Looking good Steve! What temperature do you keep your greenhouse?

Bill

Thanks Bill, I try to keep the lows around 45F. Last winter saw a dip to 30F, we had a cold snap lasting a week with lows down to -7F. (added a lot more insulation this year 😆

Daytime temps vary, a sunny day will usually give me at least a 30F rise above ambient.

Steve

Excellent Steve. I like how that Pygmy date palm and the others are doing.I gave up on PDP a couple of years ago. Maybe I would try them again if I had a greenhouse like yours instead of the Palm garage every winter.

John

show off 😆 I'll try to work some photo magic and post a few new spears. Hey, if you check out my new avatar, it shows a smallish spear in my coco nucifera (pic from 2008) , so I got that goin' for me.

John, For me, the Pygmy Dates' always seem to do better once inside. Between October & February they are pretty much growing non stop. Have you tried overwintering any in the house? Maybe too chilly for them in the garage?

Kent, I like your avatar, is that a Golden Malayan?
Those were the easiest photos for me to take, things are crowded in the GH 😆

Steve

Pictures,just so we can see how much crowded it really is???LOL
Cocos putting out new spears here as well,just though try opening up before the frond has even finished growing out.

yes, golden malayan. I gave it to my sister this October. They have a bank of windows on the west side of their house and I just thought that would be great for the coco for winter. She agreed to take care of it and she has a green thumb.

A couple more......

Spindle Palm,(Hyophorbe verschaffeltii), in the back.

Started growing last April, still going 8)

A container of Dypsis lutescens,

These are worth growing just for the color 8)
(Chamaedorea Metallica on the left)

Steve you sure do have a nice collection growing there! LOL! Hey what's the biggest plant/tree you have grow from seed? Could you post a pic?

Bill

Majesty Palm, (Ravenea rivularis), still moving along.

Rhapis excelsa

Steve

Bill, Will have to look around a bit, the Bismarckia was started from seed about 4-5 years ago.

I've been trying to shift more of my attention to the understory & slower growing species.
(to save on space, but I know I'll need therapy, or a move to a zone 9 climate sooner or later 😆

This Coccothrinax litoralis is going on six years from seed.

Steve

Very cool, it must be fun watching them grow over the years. Zone 9 what would the challenge be there?

Bill

The challenge in a 9 would be growing zone 10 & 11 plants 😆
Hoping to at least buy a couple acres in So. TX someday, (or a similar climate), just to be able to put a few of these in ground.

Steve