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I just got up there and that hole in the trunk is only about a inch deep so that is not the problem just curious as to what made it!

Drippers are about 1’ away from the trunk!!

Thank you, when backfilled and freshly installed I added some organic palm tone. Maybe it needs some more water and time. Any suggestions on the lean ?

Our weather has been in the 80's and 90's. It has only been in the ground for about 8 days. It was leaning in the 25g pot as well. I thought putting it in the ground would make it better. Maybe it just needs time ? I watered it in as soon as it went into ground and has gotten water every other day since.

Some other images of the recently transplanted dates, meds and some established canaries I’ve had. The big canaries age

I’m having a really hard time keeping these transplanted canaries alive. I’m not seeing nearly as much issues with my date palms but these canaries have been difficult. i planted 32 palm trees on May 13-15th. I have 6, 4gph emitters on each palm tree & started running it at 30/30/30 so about 36 gallons of water per day. And I had 4, 4gph emitters on my med fans running the same time. Everything looked good up until week 8 and then I was told to bring water down to 20/20/20 but then we got hit with the heat wave of over 110 for days. Now they are on the decline. I have recently this week bumped water to 45/45/45 to fight the heat wave and now I’m just waiting. Here are some pics of my transplanted palms from May

Hi Jeff, I got mine from Mardy Darian around 2010 I think. But funny because they are exact same size and mine also had a 2nd trunk that died maybe 5 years ago. Matt

Yes, indoors in RI. And thank you!

Beautiful collection! Thanks for sharing those photos at different growth stages.

I have a male and female of glaucifolia,My chamaedorea glaucifolia female is producing seeds for the first time. Before giving them to my friends in Italy, I want to see if the seeds will be fertile. I'll sow 5 to see if they germinate.

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Growths going to explode from now on it looks.

Big difference in sun tolerance between C. Glaucifolia and C. Plumosa . I had a beautiful trio of C. Glaucifolia in my courtyard , when it grew tall( 7’) it hit full sun and died. If it had been C. Plumosa it would have handled the afternoon sun , no problem. Harry

@piping plovers You are growing these in RI? They look great. Nice work!

Those are special with variegation . They will be nice in the garden when they are ready . Fingers crossed they retain their “flaw”. Harry

Yes, that would go terribly wrong.

A nice young carpoxylon macrospermum! She’s a slow mover that one!

Yep more water for sure and as @Jonathan has the good word on these ones for water, may i suggest a nice little seaweed extract fertiliser for that vitamin B stress relief, at the manufactures recommendations gor there product.

Has taken all year, but a frond on my Chambeyronia macrocarpa has finally opened up.

A very neat palm that will fit into a nice tight fitting place in the garden, with a stem that is straight as an arrow! Richard

And much better looking, that’s a specimen that one perfect example!

As juveniles they appear to be a little more robust looking. But as germinated seedlings they are pretty hard to tell apart, perakensis are a little more skinneri looking as seedlings. But if you were to mix them up they would just look like a bunch of joeys to the untrained eye. I haven’t seen many advanced magnifica but from what I have seen there appears to be slight differences, more robust looking. There is a the silver metallic blue colour about them, and the ones in Singapore gardens are some of the finest I’ve seen. All in all yes there is a slight difference in magnifica to all the other varieties. I have only seen one lanceolata Johannesteijsmannia and advanced one that was a true specimen to see. Definitely a lot thinner leaves on them. Hers a few Altifrons plants in the collection and garden about 5 years old the ones in the ground, and the seedlings about 12 months old. And they love water!

Thanks one can only try. I have found far more palms tolerant of the cool conditions, just by giving it a try. Research I guess into cool tolerant new varieties available now. With unknown varieties of palms, being tested for cool tolerant conditions. The odds for giving it a try are pretty good and in the growers favour. Finding new varieties for the garden pushing boundaries. Doing my bit for palm conservation!

A nice young carpoxylon macrospermum!

Even the kiwis have them, nice one across the ditch!