My avatar Butia, four years in the ground, is looking good. The photo is from August 2009. It was defoliated again last winter despite protection but ...

I tried to order a C. microspadix from Junglemusic but Phil was out. Maybe next year. I want to see if I can keep these C. radicalis alive first. I mi...

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Fond memories. The little horse is fine; the pindo palm "bigger than a horse" is dead. I'll cremate the remains one of these days. :cry:

Lovely palm. I think I might be the first here to try leaving any Chameadorea out for the winter, and only then in a heated, insulated palm hut. And t...

Good plan.When you have some free time, check out my Pindo Palm threads here. :( --Erik

Jesse,that is a much better mulch pile than what I used last year for my P. caerulea. Hopefully your better efforts will pay off. This year, the new (...

Yes, 100 miles each way is what it took to get my Sabal "Lousiana." Kent and I have to drive all the way down to Texas for a really good selection. Ma...

Kent,I look forward to your photos and suggestions. We're both going to get our first real cold (what Duncan has now) by the end of next week. --Erik

I'd like to learn more, too, and so hope we get some input. Last year I tried to overwinter P. caerulea with mulch; it was up by the house. Didn't wor...

I enjoy growing palms from seeds, but it is slow. In the meantime, Butia palms are pretty inexpensive down south. When you get to Atlanta you'll be ab...

Thanks for the photos. Nice arrangements, too. Mine are still sort of shoved in a corner under one fluorescent grow light and by a west window. I'll h...

I'll check more on this one. I had not heard about it. So far, I've been following proposed regulations affecting my chicken flock (anyone remember th...

I have not had time to work more on the palm hut. We need staples as the fiberglass batting has fallen over (it was merely pressed into place). Will n...

Carl,welcome!Pindo palm (my avatar photo) is one of my favorites. A real challenge here in Oklahoma, and Ohio would be even harder--but not impossible...