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Tell me more about that 8 meter pole saw! Who makes it, where'd you get it how much was it?

Can't tell you which one he has ( ..may be growing a couple different ones honestly ) but my neighbor w/ the fruit forests has been growing Star Fruit here in the desert w/ out issue ..under high canopy of course, for years.. Know of a couple people who grow them in tubs in Tucson as well. Interesting tree, but have never been a huge fan of the fruit myself.

You could probably start with a 'potted' 15 or 25 gallon tree and have great success with it as the roots wouldn't be disturbed for the transplant. Readily available in those smaller sizes and reasonably priced. I sell 15 gallon plants that are 10 years old already for $250... aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Long time wish: Dedicated spot, separate from the main palm section, for pest /disease ID and help /advise.. Could add it in below the " Palms in pots " section, or make it it's own stand alone spot.. Keep simple and all together, or divide into 2 simple sections: 1 for Palms and Cycads, 2nd.. For everything else non- Palm and Cycad.. ....Aand dark mode ..the option to go darker at least..

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Your trip follows a lot of the places we saw on the IPS biennial earlier this year. You can see the itinerary here https://ips13.wildapricot.org/2026-biennial If you are going to southern Thailand I would highly recommend visiting Khao Sok National Park. The views are spectacular. If you look closely you can see Maxburretia growing right along the cliff sides and Arenga westerhoutii in a few places. In Hanoi, the Temple of Literature was really interesting and I would recommend grabbing a coffee along on the train street.

I had to pull mine out and wish that I had paid more attention to it as it was under watered and I killed it. So much effort and work to relocate just for me to kill it. For some reason I can grow Phoenix Dactylifera like its no ones business but any other type are really sensitive in my climate. Sick palm misses a one or two waterings and that's that. Looking good wish I had one.

I’m not sure how cold tolerant they are but I have seen zones 9 to 11 listed who knows. I’m keeping my starfruit tree under 2 m and I think it’s a nice tropical form and it’s given me more fruit than the fruit flies and I can keep up with and two crops a year at least.

I come back searching for palm cold hardiness and temperature predictions or damage. That's my main concern and what I'm always filtering.

Oh, I understand...

Do ya'll think this is straight queen or a mule? It seems different than a regular queen. 20260510_230443.heic 20260511_113508.heic

I've tries this palm multiple times, in the most sheltered spots in my yard, but they simply don't live long here. By long, I mean, they don't survive a single winter. Our winters in Fresno have not dropped below 34F in approximately 10 years, which in theory would be within lutescens' tolerance range. We have a prolonged, cool/wet period from Nov through Feb each year with lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s, and highs in the 50s and 60s. No frost some years, but even without frost, these begin to slowly die. Whatever fungal issues arise from the prolonged cool/wet conditions, they're accelerated by warm temps in April, and whatever canes may look ok/decent by then, inevitably rot with the arrival of warm weather. Just a short drive south, over Tejon Pass and into the Los Angeles basin, winters are dry and sunny so this palm does great with very little care.

Much MUCH too tall for me to behead it. about 25 feet 8.3 M of trunk plus crownshaft. No way to get up there.

I assume this will be included with the “mobile friendly” improvements, but I find the process of quoting a previous post often fails, possibly due to limited screen real estate.

Juvenile but my favorite palm:

How tall was the Archontophoenix? Was it difficult for you to behead it? In such case you would remove as many as possible of the fronds and the cut off the part right below the crownshaft.

New posting - Syagrus glaucescens - They go fast. Munroidendron racemosum https://ebay.us/m/k9Bs23

Oh I enjoyed this movie so much and they depict everything in so much details!

Windmill palm. Is this cold damage and underwater there is no spear pull on the leaves currently.

That's great growth really. Maybe if we stop getting hurricanes they will grow even faster for us. Hoping in the next 10 years mine may get that tall. Will see. Base is definitely thickening up for me now.

It’s important to note that palms vary a lot in wood weight and density. Some, like Syagrus and Caryota have heavy hard wood. Others, like royals and Archontophoenix have very light, spongy wood. I had three royals die at my place when they were mature size, about 30-40 feet (10-13 M) tall. All were left standing and only felled after they were thoroughly dried out months later. They were relatively easy to handle; the wood was very light covered with hard but not impenetrable “bark.” None had fallen over of their own accord by the time they were felled. I would say they weighed about 10% of their live weight; certainly no more than 25%. HUGE difference in handling.

Jubaea. Pretty much all the butia species. If it doesn't get too hot during your summer then the various parajubaea should also do well. Arenga, engleri, micrantha and rykenensis. Syagrus hoenhei and insignis. Various cocoid hybrids. Most phoenix species. A few Chrysalidocarpus (dypsis) species should be alright.