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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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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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Silver Queen 1 2 3 4
by buffy- 1 follower
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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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Any Native Palms In South Korea?
by PalmTreeDude- 1 follower
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Are there any palms native to South Korea? According to this map, it gets to zone 9 on the mainland and zone 10 on an Island (which I know has palms planted).
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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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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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Pics of my garden Leilani Estates
by Mike in LB- 8 replies
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Hi everyone, I've been a lurker for years, but have started posting because of the great info provided by the site with regard to the recent lava events here in Leilani Estates. Palmtalk has been my #1 source of up-to-date info as little of value is posted by Civil Defense. I'm grateful for the info. I moved to Leilani Estates in 2012 from Long Beach CA. The palms in my garden are anywhere from 5-1/2 years old to just a few months old. If everything goes right, there should be 2 pictures. pic 1 - a lemurophoenix between 2 clinostigma ponapense pic 2 - center palms: a beccariophoenix and a condapanna (oops, this one didn't work...) Mike Arends…
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A dramatic and colorful change?!
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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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Damage by Palm Roots
by bgl- 18 replies
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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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Pogobob took me to see this amazing palm, it is its the real colour!! The colour is very strong in this palm. You can see some of it on the inside of the sheaf of an old leaf. Pictures do not do it justice , the actual colour is more vibrant. Has any one seen any other unusual colours on this species crownshaft? hope you enjoy this shared experience regards colin
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This is a really nice palm. Mine is still strap leaved, and would love to see some examples of different stages of it's growth. If you have one - let's see it!
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Anybody grow blue jubaea chilensis? 1 2
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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I have a couple of 15 gallon blue jubaea chilensis palms, and I was wondering if the blue ones have different cultivation requirements. They are similar to the green ones in appearance but the leaf texture is different and there seems to be more glaucous covering on them. Do they require drier conditions?
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On the occasion of the first pinnate leaf of my N°1401 I open a new thread for this only little known species Lytocaryum insigne TOLEDO 1944 (now again Syagrus insignis BECC. 1916, former Cocos insignis MART. 1854 and Glaziova insignis DRUDE 1881) Please post your pics of L insigne here, too! It doesn’t matter if they are in pots, in gardens, or (best of all) in habitat. I begin with my oldest baby N°1401, born 2014-02-14 during the cold winter in Germany, grown up together with nine other siblings, out of which six emigrated into other European countries, so that at my place now are remaining still four plants: N°1401, 1402, 1404, and 1408. Here comes the bigg…
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Phoenix sylvestris thorns poisonous?
by phatmiata- 15 replies
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So im wondering if i need to worry about the thorns of Phoenix sylvestris ??? I have been poked before, but just lightly. Well somehow i managed to poke the heck outta myself on Friday moving one that was in a bucket off my truck. This one left a really sweet bruise on my forearm and was sore for the rest of the day. ts no longer sore but i have a 2" bruise where the tree left its mark. Just wondering if any of the nursery guys on here know if i need to just chalk it up as a battle wound, or do i need worry about some infection, or poison it may carry, etc etc. I think i will run duct tape around the base (thorns) next time i move these, doh!!
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Be Careful Around Canary Island Date Palms
by Joey Powell- 16 replies
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So I was out in the yard working yesterday morning, pruning some older fronds off some of my Phoenix palms. As I was working on one of my CIDPs, I got jabbed by a nasty spine in the top of my hand, near my wrist. Now, since then I have been unable to close my hand, and I've been in some pretty serious pain. I would have never thought something small like that would affect my entire hand (muscles/tendons very sore) and forearm. There is actually a name for this condition: Palm Thorn Synovitis. If you are working around these, be careful. And wear eye protection!
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White funk growing on my palms!
by palmcurry- 13 replies
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One of my Pinanga elmeris has some white stuff growing under the lower leaf sheath/crownshaft. What is it? Dont want to loose this palm. Any body know what to do? Hit it with peroxide?
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Driving nails into queen palm trunks
by insipidtoast- 10 replies
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Hi, Can you hammer nails into the trunk of queen palms in order to get vines to grow up their trunk, or will that kill the palms?
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Coconut Palms In Zone 9b? 1 2 3 4
by PalmTreeDude- 2 followers
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I see coconuts in 10a + but can they grow in some parts of 9b? I have seen some in Sarasota (9b) and they seemed to look good, not sure if anything ever happens them from cold. What do you think?
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What specific parts of Florida would be the most northerly one could reliably find Zone 9b plants, 10a plants and 10b plants. Please include any islands that are accessible by car and might have land for sale. I have often wondered how far down the Gulf Coast I would have to travel to get to areas where palms that I can't grow here might survive. Would Cedar Key be Zone 9b? How about St. George Island up in the Big Bend area? Any photo's of some of these more obscure locations?
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Went over to pogobobs house the other day for some PRA. He's got alot of admirable plants and landscaping and was nice enoiugh to let post some shots. Enjoy.
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In August of 2017 my wife and I bought our home in Hilo, Hawaii. This thread will attempt to document the creation of our Hilo garden and also serve as a main thread for me to update over the years with progress pictures. Before moving to Hilo, we enjoyed living in Fallbrook, California. I spent 8 years there building our garden from scratch. We had the privilege of having many visitors come to that garden over the years including a meeting of the Southern California Palm Society. We are currently renting that home out and while many palms remain there, several of the prized palms were moved to some amazing Southern California gardens to better ensure their sur…
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How to avoid the winter yellowing?
by Matt in OC- 2 followers
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Any tips on avoiding yellowing in winter? It’s been so cold and wet this winter that a lot of palms are getting that unattractive yellow hue. What do you do to mitigate this and when do you apply it?
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