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California Carpoxylon going beast mode

MattyB

By MattyB
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MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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It's starting to go nuts. 

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Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Tyrone Grand Master

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Oh yeah.:wub::yay:

 

I used to have one of these in my Perth garden, but my tenant decided to turn the bore water off because he thought it was wasting "his" water. Anyway I come back one month to see a dried shell of a plant. It was going great too.

A friend of mine had a big one getting taller than his fence, but he moved house and the idiot new owner took too it with a chainsaw, even though he said to the new owner that if you don't want any of the plants he'd come and remove them for him.:angry::( People people people.

Beautiful Carpoxylon BTW.

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Gotta love Carpoxylon........ Mine has just survived Tropical Cyclone Debbie although the leaves are badly shredded......Took this photo a few days ago of my son next to one in Townsville.

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Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

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Tyrone Grand Master

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3 minutes ago, Tropicgardener said:

Gotta love Carpoxylon........ Mine has just survived Tropical Cyclone Debbie although the leaves are badly shredded......Took this photo a few days ago of my son next to one in Townsville.

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That's how big they are in Townsville now. Wow. I last saw them about 10 years ago and they weren't trunking then. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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13 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

That's how big they are in Townsville now. Wow. I last saw them about 10 years ago and they weren't trunking then. 

This one is in Queens Gardens........ Some of the ones at the Palmetum are bigger and currently fruiting.

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

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redant Grand Master

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This palm has proven to be very difficult for me, probably killed 5, one in the garden is looking decent but growing so slow. Yours looks great.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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Kim Grand Master

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Congratulations!  That is a well grown, very sweet Carpoxylon, quite an accomplishment in California!

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Looking great! Getting close to revealing that beautiful green crown shaft too.

You're going to enjoy this palm even more as time goes on. Best to Jen.

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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Love getting to say I told you so... I have great faith in both your location and your abilities!  :wub:

 

Hows the Satakentia doing?

 

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Fantastic. Really good to see. Well done. Hope mine do that. I am growing them up in a heated glasshouse until they are about the size of yours then trying it outside.

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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So Matt, how long has this palm been in the ground and how tall was it when planted? It looks real good.

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Nice work Matt!

I planted three of these several years ago, and two of them died fairly quickly. The third is still alive and looks decent, but it's only about 2 or 3 feet tall and growing in slow motion. You're clearly doing much better than I have!

Jack Sayers

East Los Angeles

growing cold tolerant palms halfway between the equator and the arctic circle...

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MattyB Grand Master

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On 4/26/2017, 9:14:54, BS Man about Palms said:

Hows the Satakentia doing?

 

Trunking.  It's got two huge spears on it right now.  I'll take a pic soon.

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Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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19 hours ago, Jeff Searle said:

So Matt, how long has this palm been in the ground and how tall was it when planted? It looks real good.

Jeff

Pics below of it when planted in September 2007.  About 2' tall.

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Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Amazing. Not an easy grow in our dry climate...

Paradise Hills, 4 miles inland, south facing slope in the back, north facing yard in the front

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Daryl Grand Master

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Nice job Matty. Can't wait to plant my babies out. Your soil looks good there

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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