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Is it okay to plant an areca palm in a tight spot near a cement wall and driveway?
by PhilippineExpat- 1 follower
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My property has a cement wall around it and I just planted an areca palm in one of the corners. Here is a picture of its location: https://i.imgur.com/MqJ0R8C.jpg. The light brown spot in the bottom right corner of the pic is my driveway. The areca is about one foot from both walls and 1 foot from my ribbon driveway (made of cement). I'm aware areca palms grow in clumps and can get pretty big. My hope is the concrete walls and driveway will keep the clump under control. However, now I'm worried the areca's roots will cause damage to the foundation of the wall, or maybe the clump will grow under my ribbon driveway and lift it up. Are those valid concerns or am I safe?…
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With the permission of Forum admins , I would like to open this page . I know I am newbie and armature in experience and knowledge compare to the others here but I want to bring all my palms ( only few I have in pots or ground ) and will update them so I could track my progress and I might look back learn from my mistakes... Of course I will appreciate any comments as well
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Hey there. I have propagated seeds and started growing palms in containers. I am looking to grow them in the ground and then start selling them in a couple of years as a way to supplement my income. I currently have abot 1500 seedlings in various stages. I am getting ready to buy a piece of land and put them in the ground. I am looking for help / tips in laying out the field and when to put go from container to ground. Any other additional information would be greatly appreciated.
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Dr. John Dransfield, co-editor of PALMS, the IPS Journal, has been on the Big Island since last week, and for the last few days John and his delightful wife, Soejatmi, have been our guests. Yesterday I set a personal record, when John and I went for an eight hour garden tour here. And wishing we had had more time! John kindly offered his opinion on a multitude of palms, and I was taking notes as fast as I could! I'm going to post a number of John's comments, as well as photos taken by me (in our garden and at Floribunda Palms earlier today). Not quite sure how many photos that are good enough to be posted, but I intend to post them all tonight, but not necessarily within …
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repotting rootbound palms
by cencalpalmguy- 25 replies
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There is a huge tree nursery nearby that is going out of business. There are probably hundreds of chamerops humilis and trachies in 15 gallon pots for less than $20 a piece. The only thing is that they should have been re-potted several years ago. One I bought last year had busted out of the pot and was almost nothing but roots. Reading Glenn's post about his rootbound archies not growing well after planted, i was wondering how to avoid this. I was considering buying a few more of these and planting them in 24" crates for now. What do you guys think? What is the best way to re-establish them? Slice the roots and hope they grow outward? Should I use superthrive or …
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All natural, without any kind of protection or special additives or "magic fertilizers", the last one also grown with 100% rain water because has no irrigation, it's in an abandoned field: There are some roystoneas too , some regia and appears to be a oleracea too. I think it's the northernmost place with a Roystonea, full growing without any cares. 6 years ago when i've registered in this forum, in my first thread I think it was, I confunded roystoneas with cocos nucifera (I was young ok ) and in 2009 they had a worse aspect than now. They were about 75% healthy, but now they are 100% and growing up. It's a pity that I can't enter in that space, that w…
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Anyone growing this one? How does it hold up in Cali? Got pics? Share your experience!
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I wasn't sure how to put it in the title thread, but I wanted to get across that this Dypsis is totally unique and was found and "named" by Mardy D. quite some time ago. Mardy has a couple at his place, a beautiful one in his poolhouse, but stretched and some struggling outside. This one is at Jeff B's "Cuesta Linda" and it is coming out of the funk the cold winter of 06/07 and looks like it will do fine. We have talked about building a "winter house" for it due to its rarity. Part of why I'm posting to see if the Aussie guys or "whoever" has one. Our Moderator told me he killed a few in his youth when there were some seedlings out there. First off, its BIG. …
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Mulching Machine / Frond Shredder
by Moose- 25 replies
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To all serious palmaholics - It is my desire to aquire a machine to chop up my fronds. Most petioles and leaf bases are very fiberous and are especially tough after turning brown. I am seeking recommendations or experiences with equipement that can turn my fronds into mulch. Please include manufacturer's name and model number if you can. It seems obsurd that I fertilize my palms and then dispose of the expired fronds instead of returning this organic material back into the ground. I used to chop up my frond refuse by hand. As my collection grows and my original plantings are going on 15 years in the ground, the amount of refuse is too time consuming for this method. …
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Matt in SD said at first this was a borassus, then seeing the flower, he said definitely not! A firend of mine came here a few days ago and talked about this palm. That friend lives 150 Km north of Mahajanga, west coast of madagascar. He saw it in a geological site called "tsingy" in malagasy, karstic ruins... This palm is known locally as a "dimbaka". It is enormous like a corypha but no roads go to that place, that can be reached by plane only or by boat. So, my asumption is that it cannot be an imported corypha. So, is it a Borassus?
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What causes trunk cracks/splitting?
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What causes this? The tree is doing fine. Trunk has looked good until the last couple months. It is possible it was getting more frequent watering b/c of nearby potted plants.
