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I have had these in the ground now for three years from 1 gal pots. The leaves reach over 6 ft now. Here some photos I took today. I notice what looked like deformed leaves on two of them. Upon further inspection they are producing suckers... Now I have to decide weather to keep them as singles, or let them grow with multiple heads...
Posted : 15/11/2007 1:15 pm
Laaz,
Great pictures, I wonder how hard it would be to dig out the suckers?
Dean
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Posted : 15/11/2007 2:04 pm
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Hi Dean. The suckers are not coming from below the soil. They are coming out between the fronds...
Posted : 15/11/2007 2:27 pm
Hello Laaz,
I guess, I was refering to the last picture. Multiple heads, that would be a wierd looking palm though, I have seen a picture of one before. Now, I understand what you mean about the "deformed leaves".
Dean
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Posted : 15/11/2007 2:39 pm
Suckering is the natural habit for these palms, however some folks prefer to remove them and have a single trunk. Nice healthy palms there Laaz!
Cheers, Barrie
Posted : 16/11/2007 1:43 pm
Cool! Weird! 😯
It'll be great to watch this, Laaz. Pls keep updating pics.
With the size of those needles, are we sure it isn't blood, ha ha 😆
I recall reading about a frond deformity that "resembled a ladder, where tips stayed connected up the 'rungs'."
It was due to a mineral deficiency. Which one, can't remember.
Barb
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Posted : 18/11/2007 12:14 am
Nice palms.
This species is suppose to be one of the hardiest in the Phoenix genus.
I tried some seeds but they didn't germinate.
I wonder with some protection from winter rains and on the coldest nights if it would survive here. My coldest temp so far this year is -3.2C.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 27/12/2007 1:41 pm
Hey Wes ... I found them easy (P. theophrastii) to germinate but much more difficult to keep alive with our cold humid winters. I started with about 40 and today I have 4 remaining that have grown on to 2 gallon sized. I think I may have sold 3 others along the way. The growth spears pull and rot down in our winters, with the small exception here.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 27/12/2007 2:59 pm
Even with overhead protection they won't survive?
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 27/12/2007 4:53 pm
Wes ... these never see a drop of rain or a flake of snow all winter. Humidity alone seems to be the culprit. Perhaps a copper fungicide regiment would help, but as I stated earlier, for some unknown reason these few exampes are fine, at least for now.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 27/12/2007 7:25 pm
Laaz,
What zone are you in? Are those zone 8 palm? 😕
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Posted : 06/01/2008 2:44 pm
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Aaron I'm in zone 9a, but they are hardy to zone 8a from what I'm told.
Posted : 06/01/2008 4:17 pm
Cool, thanks for the info 😀
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Posted : 06/01/2008 7:16 pm
