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Sometimes in Palmy Love, mistakes are made.

One I'm prone to is planting too many of something, then running short of space. Or falling more deeply in lust with something else.

This A. tuckeri needed removal. But, one last gaze . . .

(It's the Palm on the right.)

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Tools consist of a rope and a pole saw.

This palm was about 30 feet (10 m) tall.

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The rope was noosed around a leaf petiole in the lower part of the crown.

 

Buzz buzz with the saw

Yank yank tug tug pull pull 

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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The deed is done 

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That crownshaft caught on my internet wire, so had to get it freed.

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Nota been; that wood is soft but tough.

That 300 pound crownshaft hung by a thread.

 

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Finally the crown is down.

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trying to this out the jungle a little to let more light in Dave?

 

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Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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3 hours ago, Josh-O said:

trying to this out the jungle a little to let more light in Dave?

 

I have New Calendonian canopy now!

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OWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

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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Awe, bye bye tucker.  I'm sad because I can't grow them.  Does that make any sense?  

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Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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1 hour ago, Keith in SoJax said:

Awe, bye bye tucker.  I'm sad because I can't grow them.  Does that make any sense?  

Yes. I'm sad because I can and did.

But not that sad. There are still many others to carry the torch.

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Any way you could throw one of those mature tuckeri in the mail Dave? :D

 

No, but really, I'm having a moment of silence :violin:. OK what's going in it's place?!

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2 hours ago, Jdiaz31089 said:

Any way you could throw one of those mature tuckeri in the mail Dave? :D

 

No, but really, I'm having a moment of silence :violin:. OK what's going in it's place?!

New Caledonians!

 

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That crownshaft was BIG and heavy. Better part of 9 feet 3 m long even allowing for the foot 30 cm of trunk 

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If this is the seed you mailed out to us mid 2015, I'm going to need a taller apartment...  A couple of the seedlings that got butch are pushing well over 2 feet tall already.

Sorry to see your beautiful palm had to go; I hope the replacement grows well.

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"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
"In his house at Lincoln, dread Funkthulhu plants palm trees."

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On 5/3/2017, 6:55:20, Funkthulhu said:

If this is the seed you mailed out to us mid 2015, I'm going to need a taller apartment...  A couple of the seedlings that got butch are pushing well over 2 feet tall already.

Sorry to see your beautiful palm had to go; I hope the replacement grows well.

It could be from that plant. There were many.

How tall are the Butch Babies now?

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19 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

It could be from that plant. There were many.

How tall are the Butch Babies now?

On the biggest Archy the last frond was 3 feet long.  It's starting to get girthy near the bottom (like, no longer a seedling, bigger than my thumb) and throw more fronds quicker.  Total with pot is over 3 feet tall and almost 3 foot of spread.

"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
"In his house at Lincoln, dread Funkthulhu plants palm trees."

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I have way to many royals, they don't come down  so easily so unless nature takes some they are here to stay.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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1 hour ago, Funkthulhu said:

On the biggest Archy the last frond was 3 feet long.  It's starting to get girthy near the bottom (like, no longer a seedling, bigger than my thumb) and throw more fronds quicker.  Total with pot is over 3 feet tall and almost 3 foot of spread.

Whoa!

That's faster than me, by a wide margin. Any pictures?

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Crap picture from 2 months ago, but here's what I have on my phone at work...

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Okay, maybe that last spear was close to 4 feet...  (that's a 7 foot balcony door for scale) 

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"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
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