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About half of my Butia x Parajubaea cocoides show some signs of aparently Potassium [K] deficiency with premature yellowing amd dying of the older fronds. This year I´ll feed them with a combined good amount of decomposed manure, wood ashes and also some ''cloreto de potássio'' and see what happens. My native Butia species [B. eriospatha and B. microspadix] never show this K deficiency signs, neither B. catarinensis, but interestingly the Butia capitata [from central Brazil] also show similar signs. Do some of you also noted something similar to this on your own B x P ? Thanks !
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attalea in so cal who else has one!
by Stevetoad- 1 follower
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I was picking up some palms this weekend in fallbrook and saw this sexy thing! i think its attalea dubia. anyone else have one they can post a pic of? i fell a bit in love with it its huge! the fence behind it is 6' and the palm to the right is parajubaea torallyi.
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Because it's so cold in N. Calif. during winter not much grows except winter grasses and weeds. Yesterday I made a great discovery, as the Butia X Parajubaea has its first bloom spathe. It is about a foot long and is a dull brown color and is about 4 feet above the ground. It is growing sideways at a 45 degree angle from the trunk as a Parajubaea would. I immediately called Patrick Schafer to tell him the good news, and he said as far as he knows this is the first of his many hybrids that has bloomed. The palm is about 9 or 10 years old. I will keep you updated. Dick
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The Palm Tree Factories of Florida 1 2
by kylecawazafla- 1 follower
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Hello everyone! I recently drove around Homestead, FL photographing all of the different palm tree species being grown on a commercial scale. Here is the result! Bismarckia nobilis Phoenix canariensis Cocos nucifera and Washingtonia robusta Caryota mitis
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I know where the best micro climates are in Cali (mine is real close ) - but what is the "best of the best" micro climate in all of Florida for the really crazy exotic tropical hard to grow in the US stuff ?
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Silver Queen 1 2 3 4
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OK. What's the concensus on this Syagrus after a couple of years? Cold hardiness? Where to buy?
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Germinating a Super Market clean coconut?? 1 2 3 4
by JASON M- 1 follower
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Hi, I live a 5-10 minute bikeride away from Pick N Save, and they have coconuts... what would I have to do to get it to sprout? I am possibly going today, (and supposedly Stein Garden and Gifts, ) Thanks, Jason
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hello everybody This is a message from nederlands I have to kris borassus flabifier seeds received on 08 10 2008 now 25 10 2008 the first two germinating at 25 degrees daytime and 20 degrees night i will continue to keep peter
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Outrageous cost of palm fertilizer 1 2 3
by Walt- 3 followers
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I was at my local Home Depot recently and had my socks knocked off when I saw the current price of fertilizer. For example: Lesco 13-3-13: $41.31/50# bag. Lesco 8-10-10: $33.81/50# bag. Vigoro 10-10-10: $20.98/40# bag. Rite Green 6-6-6: $11.47/33# bag. These prices are frigging laughable! I told the garden manager that stuff could sit on the pallets and rot before I would pay that price. She confirmed to me many customers were complaining and also not purchasing the fertilizer. Monday I went to a local fertilizer store (Brandt) that caters to agriculture. They have much better prices. Growers Palm Special 12-4-12-2 (mag.) with controlled relea…
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A dramatic and colorful change?!
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Damage by Palm Roots
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RLR explained in the FAQ section why palm roots won't damage concrete. Since that's Read Only I'm starting this new thread. I have no experience with palm roots and concrete, but I have plenty of experience with palms roots and asphalt (black top) and thought it might be appropriate to point out that the roots from certain palms will cause considerable heaving in asphalt, which is softer than concrete. Royal Palms, Clinostigmas, Pigafettas and Cocos nucifera planted within 8-10 ft of asphalt will eventually cause considerable buckling in the blacktop. A safe distance is probably at least 12 ft.
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Zone 10a | .29 acre Acquired this property not too long ago and have spent a majority of the time updating the fundamentals as well as the interior while deconstructing the landscape here and there. Now it's time to have a little fun with the landscaping... The goal is to really push the limits with design. My style is modern eclectic. Here is a view of the front of the house where there was once a box hedge... I had cut it down to stumps and reshaped the regrowth into circles for the time being. Everything else was lawn.. I had removed some sections and did temporary flower beds underneath the front windows but it is ready for its next phase. I hav…
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David is Alicehunter2000's name. He loves PalmTalk so much that he has used it as a center of knowledge and resources for all things palms. His newest endeavor will be to build his family's dream home on Fort Walton Beach, Florida. David's goal is to landscape with mature palms and he has contacted me to help with the entire project. By posting here we can include all of you in the design, construction, plant selection and fun of this project. Look for Alicehunter2000 in the chat room, he's always chatting about project status there. Join the party! Site plan will be posted soon. Stay tuned...
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I am starting this thread so as not to high-jack the Dypsis oropedionis thread. Several days ago, unaware of the D. oropedionis thread currently running, I did some experiments on small D. oropedionis to see how well they could handle the frost. I placed a small seedling on a glass table on my deck in one of the coldest Winter spots in our garden. I also place another on the table under 2 plastic pots. After placing them on the table I realised I needed some sort of control or ways of comparing wether the results of D. oropedionis in frost conditions were good or bad compared to other species I had, so I grabbed a few more seedlings for the frosty table experiment. Th…