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Removing stalk might help. Make sure to fertilize when temps are in 80's

What are those scratches on the crownshaft?

They are very nice. Pretty fast growth , even for Hawaii. It would appear that they like that location . Harry

After two days of 35C / 95F and the hottest day and night in May on record, yet another record breaking heatwave is on the way this June. But first to document the May episode in here… Now onto the current heatwave. Some proper disgusting model output. ARPEGE has Wednesday as the hottest day with 41-42C / 106-108F temperatures. UKV has the highest temperatures on Thursday but is also showing 41-42C / 106-108F. No surprise to see Red warnings issued by Met Office for extreme heat with 40C expected. Probably the most shocking chart yet is the 30C / 86F nighttime minimum on ARPEGE in Somerset for Wednesday night. That is just insanity. Watch this space…

Wow. In ten years those Washies in the median grew a lot.

Beauties, one of my favorite palms. I tried one years ago in an exposed location which did not survive. However I’ve had two under canopy since then that are doing just fine. Veitchias in general just scream “tropics”.

😆Yep. Incorrect use of English language and misspellings... You should reach out to the moderator to have this scam account deleted. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

It looks like temperature shock, growing in a warm spot, perhaps acclimating to its new home. Let it dry out and keep it in a warm position. Trim of the dying leaves. And as for a rain plan as long as it has good drainage I can’t see why you cannot just place it outside and treat it like any other container palm. Dont fuss over it they are as tough as nails.

I started a community pot of these to try in southern Germany. So far they're growing strong!

Got a couple hundred of them in tubes, they seem quite tough and easy to grow so far, already taking 5 degrees celcius this winter. No special protection just sitting outside. And showing good mottling at a young age!

Chamaedorea Ernest augustii, an old favourite of mine!

Iguanura wallachiana , dypsis minuta!

For me, the choice was to do the backyard to get the better temperature readings. Mine was purchased to give better reporting of the temperatures over time than I previously had. Either way, unless the yard is large and completely open, it's very difficult for a suburban home to meet the criteria for official weather reports. There is an Ambient Weather 2902 mounted on a 30-ft pole down the road that I am sure was done to monitor wind speed.

Are those trees in the back decidous? Is it a cold environment? Wishful thinking 😅

A rare flowering Australian plant, due to habitat lose and fires. This little flower is being seen less and less in my area. They are still in patches here and there, but those patches are getting smaller and smaller. Often seen on roadsides but due to grass cutting in those areas you don’t see them like you used too. It is illegal to pick them as they are a protected plant. They grow in sandy soil in coastal heath land. Such a magnificent flower, being pushed to ed

I just love them, such beautiful palms. And being an ocd collector they suit me just fine! Richard

Never employee him again! Remove the nails and get some pruning wound paint, at least seal the wounds. Oh and good luck!

Hello, Since I was in the middle school when the lockdown of covid 19, there was a double foxtail palms next to my house and i was just staring at the tree because it had me interest on it. So in 2021, I started to collect some of the foxtail seeds that were falling from the tree and start to plant with just using some basic pots, plastic bottles, and a regular soil that i took it direct from the backyard. There was a lot of attempts of me trying to grow it but they were all failed sadly. Then in 2022 until 2023, I bought some polybags and also some palm seedlings like coconut and rhapis excelsa from the local e-commerce and it was really cheap for the price like about less than a dollar so I thought it was a good deal. So I think for me it was really an adventurous experience😅

Those looks cool!, btw how is the temperature in your highland garden?

I planted these Veitchia joannis as small 4" pots last year and they are rockets in our cool montane tropical conditions growing next to our coast redwood trees.

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Did you ever find one? I saw there was a seller on Etsy that currently has them. I can't personally vouch for the seller but it doesn't look like a scammer. I have one in the ground in 6b Missouri and it's kicking butt, nowhere near trunking yet but really starting to put on size. I purchased from ethical desert but it was several years ago. Good luck