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Johnny Palmseed replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEYou say it is an alkaline soil. Do you know the pH? Have you had it tested? Also, what is your water’s pH? Severely out of balance pH situations can cause deficiencies where some nutrients become unobtainable to the palm. It is possible that they looked fine before but actually had deficiencies that you didn’t notice. Have you changed anything in your care routine recently? -
Stefanus replied to sonoranfans's topic in COLD HARDY PALMSI recently visited Isola di Brissago and I spotted your palm on my way to the ferry. Brissago_1567156.MP4 -
colin Peters posted a topic in For Sale$1 each, 20 minimum order. plus $9 shipping, US only. Includes USDA inspection out of Honolulu. Only have 120
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Alessio replied to Alessio's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEThanks a lot for your help. Can you just guide me how to order it, because I tried to do it but I don’t really know how to order it. Maybe I can give you my number and we speak on whatsup or as you prefer. Thanks in advance -
Bradgray replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEWe have high alkaline soil here. I have a maple that isn't gonna make it because I cannot keep up with the iron and soil acidifier treatments as it grows. At this point my theory is iron and manganese deficiency from even higher pH due to the block wall, and all the rocks inside the fill dirt on the hill one. Maybe they took tough soil and made it worse. Seems weird they are both doing it with such different sites, but, if the alternativeis fungus, I really can't imagine how it could take hold when its been 90F-105F for 3 months with <5% humidity and zero rain until this week (well after all this began). Our weather mirrors Vegas. The rest of the palm fronds are unchanged on both specimens. And both have perfectly green center spears. I just dont know if those center spears will also yellow as they try to grow out. I gave a full soil drench of the fertilizer I listed above (Southern Ag Palm Nutritional Spray) a week ago. Plan to do it again in another week per the bottle instructions. Is there anything else I should be doing? -
DoomsDave replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEHmmm Sometimes desert situations really get bad nutrient deficiencies too; I don’t know a lot about that. - Today
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Dan64 replied to Dan64's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than PalmsI will and it’s most likely a mutation as the only cycads around were Z. Integrifolia where I found the seeds -
Bradgray replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDENot to bury the update above, but I noticed its nearest neighboring palm about 20 feet away, has a leaning center with some abnormal yellow and at least one frond is opening strange. Its hard to show in pictures, but the key point is that all the spears are acting a bit floppy. And lean. Nothing like the top hill but also not normal for this palm in the past. Its in a very different situation (a bit more standing water when irrigated, block wall right next to it) versus original palm of this post which is on a solo hill. Water just runs away. Could it still be related? Are these both just somehow deficient because of some random soil difference on this side of my yard?
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Bradgray replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDENone of them will budge. They are every bit as anchored as the healthy fronds. I pulled as hard as I could with leather gloves until I ripped them with the armor, and it will not move. To clarify, the center-most spear is green. Whether it will stay that way remains to be seen. But its solid and I cannot pull them at all. More images attached here.
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Hu Palmeras replied to Hu Palmeras's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEYesterday, I spoke with the owner and manager of the garden. He is a Chilean man living on the island; his wife is a native of the island, and it is their private garden. He explained to me that, during a trip to Tahiti (French Polynesia), he was able to bring back palm seeds. We are going to propagate seeds *in vitro* and clone palms in the laboratory. I want to help him with exotic palms. I hope everything goes well. 🌴🌴🦜 -
Bradgray replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEThank you for the feedback. To clarify, these have been there 3 years. They are pretty established with a foot of trunk growth since planting. We have had zero rain since March, until 3 days ago. How would fungus appear in the heart with no moisture? I will go try and tug on the dead fronds.
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sonoranfans replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEThe idea that it is one of several washies and the only one to have this issue says its likely a site problem. THe newer parts of the crown drying up like that are consistent with a fungal infection as Dave said. THe spear may pull with a tug,dont be afraid to tug on it repeatedly, thge center is dead. Need to get peroxide and fungicide down the spear hole ASAP with no delay. -
kinzyjr replied to DoomsDave's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDELooks like a lot of dry climate species. You should have some luck if they were stored well. I ended up with a Brahea 'Super Silver' coming up in some potting mix that looked like it had gotten too wet and rotted all of the contents, so there is always hope. -
sonoranfans replied to SCVpalmenthusiast's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEno palm without established roots is drought resistant compared with an established one. Alfredii is drought tolerant once it establishes deep roots. Planted in march 2026 this one has another 2 years to get those roots established.
