A fellow named Mark had some huge ones indoors over winter.
He dragged the pots outdoors around the pool in summer.
Haven't seen him on the site for some time.
I think he had as much trouble with soft-bodied scale on palms during winter as I did.

The worst palm to keep healthy indoors seems to be the Majesty palms.
I've resisted buying one, yet 7 footers are really cheap in the box stores

Barb

Thanks Barb!

Sashaeffer. Here is a Queen palm I`ve had in a pot for 4 years. I gradually moved into larger pots every two years. It is already over 11 ft. with pot. It goes in my "palm"garage every winter and doesn`t skip a beat all winter. The temps stay around the 45f to 55f during the winter in the garage. These palms are low maintenance. I would keep them away from any forced air furnace vents. Dry air kills. Desert palms are much easier to over winter indoors that tropicals IMO.
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John

Beautiful Palm John!!

I wished mine had more "trunk" like yours and others I've seen. I have a shorter truck(double for some reason) and BIG top growth. Plan on getting it outside today long enough to repot. Currently it's still in it's small plastic nursery pot.

Will post pics later..

Great looking Queen palms. Have you thought of separating the two of them?

John

Funny you should ask....just a little while ago I was in the middle of transplanting it and when I pulled it out of the pot it came it it fell apart into two separate palms. Each having it's own "information" tag from Monrovia, so it turned out I got quite a deal!

Great two for one deal. They should do better separated IMO. In a way I`m kinda glad we don`t get deals like you did. I couldn`t resist even though I`ve got to many now.

John

Can you really have too many??? Me...NO.... Wife? yes.

Bought a Queen Palm that ended up being two.

Will post pics later..
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I feel like saying if those are both Queens I'll eat my hat... 😆
Good they separated like that...sometimes the process kills both plants so I've been reluctant.

Fabulous two-for-one deal.

Have you thought of separating the two of them

John, re the big Foxtails you and I each have...have you separated your triples?
I've wanted to, but never dared even when repotting.

Barb

Yea, they basically fell apart when I pulled them out of the bucket they came in.

Scott great job separating those two. It will be better for them both down the road. Maybe try some root hormone just to give them a little boost. You should be able to find some at your local garden supply store. A good description of Queen palms on a website selling them. http://realpalmtrees.com/palm-tree-store/medium-palm-trees/medium-queen-palm-tree.html. We have zone 8b to 9a on our British Columbia coast. I`m surprised I haven`t heard of anyone planting these on the B.C. coast with rain protection during winter.

John

Barb I didn`t want to separate the three foxtails that were in the three gal. pot you dropped off for me last Nov. They are so interwoven with roots that I passed on risking any of them. They got transplanted into 4 gal. pots this spring and are doing great!

John

When I separated the two and put into individual pots I gave them a light watering with Superthrive and Epsom Salts. One of the two had a more expansive root system than the other, and weren't intertwined with each other at all.

I suspect since all of the Queen palms where "doubles" at the nursery, that Monrovia must have put two seeds in each container not knowing if either would germinate. Glad I had two pots and enough palm mix dirt on hand to plant them both.