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Before,
After,
I can pop the windows out for the Summer, Hopefully this will work for a couple seasons before I have to add height.
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Posted : 27/09/2006 4:21 pm
As snug as a bug in a rug! Great job on that add on to your greenhouse. Any thoughts on 3 years down the road when it moves your greenhouseLOL 😀
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
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Posted : 27/09/2006 11:53 pm
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I am really hoping that is a problem I have to deal with 😀
~ Steve
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Posted : 28/09/2006 10:35 am
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I was too lazy to take down the enclosure this season 🙂
Has grown well ( hard to get a good picture through the glass)
Defineately will need to raise the roof up a bit more .......
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Posted : 21/08/2007 12:04 pm
I have two Robustas that are 5 years old from seed. The top of the fronds are now over 12 ft high. They have been in the ground since they sprouted , but they grow very fast when planted in the ground...
Posted : 22/08/2007 10:03 pm
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Some heat and water and there is no stopping these!
Think I am going to have to plan on adding 3'-5' a year to give it enough space, do you ( or anyone else), know at what size these start to trunk?
Steve
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Posted : 23/08/2007 9:37 am
looks to me like you got yourself a bit of a trunk there Steve. Keep it warm and toasty and I'll bet that one doubles in size in a year.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 23/08/2007 1:51 pm
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I'll bet that one doubles in size in a year.
I'm sure it will .........
I am curious about trunk formation on these, most of the ones I've seem have about 3'-5' of leaf bases before they start trunking. Trying to figure out if the small one I have is starting? or a need to pile up some more dirt around its base? 🙂
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Posted : 23/08/2007 2:24 pm
Steve I really love the way you have had success with your washingtonia. I really never would have concidered keeping one in the ground. I have a washingtonia filifera in the ground since early arpil. Its rooted very well and grown alot. I was going to dig it up for the winter. You have inspired me to leave it and try to over winter in the ground. Thanks mike
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Posted : 15/11/2007 8:23 am
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Mike, Thanks, these have done better than I thought they could, the little one went through two nights of 18*F last April, then a bad case of crown rot in May with the flooding rains, and it just keeps keeps chugging along.... 😀
Your success with the large S.palmetto has inspired me to try and find one, I've been thinking about taking a trip down to the Gulf Coast this Winter to try and find a couple to bring back. Texas is closest to me, but maybe I'll need to look over towards the Southeast coast?
Steve
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Posted : 15/11/2007 10:22 am
