not supposed to mix in a 50 pound bag of fertilizer into every palm hole you dig 😉 I really didn't juice them all that much this year either, I used a very small amount of carl pool in early spring (I mean small) and then hit them with a mild dose of 270 three stage feed from florikan when I got back from Florida. They are rooted in big time though, I found trachy roots (Big Ones) 6-7 feet away around a foot deep or so, that helps I'm sure. Same with the washy roots but they where much closer to the top of the soil. I'm going to mulch out much farther then the 6 feet I did last year. Good thing the ground didn't freeze to deep and we had a mild winter since there was no snow cover to speak of.

Bill

Unbelievable growth for this time of year 😯 😯
You must've bought a fertilizer company, too!

I saw where the uncles are...under nanas 😆 😆

Man, you've got "the touch".

Great second floor shot of the nursery too.
Barb

Nice pics Bill. Hoping one day I can have a yard that looks like that! 🙂

So your observation is that trachy roots spread out deeper than washy roots? Wondering if thats the reason my washy didn't do well. I think trachy roots can take much more cold and wet than washy roots, and maybe even mild frost in the ground. I don't mulch around my palm boxes in the winter as that would destroy my lawn since the palms are pretty close to the bed edges. Never had a problem with my trachys, though. Start pushing growth right away in late March. Wish it would grow as fast as yours though! I'm working on frond #4 for the season and pushing spears #5 and #6.

Wx

What did you do with your Washy-is it potted up?

Also,Bill and I were discussing this yesterday-Washy's being desert natives probably have an intense network of
feeder roots near the top of the soil for maximum water uptake,not a good scenario in cooler wetter climate winters
like all of ours.
A lot of people have had problems this year with them dieing/getting spear-pull.

I think the reason mine did well this spring(as opposed to last)is
because I kept it covered and dry until later in April until soil/air temps stayed warm.

Barb,
Don't tell anyone about the nanas 😈 😈 😈 They are really starting to kick ass now, this week is going to be hot too so away they'll go. It will be a new 6 foot leave every three days I'm suspecting. Thanks for the comments

Tim,
I think that's what did it for sure. If you where to ever try one again you would most likely have the best luck if you did it in the back yard where you could really dial in the protection. Heat cables, huge mulch and a hut left one til May 1, would be your best bet. It's hard leaving the hut on that long but in the long run the benefits are there like Jim mentioned. Stosh in PA did the same thing leaving his covered longer this year and had great results too. It all depends on how far your willing to go I guess and if it's worth it to you? Trachys are just as awesome and a hell of a lot easier to deal with.

Thanks Tim

I look at your backyard pics every day.
Just makes me feel good.
😀
Barb

Jim -

The washy is in the garbage, it wasn't worth saving, lol! I'm sticking to trachys from now on. The are easy to protect. I'm also getting more into different bananas and EE's.

Thanks a lot Barb that made me smile.
People are starting to stop, stare, drive away and come back to look some more lately, also a nice feeling.

I work pretty hard at this just like everyone else on this board, it's nice to make others say WOW from time to time 😀

Bill

Hey Bill,

This is lovely, so beautiful, so exotic! My favourites are still the ones around your house, like the Natchez, the bull needle, the Gardenias.... Man, I am turning green!!! However, one leaf is coming out on my S.minor after 3 months in the ground, which I account for as a success, ha-ha. My Trachy has pushed out its third one...

Bill, I wish you all the best and let this property serve as an all-time source of envy.

Rob