Hey Barb - very astute of you to notice the zone 6 thangy. This place has had the washy filiferas out front for several years.. This is the first ...

I never fertilize at full strength for just that reason. I probably go 1/2 of whats recommended. I may just buy some distilled water and water the...

thanks for the response. I did fertilize on June 1 with a Jacks 20-20-20 water soluble fertilizer that has boron .02%, copper .05%, iron .10%, magnes...

dean - mine germinated in the container you see in the picture. The container is probably 3 " deep. I am surprised you put your seedlings in pre...

Heres a recent picture of my sabal causiarum. these germinated back in March 2008 and have grown quite nicely for me. They are in a protected area i...

looking good to me. Thats a great start. What are you going to do this winter to protect it? Whats your typical low temp for winter time?

antti - if you check back on this thread why don't you start a new thread and post pictures or do a narrative on what palms you are growing and a summ...

the butia is certainly in my top 5 favorite palms. I have several from 1 to 5 gallon size. I'd love to plant one in ground and protect it all wint...

138 species ? amazing that they can pinpoint that many different varieties of one species.

cool. always freak me out when seedlings do that. I usually just keep throwing soil on top of them. sometimes I have to repot.

very nice. love the d. spinulosum, looks like you got a nice one.

welcome antti. great to see that you joined the forum. Our average first frost date is Oct 20 , last frost date in the spring is around April 15. ...

Hey Barb - I am no flourescent lighting expert although I played baseball in high school. :shock: After consultation with a couple of lighting ex...