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Thank you kinzyjr!

@Palmerr Thank you for the short tour of the area. The CFPACS Fall 2026 Meeting will be in the neighborhood and a few of us are going to walk down to Leu afterwards. Enjoy your time in the Azores if you go. @Shoowow 's posts might be of interest before you go.

Thank you happypalms!

You can't beat the deal. No better time than to sign up now.

Heavily recommended to take advantage of this offer! I renewed and the book is on the way!

Unfortunately, they are all out in the garden beds at this point. If I come across one that doesn't have a home, I'll keep you in mind.

There is one important addendum to the itinerary. The board has voted to approve catering from 4Rivers Smokehouse for our Fall Meeting. If you plan on attending and have not sent an RSVP, please do so to provide an accurate count for our lunch order. The email with the site address for the meeting RSVPs will go out in a few short weeks. See below for the update to the Please Bring section. ***** REMINDER: Please send RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com ***** Please Bring: A beverage (non-alcoholic), side, vegetable tray, or dessert to share. An auction plant A chair for comfort An umbrella just in case

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve been watering each day and did a seaweed emulsion to the root area this past weekend. Considering doing another application but this time to the foliage. Not sure if it would help or just be a waste of time. I’ve also wetted the foliage from time to time before the hottest part of the day which was recommended by the nursery owner.

That’s hilarious, working with Gary was awesome. The cooler temps we’ve been getting the past few days have been nice and the forecast shows the highest day of 84F so hopefully that helps too.

Thanks for reaching out, I no longer have plants available, I appreciate you inquiring.

So I planted a monstera, cycad, and eucalyptus cinerea as well as an ensete maurelii last year. I forgot to make an update but to make it a long story short they all survived winter. the cycas revoluta pushed out new fronds and is pushing out new fronds again, the eucalytpus cinerea has exploded into a bush, and the monstera is doing shockingly well and is pushing out much new growth this year in zone 6a. My ensete survived with ease and not even a heat cable.

Membership renewed, I shall be donating my copy to the Coffs Harbour regional botanical gardens.

I forgot about this thread but to make it a long story short: it survived. ITs doing well right now and sprouting out much new growth. (the monstera) All of my other tropical plants survived winter aswell but i think the monstera is the most shocking. I planted a thaumatophyllum next to it.

I have had great success with Croton "Mammy". I got these at OC Succulents in Irvine. $30.00 for a 3 gallon, or $15.00 wholesale price if you have an account with them. The other Croton I do not have a name for. Does anyone recognize the variety? Croton ?? ↓ What other variety has everyone had success with? JW Dana Point, CA

Hello - Do you have an updated price list? THANK YOU!

Do you water this palm regularly on a n irrigation setup? Looks a lot like dry tips and lack of moist soil in our drought can lead to deficiencies of all kinds. Late stage potassium (K) deficiency symptoms are virtually indistinguishable from those of Mn deficiency at a distance and close examination is required to look for characteristic longitudinal streaking and basal (vs distal) symptom distribution of Mn deficiency. Ask IFAS - Powered by EDISENH1015/EP267: Manganese Deficiency in PalmsMy experience with Mn deficiency is it stunts the newest leaves

I would be in no hurry to sun acclimate them. I'd leave them in one spot where they get a couple hours of early day sun.

Basjoo were pretty easy, for me it was set and forget type of plant in Oregon. However I know someone who failed growing them in Texas, whereas all the other bananas here are care free. I don't bother growing basjoo anymore as I'd rather have bananas that give me fruit. Has anyone had success growing them in a Southern zone? My thoughts as to the failure is that its too hot for basjoo and it may be more of a temperate banana.

Sounds right to me. That is what I would expect to see. I grew both in Oregon and brought some with me here to Texas.

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The heat is not a problem in CFL. The high rainfall with sandy soil just washes the nutrients away. Get some Mn to supplement your Palm Gain and see what happens. It should improve over time. And don’t wait since the growing season will be ending soon. You will want to get as much green growth as you can to support the health of the palm.

Do you have any spare seedlings by chance?

I have them in pots right now in front getting morning sun. Would you recommend I pull them back in the shade once it hits noon?

Sorry. They have all been claimed. Those who PM me look for packages this week.

I might be heading to the Azores Portugal in December would be cool to see what’s there. I remember seeing on one of those driving videos a pretty tall and leafed out coconut although bronze on lots of the older leaves it was green. No fruit of course though. All around the climate just doesn’t get hot enough for them to thrive. Mild enough though!