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And they call this "paradise" Bill. Paradise my a%$%%$s

Someone explain to me how this happens? How does central and south Florida end up colder than well north? No real arctic air, all tge ocean surrounding the state etc. It's all fake everything they tell you why florida is warm is false unless you literaly live on the water.

The 2nd night is always the worst and they have it forecasted at 35 Means I'll be 25.

I have friend phil who lives in town and I have him a couple of plumosa palms. He planted them in basically full sun with temperatures that reach at least 42 degrees Celsius and in a scorching hot brick paved backyard, and last summer was a hot one as well, it was one of those hot days you can cook egg on a frypan day, the poor plumosa basically cooked its heart and burst out. Now it’s in full recovery and growing somewhat well with a bit of a scare as a reminder of that one hot day. So I will say plumosa can take an absolute beating in heat and hot sun, but it was watered well and it did have a cool root run, but took a beating and still does!

Welp insanely worse than forecasted. I didn't protect anything so all my work all winter was now useless. How the f can it be below 0 with anowpack in ga in early jan and barely get below freezing here but end of Feb with barely any cold and its just nose dives well into the 20s? Makes 0 sense Sun angle has 0 effect I'm convinced it's the same every cold blast doesn't matter if it's November march or early Jan. Same temps daytime and night time. Everything is a lie. I give up im cutting amd digging everything out. I'm done. If I want to grow anything I'll have to move to California.

You sure there for free!!! @KsLouisiana hopefully your zone is not like a freezer and can grow a beautiful garden to sit in and admire, a place for your dog to live in peace and harmony with you. My cat is 19 now and has turned that corner in life having lived in her garden she got me to create for her, I know I have a special palm for her and she can finally grow me a beautiful garden.🌈

I agree I will take some close ups today but the most important thing for me is for it to look lush and tropical so my main goal is avoiding p.canariensis and date palm add mixture

Hmm the trunk maybe but the fronds look way to tropical in my opinion

But seriously folks, is it back to its original name?

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I can not say it is not pure but neither can I claim the opposite. We just need more evidence. Alone the still not suckering habit is a strong indication of not purity but not full proof. Chamaerops is also a clumping sp but there is also a solitary strain, let alone the environmental factors that promote or conversely obstruct the amount and start time of suckering. I have come across a couple big reclinata specimens (admittedly not closely inspected- only in the web), which are solitary and imo no noincidence at all, that both are male. At least in dactylifera and theophrasti frequently male specimens have a considerably less pronounced to non existent caespitose habit than female individuals and about this I am pretty certain. So why this should not be also the case the close wild relative P reclinata? Furthermore if individual plant in current case is the result of offshoot transplant, I have even more serious doubts, whether it would sucker as soon as a seed grown plant of similar size. Like I said in the beginning we need more clues. A close up of the acanthophylls could be a crucial indication. Base of spine in reclinata is more or less rounded while in other lager sized spp and hybrids triangular.

No thanks...a brush turkey stole our marshmallows when we were camping once...shifty buggers! Sorry @KsLouisiana, I think we've hijacked your thread. The L chinensis looks great, what else have you got ready to go? Do any of the other Livistonas grow down your way? I'm guessing you're deep inside Sabal country.

Okay, Richard, without swapping houses, you and your wife Jodie are welcome in my home 👌

This was a while ago. It has two main trunks that are getting big . My plan is to cut almost all the suckers off except the main larger trunks . I just have to get my chain saw down there and hack away , I just know I will need a lot of band aids! Harry This one was suckering before it left the pot at an early stage , younger than yours. From our deck looking down . To the left of the Washingtonia . Harry

To clarify, there are plenty of harmless and even beneficial insects and organisms, this post is about the pests that consume and harm plants, and in nature are often kept in control by weather and surroundings, but if you choose to commit the two unnatural actions to put a plant in a pot and put it indoors then they potentially become a seriuos problem. There are plenty of reliable growers (like PPP/RPS and Hornbach's supplier) who focus from day 1 to have bug free plants. In the case when a grower wants to import plants e g to EU (like RPS import seedlings from Asia) there are laws requiring costly phytosanitary certificates, so these bugs are no joke to authorities. I don't know why you think Europe would be against chemicals, maybe the US allows some more but for farmers and professional growers there are plenty of effective pesticides also in the EU, less so for amateurs (legally, although easy to find e g on ebay).

Now now @Jonathan all creatures great and small are gods creatures! I will do you a deal you take my bush turkeys and I will take your pretty cute ever so lawn friendly mowers!!!

There only evil if run them over, and there mates get a set on you, then you’re garden is free rein as a food pantry!

They are free gyuseppe, to a good home. I think @Jonathan wants to adopt them!

Funny you mentioned this.. Before it's soul was sold & sacrificed at an alter deep in some tomb, i came pretty close to giving X / Twitter/ whatever a shot but heard the same exact thing about leaving, should i decide to. Glad i didn't give into that temptation, ha ha. Agree too that dropping FB was a sinch. Only thing i should have done that i didn't do, was yank all my pictures i'd posted there before bailing. Mastadon always seemed ..odd.. No idea why but, wasn't shocked when it kind of faded from view. Anyway,,,

How much for 10 or 20 or so? Would you be willing to ship? I wouldn't mind trying some out here

Lol everyone here thinking the same thing!

I know we have gone far afield from Joseph Rossi/Texas Cold Hardy Palms, and the digression was partly my fault. However. I wanted to add: Leaving Facebook and Meta was a breeze compared to leaving Twitter. I was an addict, really. I did leave, though. I set up a Bluesky account (as @tarnado.bsky.social) ... I post some palm stuff from time to time. I'm very happy there, unlike Mastodon (which I also tried out). Peace be with you all. The world beyond our forum here is ... well, I love it here and I appreciate you all a great deal.

That last photo is the vendor explaining what chewing betel nut does to your teeth.

Mary Lock inspects the betel vendors at the Long Bien market in Hanoi. All of the betel nuts for sale were still green, which is apparently preferred over fully ripe nuts in Vietnam This vendor peels the fruit and arranges them as if they were flowers - an edible arrangement. These arrangements serve as gifts for your discerning betel nut chewer. The gift package is handed over to a motorbike courier for delivery.