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You’ve inspired me to get a layer of mulch in my garden. I’ve tilled about 4 yards of food soils in and around the plants. Now to hold all that moisture in!

The first Chamaedorea radicalis in Italy were made by a friend of mine with the seeds of Inge Hoffman who managed the seed bank, she collected them in Dick Douglas' garden

No Harry, the underside of the leaves is not silver, trust me, it's a hybrid I've been growing Chamaedorea radicalis since the late 80s.

I am a firm believer in “blanketing “ the ground . It really makes a difference . After so many years the decomposition feeds the top soil and eventually leaches down deeper . Right now we are experiencing a prolonged hot spell with little end in sight and the mulch helps insulate the ground . Harry I use bags of wood chips around the garden . As dry as the top looks , it is plenty damp underneath . This little seedling was able to push up through and stay cool enough to thrive. You can see the older discolored mulch under the more fresh chips on top . I just keep adding fresh ! Harry

Nice palm , I don’t have this one. I also like the Transpac T-shirt! If that is what it is.Did you sail that race? Harry

I have two clumps that have still green fruit. One in almost full shade , the other gets way too much sun this time of year. This one is in a pot on the side of the house under a large C. Tepejelote This one in the courtyard where it gets afternoon sun this time of year , so it burns . I’m too lazy to move it! I am growing a Wodyetia near it to eventually provide a bit of shade. Harry

So slow . I have grown only one Sabal and it took years to grow from juvenile stage . Once established , they grow well here. Harry

Are the undersides of the leaf silvery ? My C. Radicalis vary from plant to plant . Most are pretty predictable , but they can be different. Harry

Looking Cycas to me but telling species yet is near impossible

Someone here would like to see how and, here you are satisfied, I didn't breed it and it was born on its own, on the 2nd leaf I saw that it was different from a normal radicalis

Florida west coast-ers, are you buying or selling? I've seen this before 🙄

Yes Richard you are right!, I had all the species of sabal, except this one

Konstantinos, how could I not please you? My friend!

Jeez, sorry to see that Tyrone. Those bloody pine trees have been a menace, but not an easy job to get rid of them either. Would be nice to have them lopped and chipped but you'd need deep pockets I guess. Hopefully there are some survivors under there, keep us appraised.

That’s a beautiful palm. Here’s a nice black petiole baronii.

Here’s a few red ones if that’s any help! Your green ones look like normal microspadix seeds to me.

I have a reason to put this this request, as I am investigating the possibility, that mother plant is actually a hybrid. Truth is that microspadix fruits from other plants nearby are matte green uniformly:

Chamaedorea nubium sold out

It’s amazing the difference a little mulch makes on the garden. A nice winter blanket, weed control, moisture retaining, you feed the soil and it looks good. So a little mulch does go a long way, now all I have to do is spread that mulch around, a couple of wheel barrow loads should do the trick!

Things slow down for palms in containers in winter, and so has this page so here’s a few palms in containers! Linospadix monostachya Johannesteijsmannia altifrons dypsis orange crushdypsis black petiole Areca mandacanii Chamaedorea adscendens Chambeyronia houalouensis

You’re a palm grower gyuseppe, you have grown plenty of palms before, just apply those same techniques that have worked in the past. The only tip is don’t overwater, and lots of gyuseppe palm love!

My memory was a little off, it was 0.4C by 10:15pm, 0 by midnight, pretty close. That frost bottomed out at "only" -2.3C though. My R.Baueri were very small them, coming through that with zero damage I realised they probably were going to be viable. Gas heater is a step too far for me, would not bother to grow anything that needed that drastic level of action. It would have to be something really one off like thinking was facing a 1 in 50 or 100 year freeze to go that length. The problem with being up a zone would be, could not help trying to grow the next level of sensitive palms, and so if/when a one in 5 -10 year freeze came , would be in the same position My ridiculous contraption against the odds survived the day and needed minimal adjustment for tonight. I was wondering if the "sail" would take off and be over the road somewhere by time got home from work. Those poles are 3.6m long, the palm is over 3m tall now.

Sácala de ahí y metela en un macetero , dale una oportunidad

Sabal Yapa Palm & sun making art

I've had about a dozen of this species of sabal grow. I've never grown it. Any advice? It's sure to be frost-resistant.