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aztropic replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEThese are very tough palms! Make sure it has adequate water to get it established (10 gallons at a time, twice a week). Keep the faith - it will recover. aztropic Mesa, Arizona -
DoomsDave replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEOuch! Sorry to hear and see the pictures! Give a tug on the browned leaves; if they pull out, get some hydrogen peroxide and dump it straight into the hole, repeat and pray. It looks like you might have a fungus in the growing point.
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Bradgray replied to Bradgray's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEI'm not sure if I've done something wrong, but I'm really surprised to see zero feedback. These fronds are now completely dead. I ordered in Southern Ag Palm Nutritional Spray ( manganese, iron etc) in hopes of helping the palm. Administered about 5 days ago as a soil drench. Center spear has some green but unsure if it will stay that way. It didn't help the spears that were starting to yellow - they kept dying. I would still really appreciate advice.
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DoomsDave posted a topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEI have a seed bank at the house and some of the seeds have been here a while in some cases ten years or close. Including Nanorrhops among others that include Braheas, Jubaea. Gonna plant some and see how it goes! Anyone have experiences to share? Give ‘em to me bay bay as Rick James would have said….
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Jim in Los Altos replied to Alessio's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEFloribunda Palms & Exotics has one gallons for $30.00.
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sinciti914 posted a topic in For SaleHuge 15g ready for pickup…full sun grown and asking $275. DM and come get it
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Tracy replied to Dan64's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than PalmsHere are my thoughts. It is always possible that this is as you described, an aberrant leaflet that the plant will grow out of. If it persists, I wouldn't rule out that it could be a hybrid, even though it came from the same cone. If two sets of pollen were used on the same female cone, you could get different seeds. The last possibility is some sort of genetic mutation. I would rate the liklihoods of what is transpiring in the same order I listed them. It will be fun to see what happens with it over time. Keep the post updated as it grows. -
Tracy replied to Tracy's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than PalmsHere are a couple of Encephalartos kisambo that I have growing in Carlsbad. I tend to agree with Dale although there is a fair amount of variation in Encephalartos sclavoi. Some sclavoi will flush with a bronze color to the new leaflets while others will flush green.
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Harry’s Palms replied to SCVpalmenthusiast's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEBizmarkia= gopher candy! Ask me how I know . They are the roots to mine right to the trunk. Harry -
Harry’s Palms replied to Hu Palmeras's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDEVery nice garden , good ju-ju with the tiki! Harry
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UK_Palms replied to UK_Palms's topic in WEATHER / CLIMATEThis summer is proving to be exceptionally warm and dry again. Consistently warm/hot (mostly in the 28-32C range) and also extremely dry. It is full blown warm-summer Med (Csb) here nowadays. Like there is no question about it. 30C / 86F average max this July in London with absolutely zero rainfall. The last time it rained here for me was 33 days ago now back on 16th June. So there hasn't been a drop of rain for going on 5 weeks. The post below is 4 days old now... There isn't any rain coming any time soon. I might go 50+ days without any rain. The latest GFS has absolutely nothing coming down here. EURO AI (AIFS) The rainfall signal for August looks pretty worrying. Some places in southern England are only on 10mm / 0.4 inches this summer from the opening 2 days of June. About a quarter of England is under water restrictions right now, with more inevitably coming in due to the ongoing drought. If last winter wasn't so wet, things would be far worse right now after a dry 3-4 months in general... On top of this, there is a marine heatwave ongoing as well with sea temperatures up to 24C / 75F in parts of southeast England... Still plenty of 40's C on the charts going towards August. I suspect the August record will fall this summer... Fires have been breaking out everywhere over the past few weeks... The 4 main fires at the time of writing this... The worst right now is the Cairngorms one in Scotland, which has been getting attacked by helicopters for days... The webcams around the Cairngorms are just completely smoked out...
