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Definitely go chunky ( = Pumice / Turface / small Lava or wash grit / no Peat ) in the soil mix next time. Can't speak about the roots ( aggressiveness ) but have seen them planted in commercial landscapes here. Height - wise? 20 -30ft seems a common average of the ones i've seen locally. While they do take heat / drought pretty well, they are messy ..Like both willow and Shoestring Acacia... ..and seem to have weak wood. See these ...and the before - mentioned Aus. Acacia sps... thrashed or completely blown down almost as much as hybrid Palo Verde and South American Mesquite after good storms.

I had really good luck germinating seeds, only to have them dampen off. Will try in a mix other than Peat/Perlite, next time. I’ve had some trouble finding much of the way of info on growing these, locally. I’m mostly wondering about how aggressive the roots are and how big they get. The biggest ones I’ve seen are around 30’ tall. Who’s growing these?

Thanks, Steve Good memory! The ones in my truck that I tried growing like 15 years ago were B. Aethiopum as well, from a different tree, in Florida. These ones came from Jbril Enterprises, out of Ghana. I never had much success until I planted the seeds n the ground.

Ice is my main concern next to frost and center growth death, I don't have the money to replace dead plants so readily, I'm gonna try and plan to get them in the ground soon as I can if I can find the will power to go out and do it. the grass is so tall in my "beds"

Well done Steve! Are these the same ones you were growing in your truck?

It’s getting to the point where I think I may have to remove one of these so that the remaining one(s) have good air flow and space for the roots. These are about 2’ tall, now. Who else has updates?

And thus an industry was born! A lot of clumping bamboo species will root pretty well from two or three node cuttings. It's an easy way to get a lot of plants quickly. I've been looking out for some of the new world bamboos, Otatea or Chusquea species, but they seem to be pretty rare in Aus, unlike the Asian species, which are in every nursery these days. Might need to find some seed...

Surely not? I hope not anyway! It's irrelevant what the production costs are if there's no market at the break even price point. There might not be 50 people in the whole of Australia willing to pay $250 for a small Sabinaria, but there might be hundreds willing to put 5 Chambeyronia for $25 in their shopping basket along with 5 Chamaedoreas for $25 and one Sabinaria for $100. The profit made on the cheaper species buffers the loss on the Sabinaria, but the Sabinaria draws the customers into your shop. It's called a loss leader in retail. Our local shop used to do the same with fuel; they always had the lowest price for miles around, so people stopped to fill up, then went into the shop to pay and bought a bunch of other stuff, which was where the actual profit was made. The new owners banged the fuel price right up, and yep, no one goes into that shop anymore. The market dictates the price.

Moisture meters for home use are pretty much garbage and can't be trusted. The old farmers trick to measure soil water content is to just push a dowel rod into the ground, it will go down fairly easily as long as the soil is moist, so if it becomes hard to keep pushing before you're at least 12" deep, you need to water more.

My pair of Encephalartos horriwood x horriwood are both flushing right now. My in ground specimen is pushing out another late flush after pushing earlier flushes, including a couple of pups. The potted one is pushing its first flush this year, and finally pushing two leaves instead of one.

Royals grow great in Phoenix!! You might also consider a mule!! first picture is a mule the next is a royal both in my jungle in Phoenix

Potentially, I'll be visiting @DoomsDave tomorrow. I'm leaning more towards the king. I got mixed opinions here before, but I think a Royal would grow well.

Thanks guys for the reply. I’ll manually check the soil with a moisture meter and water manually if needed between the dripper schedule. I agree about the white rock. Unfortunately when the pool was installed and I was landscaping in early summer the palms weren’t available then for planting. In order to “finish” the backyard for 4th of July, I spread the white rock. Now that the big palms are in, a lot of that white rock will be removed and under canopy palms and gingers will be planted as well as ground cover like mimosa strigillosa.

Just plant a royal and be done with it!!!

At this rate I might finish august off above average. Multiple downpours yesterday and today. It keeps adding up!

How old is that palm? I noticed you are in Hawaii so it’s probably only a couple years old!!

Let’s try this again!

Completely by accident, but I found Otatea acuminata roots from stem cuttings. I used fresh cut canes as stakes on some of my potted plants. I basically harvested canes from ground level, and cut each cane into 3 foot long pieces. Much to my surprise, not only are the cut canes still green months later, they're also leafing out and rooting at the buried nodes.

Not an expert but I don't think it's cohune.

There's an impressive Trachycarpus Nainital or Bulgaria on E Louisville off seashore ave. Survives winters. There's also plenty of yucca rostratas

Hi folks, Currently on the hunt for a Parajubaea sunhka for a new planter bed. Seems to be rarer than usual right now. Please let me know! In the meantime, here’s pics of one at my house. In the ground maybe around four years from an overgrown five gallon. About 20 ft tall, nearly as wide. Impossible to capture its grandeur in a photo. The daylight pic is from a year ago. It’s grown quite a lot in a year.

Mr. Krause, Welcome to Palmtalk ! You are not in compliance with the "Rule and Guidelines" for the Sale section. since you have not listed the price. The volunteer seedling Phoenix canariensis palms sprouted around the property have no economic value. They are too large for manual transplant, and too small to matter to a commercial tree service. Also, with the beetle threat it doesn't make much sense to plant more of this genus. Large Phoenix roebellinii do not transplant well. The Chamaerops humilis and the Cycas revoluta are available at any size already in a container, and so,... only individuals expecting a free plant would invest transplant labor. I believe that the only plant which might command payment would be the Cycad adjacent to the staircase. For Cycad pricing you can view this website, junglemusic.net. Best wishes !

They both look great! Happy to hear your success.

Whatever it is, she’s a beauty!