Carpoxylon

[Tingtongthai]

What age/ how  big have you found  before you can stick Carpoxylon in full sun?

[humangenomaproject]

I put three one gallon plants (fully rooted) in full sun three years back. They really struggled and two of three died but the one that made it is very robust and happy and acclimatized. It is now trunking and at my entrance as a stately presence.

[Kim]

It may depend on how intense the "full sun" is in your garden. My Hawaiian "full sun" has a lot of cloud cover and rain throughout the year, so of course plenty of humidity, probably quite similar to their native habitat in Vanuatu. In that scenario, I put 3 young Carpoxylon in the ground in full sun and they never once suffered a burned leaf. (will post a photo later in the day)

@humangenomaproject -- can you post a photo of the Carpoxylon at your entrance?

[PalmatierMeg]

I was told years ago not to plant my Carpoxylon until it was 15g. That was after I'd had two small ones croak on me. I didn't wait until it was quite that large but I held off a couple years, then carefully placed it where it would be in part shade and get irrigation. It's been quite happy there and is developing a fat trunk & crownshaft. When young this palm cannot tolerate full FL sun and I assume, rightly I believe, that it can't take full Costa Rican sun. So I recommend you site it carefully so it benefits from some shade, esp. during summer.

[Tingtongthai]

Thanks for replies, Ive had my  3  gallon ones in part sun shade for the last 6  months, Thai sun can be blisteringly hot, Ill have to give it some thought or shade  cloth for another 6  months maybe

[Kim]

Oh, forgot my photos. Here are a few I could find. Notice there is not much, if any, blue sky in any of the photos. "Blistering hot" -- definitely plant them where they may get a little morning sun, but midday and afternoon shade or at least filtered light.

First, when planted in 2012, probably from a 5-gal.

Here, another of the 3, with dried leaf bases covering the crownshaft November 2104:

And a pic from 2016: