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You will be pleased to know I purchased the flowering Geonoma atrovirens, so you don’t have to be ashamed anymore!

This is for tomorrow. crazy weather already!

Here in Hudson Florida it went from a low of 33 fareinheight and frost in the last cold wave to highs of 90 and warmish nights (68) in a week. Straight from a winter pattern to a summer one, complete with a thunderstorm and surprise rain. Hopefully it keeps up good grow weather

They are pretty tough palms . It will hopefully grow out of it. Harry

Wow , quite the selection there. Harry

Thank you @tim_brissy_13 . If I ever stumble onto one I would give it a try . I think Licuala Ramsayi can grow here . @DoomsDave has a large one. Harry

don't think it was damp; we are in Houston, Tx so more like dry. But maybe too much watering. It started about 6 months ago. I have a similar one that I had planted last year and it did not develop this disease/fungus. Hopefully it will grow out of it once I plant it. Thanks for the input.

Yeah it was definitely early but not crazy early they were in a warmer microclimate by the house. Yes the weather has been good recently next week it will be in the 80s one day.

It was way early for crocuses. Has the weather gotten better across I80?

@WaianaeCrider maybe the beavers got all the trees in the PNW

Just a bit of fungal infection. Has it been pretty damp in your area this winter? Go ahead and plant it. It should grow out of that little infection.

Martin, My own experience is quite different up here. I don’t hesitate to plant nearly any palm in the winter despite our often copious amounts of rain except for very marginal species. I’ve planted A. purpurea, myolensis, and alexandrae as well as cunninghamiana in the coolest wettest part of winter and have never had a loss. Perhaps my amended soil drains a bit better than yours but this valley is almost all yellow or black sticky clay and my garden is no exception. I once had an A. Cunninghamiana “Illawara” completely bare rooted and sitting in a cold five gallon bucket of water for nearly a month in January ‘25. I finally got around to planting it in early February of that year. It opened a new leaf by the end of March and has done well since. You certainly are right about them needing lots of water after they establish too!

I"m reusing old shelves as well. I'm trying to learn how to make boxes. This use to be a shelf in an old rubber storage shed. BTW i made the cutting board as well. Back in January I built a bathroom cabinet to hang on an empty space on the wall. Made a LOT of mistakes and re-did some pieces a few time for the door. Now I'm gonna buitd 4 doors (two up and two down) to cover up the DVD's and CD's on the shelves. Had to figure what hinges I need so used this practice door I made before the bathroom cabinate to test the hinge. Yup, looks like what I need. Now to design and buil the doors. LLL Bought some Select Pine from Lowes. Was about $26 for a 1 x 3 x 8 footer. Funny the wood came from New Zealand. What happened to the American North West lumber industry?

Looks like you're dedicated to success. Can't wait to see it unwrapped.

Well I suppose it’s a good sign. Spear and new leaf appear to have moved about an inch

If I lived in that part of the world I would just go crazy buying stuff. Would need to park a semi next to the back door and just pile em in. Alas I’m in WA and can’t do anything like that.

Post a pic for the classsssss!

pretty things can start out ugly 😄. I think they will look quite ok in a few months if the rainy season cooperates. There's probably a lot of natural fertilizer aka industrial waste in the soil lol

Hi. We had purchased a Pindo Palm 2 years ago in a pot in the hopes to let it grow a little and eventually plant it once our pool was remodeled. I have noticed over the last 6 months that it starts to develop black/brown stains on the stems of the leaves. My intention was to plant it now since it is spring and we are re-doing our landscaping, but I am afraid that it may not be the right time since it has developed this disease. Any advise would be helpful : should we go ahead and plant it ? will it die anyway ? best course of action.

Hey All- here are two photos from end of January- Virginia after a snow storm which showcases our wrapping approach this winter. Lowest it got this winter was 7F. We will unwrap soon and ill post those pics when we do.

Not that I have seen.

