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Kamipalms

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Howdy all,

Haven't been around much lately and its not going to change for a while yet.

Were in the process of finishing off our current place to get it ready for evaluation to borrow the funds for our new place.

This means a lot of finishing those odd jobs that you just hate doing. Like painting, painting and more painting, laying new turf out the back, putting the roof on the workshop, tidying up the gardens and the list goes on.

Anyhow, winter stinks , palms are happy , seeds are ripening, palms flowering, seeds germinating and did I mention winter stinks!

On another note, moving Carpoxylon's from Queensland to Perth, bare rooted during winter is definatly NOT recomended. We bought 6 good sized seedlings over and it looks as though there will be definatly 1 survivor ,4 destined for the compost pile and 1 may pull through...very touch and go.

The 4 worst affected have all lost their newest leaf , brown and dry from leaf tip , down the petiole right back to the emerging point .

All other leaves/petioles are green and healthy-ish.

Any one have any ideas why this might have happened?

Jason.

PS: if any one needs me urgently, shoot me an email and I'll get back to you within 48 hrs.

Made the move to Mandurah - West Aust

Kamipalms,
Growing for the future


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Walter John Grand Master

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Good luck with that Carpoxylon. I bet my three are from the same batch, one of which is not overly happy.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Trópico Grand Master

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Jay good to hear from you! Hope your Carpoxylons make it all right. Let me know when seeds are ripe!

Later.

Frank

 

Zone 9b pine flatlands

humid/hot summers; dry/cool winters

with yearly freezes

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Tyrone Grand Master

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Ouch Jay. Those Carpoxylons were expensive.  :(

It sounds like they've stalled, and with the cold never got up again. I also often wonder what the Methyl bromide spray quarantine gives them really does, and whether they mix it right so that it's not too strong. It's a dessicant and would do bad things to your Carpoxy's. Maybe they don't bareroot well. It could be one to grow from seed?

Sorry to hear of it.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Doink!

Hmm.  Funding go through?

Almost lost my dive to rising rates . . . .

:(

But, kept it.

dave

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Welcome back Jason.  I'm always prone to blaming bare-rooting.  From what I've read Cycads can easily cope with a week or more bare-rooted, but many palms seem to struggle if they are bare-rooted for more than a couple of days.  From experience bare-rooted palms have been unreliable.  Some survive, but if you can't provide optimal conditions for them to re-establish, I'm fairly sure survival rate decreases.  Having never had any problems with palms that I have received in pots, it seems more than a co-incidence that I have had problems on more than one occasion with bare-rooted specimens.  Most of the bare-rooted specimens I have received have been young seedlings, which may have contributed to their eventual demise, but I am a little put off the extra expense of larger plants after the varying results with smaller plants.

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Dorset, UK

Ave Jul High 72F/22C (91F/33C Max)

Ave Jul Low 52F/11C (45F/7C Min)

Ave Jan High 46F/8C (59F/15C Max)

Ave Jan Low 34F/1C (21F/-6C Min)

Ave Rain 736mm pa

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we're going to bareroot all the palms Colin has collected Tuesday - any pointers (aside from the obvious) would be much appreciated

I get by with a little help from my fronds

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Amigo J:

Hope your young Carpoxylons will make it...I'm also trying them here for the first time (from Ortanique).

Your Chamaedoreas tenellas didn't wake up here yet, but the glaucifolias are starting to show up.

Lot's of paintings in our house on the beach too, so I know exactly how you feel before summer (it starts here tomorrow!!). I just don't think winter stinks that much...I am actually starting to miss it cause it's getting drier and drier here now...

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Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Sep. 03 2006,04:45)

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Doink!

Hmm.  Funding go through?

Almost lost my dive to rising rates . . . .

:(

But, kept it.

dave

Haven't applied yet there Dave.

The bloody builder is still drafting the working drawings and then the drawings need to be submited and approved by the local Council.

The Mrs is a broker so she's allready lined things up as far as finance is consirned but there's no point applying untill we have Council approved drawings ( bank requirements)...which we expected a month ago..

waiting..........   waiting.......

Made the move to Mandurah - West Aust

Kamipalms,
Growing for the future


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(palmazon @ Sep. 04 2006,21:23)

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we're going to bareroot all the palms Colin has collected Tuesday - any pointers (aside from the obvious) would be much appreciated

Hey Danny,

About the only thing I can say is to wash off all the soil as best you can and remove any dead or poor roots along with any poor foliage.

If your packing with Sphagnum moss do your best to pack the inside of the rootball the best you can along with the outside. This will help the roots from being broken when the plants are packed on top of each other for transit.

then wrap the whole rootball with plastic food wrap ( cling wrap/lunch wrap or what ever you guys call it) including the base of the stem the use tape to seal the plastic wrap around the base of the stem while not sticking the tape to the stem.

then wrap the plastic wrap with a sheet of aluminium foil. This helps to stop extreme temp changes along with helping to keep everything in place.

Hope this is some help.

Jason.

Made the move to Mandurah - West Aust

Kamipalms,
Growing for the future


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(Gileno Machado @ Sep. 04 2006,22:58)

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Amigo J:

Hope your young Carpoxylons will make it...I'm also trying them here for the first time (from Ortanique).

Your Chamaedoreas tenellas didn't wake up here yet, but the glaucifolias are starting to show up.

Lot's of paintings in our house on the beach too, so I know exactly how you feel before summer (it starts here tomorrow!!). I just don't think winter stinks that much...I am actually starting to miss it cause it's getting drier and drier here now...

Carpoxylons are not looking good. one kicked the bucket and the other is just hanging in there.

give the tenella's another month or so and they should start to do someting . Their slow to get started but they really kick in around the 3rd to 4th leaf then their off like a rocket. Expect them to flower in about 3 years or around the 5th leaf.

a dry winter for us this year but their predicting a wet Spring and possibly summer too....who needs Queensland!

Jason.

Made the move to Mandurah - West Aust

Kamipalms,
Growing for the future


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...who needs Queensland!

Nothing wrong with my carpoxylons  :;):

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Jason, just to let you know, I noticed my first microspadix sprouts this morning.  All four species now have a percentage germinated and seem to be doing well.

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Corey Lucas-Divers

Dorset, UK

Ave Jul High 72F/22C (91F/33C Max)

Ave Jul Low 52F/11C (45F/7C Min)

Ave Jan High 46F/8C (59F/15C Max)

Ave Jan Low 34F/1C (21F/-6C Min)

Ave Rain 736mm pa

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(Wal @ Sep. 05 2006,21:01)

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...who needs Queensland!

Nothing wrong with my carpoxylons  :;):

Hey Wal,

How 'bout you try brae rooting your Carpoxy's , drenching them in insecticide/white oil and sticking them in a box for 4 days and keep them at about 10 to 15C ...Bloody Quarantine

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Made the move to Mandurah - West Aust

Kamipalms,
Growing for the future


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(Neofolis @ Sep. 05 2006,21:57)

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Jason, just to let you know, I noticed my first microspadix sprouts this morning.  All four species now have a percentage germinated and seem to be doing well.

Don't tell Jan!

Made the move to Mandurah - West Aust

Kamipalms,
Growing for the future


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