oppalm
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Joined: Oct 5, 2006
Last seen: Oct 29, 2015
Topics: 27 / Replies: 667
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RE: Pritchardia pacifica ~ Fiji Fan Palm

I like the fan palm leaves of this palm. I bought 2 seedlings off ebay several years ago and neither one lived very long. Good luck with your seeds...

17 years ago
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RE: My garden in Michigan in the winter and summer.

nice looking trachy. Good luck with your winter protection. Looks to me like you got it goin' on. Maybe someday I will have a trachy that big.

17 years ago
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RE: winter protection, zone 6

Steve I think you have more than a few sabals to plant next spring. I just saw a picture you took that must have had 50 seedlings in it.

17 years ago
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RE: Cycad Seedlings

Hey Steve, I recognize some of those zamias. You got me started several years ago and I still have mine and they look eerily similar to mine. Wer...

17 years ago
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RE: Re-potting a sick Pygmy Date Palm & some misc.

I think I would start treating with a systemic also. I use mine sparingly with very good results. use it 3-4 times as needed over the course of a m...

17 years ago
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RE: Palms planted zone 6b Palms garaged

John, Great pics and you have an unbelievable collection of palms. I showed my wife the pics of your garage and palms just to prove to her that I a...

17 years ago
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RE: Interesting read,about a lost Jungle.

great link Don. Wonder if someday they will find find my little piece of the tropics in kansas and write a story about it?

17 years ago
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RE: Palm Seedlings

The Sabal Louisianas are by far the fastest sabal I have growing. I have the S. McCurtain, S. Louisiana, and S. Minor and the S Louisianas are twice ...

17 years ago
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RE: Palm Seedlings

very nice variety of palms you are growing. Do you ever wonder what your place would look like if you lived in southern florida.?I mean honestly, ho...

17 years ago
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RE: Re-potting a sick Pygmy Date Palm & some misc.

nice work there Steve. I have had excellent luck digging PDP's out of the ground and repotting each fall. They are tough palms. Keep it warm and i...

17 years ago
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RE: Grow Lites for Winter

Barb - you can spend alot of money on a specific grow or plant bulb. 99% of my palms spend winter inside and I use regular old floodlights on palm tr...

17 years ago
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RE: Meteor over Western Canada?

good luck finding a meteorite. It amazing more stuff from space is not found on the planet. I bet if you can find the sock I lost last weekend wh...

17 years ago
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RE: Found a 7 foot Bottle Palm !

not sure what caused the browning of the fronds. I repotted and treated with systemic granulars a couple of times and it seemed to help. It only ha...

17 years ago
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RE: Found a 7 foot Bottle Palm !

Barb, love the bottle, your palm ain't bad either. Nice find. these seem to be good indoor palms. I've had one that has done very well inside the...

17 years ago
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