PalmsNorth.com – Cold Hardy Palm Forum

Butias have a reputation for being hard to germinate but I find them very easy! I have thousands of volunteer seedlings in my yard at any given moment...

Your right about the transplanting part. Sabals are easy to transplant as 1-2 leaf seedlings and as mature (trunked) adults. Anything in between is ex...

ErikIt's normal for the lower ("oldest") leaves of Sabals to die back as the palm grows. However, the leaves you are losing are not the oldest so tha...

CameronI am interested in a couple of items, will e-mail you sometime this weekend.Gpenny

BillYou don't need to post actual numbers, but in general how were sales this year? I have been impressed by your "energy" to say the least. It is obv...

Free!!! How the heck????Gpenny

Did you get my PM?GPenny

ErikI use Bayleton (systemic fungicide) and Daconil(contact fungicide) or a combo of the two on ornamentals. I have never had to use on palms but see ...

I may get raked over the coals for this but I am scared of putting copper on plants for treatment. I know many palm growers use it as treatment and it...

ErikAt this point it probably doesn't matter one way or the other. One expert I read after said when he is trying to establish a new plant from a pup ...

ErikDon't give up on it! I've had "pups" bigger than the one you have that lived without any roots for months before starting to grow new ones. Appare...

I've never seen anything in my 40 years of growing them like that! My pindos have experienced the fringes of Hugo (80-90 mph) with no damage. I have h...

ErikBarb mentioned that sagos are tempermental and heres a good example. I have about 10 "pups" that I recently pooted up in 1 g containers recently. ...

Did the Sago go from shade to full sun? They love full sun but when I move them from shade to sun they typically blanch out (at least partially). I kn...

You have some beautiful plants there! It's obvious they get lots of TLC.