Winter Project: Palms, Bamboo and Others

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Winter is a hard time for us gardeners. This year, Ive decided to get some seeds to sprout. So far I have some brugs, Ginkgo Biloba and Agave Montana sprouted, and Yucca Glauca and Filamentosa, Dawn redwood, and black pepper seeds sown. I have also ordered the following species:

Needle Palm

Bamboo Palm

Fargesia Yunnanensis

Fargesia Fungosa

Fargesia Spathacea ( more then likley F nitida. The taxonomy for Fargesia is crazy, but this one is worse!)

more Dawn redwood

Agave Utahensis var Utahensis

I may or may not be adding to this list.

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Posted : 06/12/2011 5:15 pm

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Good luck! 😆

Posted : 06/12/2011 7:54 pm

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You're gonna grow black pepper?

Isn't that akin to knitting your own toilet paper? :booty:

BTW, when do you want the Spartan branches sent?

Barb

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Posted : 06/12/2011 10:56 pm

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Thank God Barb is on our team. 😆

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Posted : 07/12/2011 12:39 am

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You're gonna grow black pepper?

Isn't that akin to knitting your own toilet paper? :booty:

BTW, when do you want the Spartan branches sent?

Barb

LOL, It isnt that weird to try to grow your own pepper. And FYI, the bamboo is for toilet paper 😀

I totally forgot about the apple cuttings. After my moms surgery the last few months have been a blur.... Ill take them when ever you can send them. I jsut needed to wait till they were dormant (im pretty sure they are now ). I probably only need 4 or 5 pencil sized branches...... Jus tlet me know the shipping and ill send you that !

I appreciate the reminder barb!

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Posted : 07/12/2011 6:45 am

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Hope your Mom's health is improving...

I'll PM you for your address, the Spartan apple tree is definitely dormant. :lickice:

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Posted : 07/12/2011 11:13 am

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You're gonna grow black pepper?

Isn't that akin to knitting your own toilet paper? :booty:

BTW, when do you want the Spartan branches sent?

Barb

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Posted : 07/12/2011 1:16 pm

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The "grow room"

Black Locust (with a cameo by the italian fig)

Fargesia (borinda) fungosa

Fargesia (borinda, sinarundinaria etc) Yunannensis:

Fargesia spathacea (or possibly F Nitida)

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Posted : 17/01/2012 11:43 am

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A good one! Is there enough light in the grow room? Perhaps your Gleditia iis germinating too early. You have to give A VERY GOOD light for them. Don't keep a temperature too high for them... Keep all your bamboo away off spider mites. Keep them water misting.

Posted : 17/01/2012 11:47 am

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Have not covered my Sequoia or Black bamboo yet.

Sequoia always discolors(at least)but the bamboo is still green.

So far

Posted : 17/01/2012 11:51 am

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What're you using for heat, Jesse?
germinating mats?

Have not covered my Sequoia

What do you think the kill temp of a young Sequoia would be?

Barb

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Posted : 17/01/2012 11:53 am

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Barb- RE: Sequoia, depends on the type, apparenlty the 'blue' form is hardier, but I've not tried it so i can't say. I think that around -25c would totally top-kill a small Sequoia... Anyone else care to guess?

Posted : 17/01/2012 12:27 pm

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Igor - The locust is Pseudoacacia, not honey locust 😀 I have bad luck with starting things too late, so I started these early. The window sill they are on is pretty chilly.

Jim - The ratings are back n fourth, but I believe the "kill temp" is somewhere between -20C and -25C. They had some trees in pennsylvania a few hundred years ago that were "native". I usually see it rated zone 6 or sometimes 5.

Barb - No heat 😀 The furnace vent is below that shelf. The room stays about...... 70F, maybe a bit warmer when the door is shut.

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Posted : 17/01/2012 12:27 pm

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So Jim's sequoia sounds OK ... it'd be toast HERE today.

apparently the 'blue' form is hardier

There's a Q there that I've always wanted to ask; same apparently with BLUE palms.

Will post on new topic.

Barb

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Posted : 17/01/2012 12:45 pm

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Jeese, don't you have Robinia pseudoacacia in Thunder bay nurseries? Sorry for misunderstanding (Black vs Honey Locust). It seems the Black one should be common in SW Ontario... It's hardy down to minus 35C.

Posted : 17/01/2012 12:47 pm