Guess I've gotta rename this topic (now that it's proven to be a FOXTAIL :bounce: versus a FISHTAIL :blackeye: ).tell the difference between a foxt...

and get his website done. It'll be good to see that.Thank goodness he's still young, carrying 500 plants into the basement is good exercise. (NOT!)mi...

Steve,Tinted panels were a good idea since you knew you could only go UP in your GH :lol: The bug is definitely a weevil, from the distinctive "snout...

Yup, I remember that little umbrella GH.After a while the plastic gets brittle? would the tarp over it keep the plastic supple with really cold temps?...

Debbie seemed interested that Needle Palms would grow here.I looked up Rainbow-anything on the net, a couple of small nurseries?Asked Deb for a busine...

Good pics of the process, Jim.These were the palms that got leaf cages last year?Or only the smaller palms get leaf cages. I really like the slat-fen...

Here's a quote from a long-time member: Windmill palms Trachycarpus fortunei produce infloresence (flowers) not seeds. You need the presence of a male...

Wow Steve, those 3 hairy things were inside that big pod? Seem to be well suited to floating on an ocean for a long time, reminds me of the larger coc...

Looks like you got a nice fibrous root mass, well done.

Has that Zamia ever gotten huge.You had the right trick by putting it up so high in the GH.And the sun didn't fry it (I thought they hated direct sun)...

OK John, good news.That last "Fishtail" was there, so I got it for you.Wondering why I put Fishtail in quotes? The HD nursery supplier, Rainbow Greenh...

Carl, two things: Good news/bad newsFirst, pygmy date palms (and their relative, canary island date palms) just about always have this "look" to thei...

my inexperience Nonsense...we're all still learning.It'll be interesting to hear what your friends decides.Barb

if she says shes done it before whew...that's a relief.But hey, why not just buy another PDP for your friend as a gift :king: This bossy old woman wi...

Whoa, Carl, hold on, please don't divide it.... :shaking: That's a very tricky process and will almost certainly lead to its death unless you or your ...