turtile
@turtile
Estimable Member
Joined: Oct 11, 2006
Last seen: Oct 10, 2014
Topics: 4 / Replies: 175
Reply
RE: best fungicide

If you are covering the palms up, there is no real need to spray fungicide. Bacteria and fungus need moisture...

11 years ago
Reply
RE: When to plant the palms?

Thanks! How deep should mulch be? And radius of mulch around trunk? 2-4 inches will do it. Palm roots don't have a set distance but they do travel m...

11 years ago
Reply
RE: When to plant the palms?

Also, while we're on the topic of planting, does anyone have any good instructions on planting my palms? I've read and heard soooo many different thin...

11 years ago
Reply
RE: Impromptu cold tolerance experiment...

Windmills can tolerate cold roots better than any other palm. Pindos not much at all...

11 years ago
Reply
RE: Sabal minor questions...

Leave it the way it is. The roots are growing out of the bottom because there is water there!

11 years ago
Reply
Re: Fruiting in Kansas.

That would be impressive to get one to fruit in Kansas. Not sure how far you are willing to drive but I have them in Florida. To give you an example o...

11 years ago
Reply
RE: Tropical Palms

Home Depot here sells Queen Palms most years and sometimes Foxtails. I'm about 2 1/2 hours from Allentown. Maybe the Jersey Shore big box stores sel...

11 years ago
Forum
Reply
RE: Deaths already

My A. neomexicana is the only one looking bad so far. (low of -0.5F)Hydrogen Peroxide with only kill organisms at the time of application.I just wrote...

11 years ago
Reply
RE: Any members in the Washington DC/Baltimore area?

Every major store sells palms around here (Lowe's, Home Depot) but they usually don't arrive for at least another month. Some small nurseries carry t...

12 years ago
Reply
RE: Palm "antifreeze"

The root zone should be much more effective than foliar spray. The only problem would be in ground palms since the roots are widely spread out and th...

12 years ago
Reply
RE: Sabal minor... or not?

The adult palm is not Sabal minor or palmetto. Looks like a Sabal from Central America.

12 years ago
Reply
RE: anti-fungicide

Bacteria is usually the cause of rot after cold. You'll need to use fungicides that double as bactericides such as copper.

13 years ago
Reply
RE: Helping a Yucca rostrata root in

They'll have no problem rooting. You don't even need to use hormones.

14 years ago
Reply
RE: Looking for Sabal minor "mcurtain" and "cape

Oh no! People stole the seeds on the stock...the whole thing? :angry7: The house is currently for sale and someone decided that the green seed stalk...

14 years ago
Forum
Reply
RE: Looking for Sabal minor "mcurtain" and "cape

I have both but that need to be harvested. I would have had a ton but someone decided to cut all but one Cape Hatteras stalk and one McCurtain stalk ...

14 years ago
Forum
Page 1 / 12