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Buying from @Fishinsteeg234 is highly recommended. I've bought a bunch from here, even a Chrysalidocarpus decipiens, and everything comes home healthy and ground-ready.

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Lol I just sprayed everything with neem oil twice. And I sprayed the baseboards and the corners and around the pots, everything. And I bumped the humidity way up by filling up one of my new 27g totes with water and there's no place I can put it where the heater won't hit it, so it's a freaking sauna in there right now. And I have no idea how hot or how humid it is because my $6 meter 💩 the bed and died on me so I'm guessing it's pretty damn humid. Plants should love it but I'm def gonna have to dial that back a bit.

Could be a little crowded, but give a bit of attention and they should start to move, as you know summer is the growing season!

Anyone’s help is greatly appreciated in identifying this young Pritchardia I planted a few years ago as a one leaf seedling. It started off very slowly in its full all day sun position and likely insufficient irrigation but is now perked up. It was a no label purchase back then.

They were seedlings. Darold gave them to me in May 2023 and I planted them out on October 2024. I have seven, so I think they will be a nice little grouping when they gain some size.

That would do it, and maybe some paths to be cleared by a machete from time time…

They love shade, give them a bit more water, where they a gift of seeds or seedlings, if seedlings they look like they are sulking and will pick up in a bit later on!

Thanks Chris @Rivera, much appreciated. We should check out each other’s gardens sometime. I’m out by the beach all the time. I bet your belmoreana looks better than mine…

Nice pics, thanks Guil, and that's exactly the kind of garden I'm aiming for as well - a forest that needs no input from me in the long term, other than a bit of water in summer!

Absolute stupidity...let's hope sanity prevails.

Ah, so 30 HEY! Seems about right.

I've found that the most curly individuals of Trappes, as they reach about cantaloupe size caudex, will switch to a flush cycle closer to every 3 to 4 years.

I really wish I took more before photos of what this room looked like.... Because Jesus. Anyway I've been out here for at least 8 hours, cleaned out the closet, the floors are clean the walls are clean the ceilings are clean, I tore down 2 shelves and pulled out more nails than I can remember, and I figured I deserved a break. Laying out the lumber. This new bench will be 93" long for the colocasia and a couple totes for bulbs. The colocasia DEFINITELY want more room. Ceiling is marked for the lights already, I just need to drill some holes and hang some chains and slap it all together. I want to get this done before I spray the neem so I can spray more of the room, if that makes sense. Anyway I'm gonna sit on my butt for a little bit.

Some individuals are just heavier feeders than others.

fantastic corrugation!

Paul - I have a couple seedlings in the ground that are totally shaded by a Howea belmoreana. They're at a similar stage, or a little behind yours, and have been very slow. But even Chamaedorea plumosa were slow for me at seedling size, and really picked up after a ring or two.

Very interesting 🤩

Sorry Jonathan, I never saw this question until today. I had seen them from two growers on Indiamart. When I returned to find them, I couldn't. There are hundreds of vendors on there. I have read China has done some genetic work and now have 3 hybrids - Hainan II and III that have been developed to increase yield yet still retain cold tolerance. Good luck with the cocos you planted in your front garden. Seems well placed and grew quite a bit this summer.

I just googled Torremolinos Spain Coconut and it came up straight away. The person who made the post described the climate: "Average january extreme is +2C or 35F, 10a/b marginal Mediterranean climate, but the extremes are -3C" February is the only month we may see temps as cold as +2. If it happens, it's normally exactly 2 nights right at Valentines and that will be the coldest night. Bananas will start to grow again by the 20th. We used to get lows of +8 degrees a few times in January / February but even that's become unusual. 12-13 degrees is our normal low January / February. I'm really impressed with that guy's work - he's got some balls and doing something right. I'm curious if those cocos are a tall variety or if they are the bog standard Dutch ones that are on sale all over the place. My Dutch one, again, did not enjoy our summer heat and grew very little. My Panama Talls had no issues with the heat. amd got little burn whatsover. I still hesutate to put any cocos in the ground but maybe will next year. I took this photo last Thursday ( 27 November ) :

What are people’s experience with planting these in mostly shade? I thought they were supposed to handle it well, but mine (a gift from @Darold Petty ) have been super slow so far. A couple are finally going pinnate. The slug damage has been largely controlled. (Coconut LaCroix for scale.)

Someone has put a cocos in the ground in Terremolinos, Spain 2-3 years ago and it is growing happily. Similar climate to yours I guess. I saw it on a facebook page for palm enthusiasts

You should be able to find some, they do exist there. I have seen them when looking at Real estate in the area. Another palm that might work there is Nannarrhops ritchiana, there's very few places these do well.

I've seen the ones at Fairchild and they are simply amazing! I imagine yours feel right at home there in RP, being so close to Cuba! Look at how gorgeous that little palm is, wow! Even at that size they are beautiful. I'm afraid of burning this one with fertilizer. I've used this fertilizer on all of my palms, but for whatever reason, both Copernicias experienced severe burn from it. Prunifera survived, but my young baileyana did not. This is my prunifera after a single dose of this. All of it died, and the spear even pulled. It showed signs of new growth after almost a year. Those will look spectacular as they mature. Hopefully safe from any future landscaper with a chainsaw... Congrats on the purchase!