73F at 2:01PM on your Friday = A perfect day for those who love a bright n' mild sun shiny day ..with a little breeziness tossed in.. Won't last ..so enjoy it. Upward, to the upper 80s by Sunday, then one more dip to kick off next week as the long - forecasted cut off low ..currently slipping south through the state atm reaches it's suggested position off Cen. Baja and starts sending in the clouds.. As for any rain chances?? ..We'll see.. Not all that optimistic myself as the dynamics this system might be able to generate may stay focused across far Northern Sonora / Chihuahua, eastern / southeastern AZ and the mountains east of PHX where, if moisture arrival / residence time is timed right, they might see a chance for widely isolated spring - season thunderstorm activity. Temps stay mild as this system passes thru the region. After movin on east to the plains? ..temps begin a quick rebound and are back in the 90s by -at least- Thursday. As you can see, right now at least, looking like we'll be reaching -at least- the mid 90s again by next weekend. Climb up the ladder may not stop at the mid 90s either as we reach mid - month and approach the start of Astro. Spring. Models atm are still tossing around the various ideas i'd mentioned earlier regarding the potential for another big heatwave.. Some runs have backed off the more " extreme / likely overly enthusiastic " ideas, while others have pulled back, ..just a tad.. compared to those same, more extreme thoughts. Think it all will come down to just how much ( ...if any.. ) ridge -taming troughiness hangs around across the Pac. N.W. / general Northern tier of the U.S. as we head toward / beyond next weekend. Regardless, have seen at least a few forecast runs showing highs reaching the 100 -102 or 3F range locally right around the 20th, so.. we'll see what happens. Those same runs generated temps between 85 -92F for parts of the SF Bay Area as well.. ..Which would be pretty crazy for mid March up there. Pinch of salt tossed on the Martini glass for the day: Today's 3-4 week thoughts from the CPC.. Additionally, a look at what SST temp anomalies could look like next month.. Why mention this so far in advance? Simple.. Warmth seen off CA and Baja / Mex. thru the winter hasn't wavered at all and looks to stay well in the + red ( Above norm. ) thru this month. Deeper we head into spring, more they will only warm, esp w/ out frequent passage of N. Pac. generated spring storminess generating much -if any- significant upwelling along both the CA & Baja coastlines / More frequent, long duration high pressure sitting over this area ( clear skies overhead = more heating of the waters below in those areas ). Add to this the emerging warm pool ( indicative of the much talked about, potential transition to El Nino later ) starting to peek out into the sea off Ecuador and... That warmer than normal water slowly starts being drawn north, up the west coast of Cen. America/ Mexico as we head forward in time. We may be 2 months out from the start of the E. Pac. Hurricane season ( Starts on May 15th ) but, this kind of look, as the season becomes visible out on the horizon, is how you'd " set the table ", so to say, for kicking things off early, and active, right out of the gate, later. ..Potentially at least.. Other things needing to come together jusst right at that time = There are no 100% guaranteed outcomes when it comes to anything -weather related. Still, such warm SST values in this region, so early, are something to keep an eye on. Also seeing some of the first hints of the of the rainy season in far S. Mexico starting to come to life.. Moisture from activity occurring down there is what will be aiding in generating rainfall across TX and the Plains / parts of the east in the coming days. We'll ..be opening the kitchen cabinet, and pulling out the frying pan.. Next question ahead is ..when do we start to cook.. Tis' the season..

This is a good point I was thinking about this also. Even a 10b in San Diego is far different from a 10b in Miami. Mediterranean vs subtripical. I don't recall seeing any King palms in Central FL (Groveland area), 9b. You also have to factor in your heat index, the humidity and the % of cloud cover and what time of day or what season is cloudy. But I think most will agree that planting in cool damp weather can be problematic for getting the roots going. And that is about the only time overwatering could result in root rot. Once they get going, they need massive amounts of water to thrive I find they grow great in our clay soil too once they get going and shoot out the first new spear after transplanting

Have you tried spinosa Tim!

Rps have seeds available, easy to germinate, they even germinate in the post in the package!