Mark, that atrium takes my breath away, so beautiful.
...naturally you weren't taking pics of the cute girls 😆

Sambuca the bunny, cute name.
Fortunate for your palms they're not related to beavers 😆

The big things for Cocos are light and humidity so you're doing something right.
Misting frequently is a pain with wood floors...I've got drop sheets under my Foxtail, Bottle, 3 Triangles and BoP to protect the floor.

All palms go outside for the summer, I presume.
Barb

Barb,

I wish I had the time to mist all mine but they're too big and there's too many. I do it when I see the mites taking over which is right about now. 😡

Yes. They all go out in late spring/ summer. A bit over 3 moths to go. Fighting the f'in spider mites till then. Many went out for a hose blast on 12/31/10 when it was 50 deg. but I'm noticing the mites on my queens now. 👿 Hopefully we'll have a warm spell again so I can take them out and blast them again.

Come on spring 57 days!!

Here's some pics from spring:

This Phoenix has grown a lot since this pic

You see my battered queen in the back

Couple others. Everything looks so small in these. It was late spring

Mark

Anybody else having trouble opening Mark's links? 😕
His photohost might be down?

noticing the mites on my queens now

John gave me a good tip the other day.
Says to push a garlic clove or two, point down, completely into the soil.
My big Foxtail's got spider mites too so I'll try garlic.

Barb

His links work for me.
No mites this year (knock on wood). I used neem oil last year, but not yet this year after reading Jim's posts.

so putting garlic into the soil will help keep them away???

Garlic? Really?

Can't imagine it would work on really large palms but I guess its worth a try.

I bought a whack of garlic today, the house'll smell like a sausage...a very big sausage :cheers:
And I love garlic, H hates it.

John swears by it, maybe it'll keep scale and mealybugs away too.
Just plant the point DOWN, or else you'll have a garlic farm...hmmmm (why not?!?)
Might keep Erik's cat from peeing on his palm too!

Anyway, the links work great (my wireless mouse batteries were dying) 😆

Ah, Mark, those pictures!!!! :love4:
That pool photo I remember well, with queens on each side of the stairs.

The battered queen didn't look too bad Mark, the odd bent frond was probably removed anyway.

Oh that gorgeous Phoenix! 😛

I'm off to plant garlic under the big Foxtail... 😈
Barb

I'm trying the garlic thing.....If teh palms die, at least Ill have fresh garlic for free... :bootyshake:

So you're planting it point up, Mike?

So you're planting it point up, Mike?

I'll do both for good measure!