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Trying to get this new photo to load...aaargh!
Will try to embed pic:
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Anyway, compared to my avatar at left, it's sure taking off.
Barb
Wondering why Flickr site changed their photo process...what a pain.
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 08/08/2010 11:36 pm
Barb,
I'm glad you got the photo embedded--and were able to help me figure out the process a few months ago.
That Trachy looks great, much better than mine. Long petioles, while my new ones are all very short. --Erik
Posted : 09/08/2010 12:19 am
Very nice Barb, thanks for posting! She sure likes her spot! (or he??) We'll have to wait and see...maybe a couple of years as Bill mentioned?
Heidi
~ palms on the Canadian west coast
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Posted : 09/08/2010 12:47 am
Wow that thing has grown a lot in it's new spot! It must be happy...
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Posted : 09/08/2010 7:21 am
Beautiful palm you have there! It sure does like it's new home better then the pot it was in 😀 Look at the new growth on the trunk compared to the old, what a difference in speed.
Very nice!
Bill
Posted : 09/08/2010 10:53 am
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Yes, that's what impressed me...it's never looked so "stretched out" before.
Finally got the hang of Flickr's new photo process (thanks for the tip, Steve, buddy!!!!), so here are the two close-ups that bombed loading yesterday.
In the following pic, the "old boots" are so close together that it never really stretched up as it grew while in the pot all those years.
Can you just imagine what it would say if it could talk?
😆 😆 😆 
It would sure be exciting to see some flowers...maybe next year.
The poor beggar is probably too old to flower (if you know what I mean???!!!!! ha ha)
And Erik, lots of water for a Trachy (and afternoon shade if temps regularly get 100F and above) seems to be the trick.
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 09/08/2010 5:51 pm
WOW!! Looks very heathly! Very green, Im sure you made it very happy by putting it into the ground! 😀
Loves his Trachy's!
Posted : 09/08/2010 8:18 pm
Looks fabulous! Did it grow that much trunk in the last year (from where the many boots end to the top)?
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Posted : 09/08/2010 10:15 pm
good job! my palms are coming up on 1 year in the ground too 😀
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Posted : 09/08/2010 10:20 pm
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Thanks folks.
yes, wxman, from the end of the old boots to top is "trunk stretching" from one year's growth.
Cameron, bet you're glad you planted yours too!
A little stressful during winter 😆 but vigorous growth is sure worth it having it in the ground.
Guess we all realize we'll be getting our winter protection planned in less than TWO months... 😐
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 10/08/2010 12:22 pm
I will regret this in the end, but right now I'm looking forward to winter. This endless watering is taking a lot out of me. 😆
--Erik
Posted : 10/08/2010 1:40 pm
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Don't blame you at all, Erik.
You're more than 30 degrees above us today! Whew!
We'll all regret those thoughts in a couple of months. 😐
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 10/08/2010 1:58 pm
Does not even look like the same palm. If it could talk it would be happy and mad, happy to be in the ground and mad it took so long. 😆
Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 10/08/2010 2:33 pm
Barb that is one happy Trachy! I don`t remember mine taking off like yours after only a year planted. Look forward to seeing it first hand in two weeks.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
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Posted : 10/08/2010 2:40 pm
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Aaron,
mad it took so long
maybe 32 or 33 years is "the trick" to make it grateful 😆 😆
John,
will be happy to show it to you!
Remember a bucket or bag so you can take home the nana and her pups.
It's so beat up from the wind, you'll think I'm giving you a mop 😕
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 10/08/2010 3:43 pm
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