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Saw a bird nesting inside a palm near my house. What is the size of the hole inside the palm to make this nest? Do you think the bird could hollow out a healthy palm or the palm may have been significantly weakened to invite the birds?

For my fellow Houstonians, I stopped by Caldwell today in Rosenberg and they have a bunch of big Englerii for sale. $600 seems reasonable considering the lack of availability around here. I believe they are closing their doors for good next month but nothing was on sale yet. I'd assume they're going to have to firesale some of this stuff soon, they still have a pretty large inventory.

Does anyone have a fruiting JubaeaXButia, ButiaXJubaea or other Jubaea hybrid creations? I would like to experiment with the hardiness of the F2 or even F3 offspring. So, is anyone in the US willing to send some seed my way? I'll pay shipping.

Sorry Dave, been traveling a lot and not been here in a bit, but here you go. Probably 5' of trunk and sadly the crown getting tall enough my house no longer blocks the southern exposure.. thus some small burning. Pic taken today.

An update on the three C. radicalis. There was latent cold damage and all three completely defoliated, but all three survived and are growing.

Well, this is stupid. Professionally, I haven't had to touch a time clock in years. And being in management, ownership and corporate were always up my butt about controlling labor costs. So my trainer at this job would tell me to go on break at regular break times, and I knew he wasn't going to go for another 10-15 minutes. So I'd clock back in when he came back, had no idea the company had policies about this. So I got a note from HR and got sent home the other day because I was consistently clocking in late from lunch. The policy was literally never explained to me before this point, and I plead my case. The good news is, this company rehires people all the time, I'm eligible for rehire after 30 days, and I will go back to work on day 31. I guess it's also good news that now I have zero excuses for not doing all of the palmy stuff I've been putting off. The stupid part is I'm not making any money for a month. Anyway fingers crossed I get up off my butt and repot these things that need repotting and try some catproofing on stuff and put it on the patio.

The bird feeder may be the problem. If bird seed is falling into the pots, the squirrels are likely just retrieving seed. Squirrels will also stash food in the ground for later. Every so often I'll find a pecan growing in my potted plants. An enclosure is still the best options.

@Rickybobby has an absolute unit. I think his YouTube is Southern Ontario Palms or something like that. He hasn't been in here in a while but still posts YouTube updates every once in a while.

Thank you!

Not sure how long. Probably months to work it's way up 20 feet. Directions are at chest high measure circumference and divide by 6. That's how many units are needed. There is a liquid that can be sprayed up into the crown if you can reach the crown. I also have a 1/2 % powder that I'm putting on the ground and needs to be watered in. Hope something works. Mahalo for the wishes.

I have not seen this capsule treatment. How long is it supposed to take to work and how long is it supposed to last? I walked around some of my PR property today with a friend who also collects palms here and we traded stories of palms we have lost (and looked at some survivors as well) of the ox rhino beetle which also is killed by imidocloprid but applied to the dirt around the palms. I am guessing smaller palms might use smaller numbers of the capsules? I wish you all the best saving your treasures.

@Merlyn It definitely has the stressed crown look that one would expect to see with Lethal Bronzing. Taking it out is a smart choice.

i love both of those thanks

it gets to that temp 15-20 times a year and that's constant.

Shoot me a pm and I'll get you some!

The new spear had already been there when the palm was planted. I haven't noticed any new growth whatsoever. 🙈 My other Florida sabal took good 6 months to sit in ground before showing any sign of movement in the crown. Ugh.. I hope it's not the beginning of the end for this sabal mexicana🙈

Time to revive this topic! 😆 In my backyard, I have some really really tall saw palmettos under live oak canopy next to a small drainage stream. I always thought they were really tall and I admire them often. But then I pulled out some measuring tools and tried to measure them, and realized they're even taller than I thought. My measurements aren't 100% accurate, but I measured the tallest of the bunch to be around 25 feet tall! The dense part of the stand is probably around 8' tall, and there's several large trunks poking out with individuals that are 15' and up. There used to be more of the taller palmettos but they seemed to have died and had their heads knocked off in storms last year. Just thought I'd share it here, pretty cool!

Probably transplant shock to the newest fronds and its now moving past it.

I say yes.

I just checked my two barely-trunking Bismarck. Both are approximately 22-24 feet in diameter, measured at fronds that are straight out horizontal. Both are in full sun. I also used Palmpedia as a reference, and that's why the one in the front yard is about 2-3 feet too close to the house!

Is it so hard to send a few small Butias my way! The cheapest I can get a Butia for here is $160 for not that big a palm. If I want a non hardy palm its no issue. I find the big box here stock so many tropicals, and I mean a lot of different tropicals that can survive a mild winter here, but anything below 30F and we may have issues.

@kinzyjr I'm pretty convinced the Sylvestris is dying from LB. It's gone downhill a lot in the last week: I color enhanced the picture a bit so it's obvious. The set of fronds that was mostly dead are now dessicated, and the ones that were 99% green are now about 50% yellow and 25% brown tipped. And the new spears had pretty much closed up. So at lunch I chopped off all the fronds: And I didn't see any signs of fungal discoloration: I'll dig out the stump this weekend when it's not 90+ degrees!

I first seen this plant in a thread on palm talk idesign had peachy ask what the plant was in the background so the plant detective in me had to find one for my garden the definitely a great looking ground cover plant

nice spread

I purchased 2 Araucaria Angustifolia and an Ugni molinae last fall. The plants were expertly packaged and very healthy, top to bottom. All three are thriving. I recommend buying from Wanderlust Nursery.