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Has this ever happened to you?

Gonzer

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Gonzer Grand Master

Gonzer

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Say you have a nice fruiting palm, in my case D. baronii, which has set oodles of infructescences (12 for me). Say that you bagged as many clumps of seed as you could so as not to lose any upon ripening. Say that just a couple were out of reach and could not be covered but you ingnored them. Say that these just so happened to ripen while you're at work and hundreds of seed fell...right into the leaves and cups of all the bromeliads planted beneath! The ones with the spines from hell on the leaf edges! And I'm talking filled to the brim!

 

 

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BS Man about Palms

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Not yet, but someday I suspect! :D

Good luck ..

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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It's a good thing that this is a hypothetical stiuation, because it would be really embarassing if that actually happened to you

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Stevetoad Grand Master

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i think id break out the shop vac with a long attachment and suck them out of there

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Hmm.

To way paraphrase Dion Warwick:

"Well now you really know

For sure

That's what gloves are for . . . "

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Whoa!

Your baronii seeded a bit early . . .

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Gonzer Grand Master

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It's a good thing that this is a hypothetical stiuation, because it would be really embarassing if that actually happened to you

Quite so Mathew, quite so! I was like, ya know, just throwin' that out there to get some insight in case I ever saw this happen......(whew!) face-icon-small-happy.gif

Davey m'lad, nah, this is normal time for mine but it's left me with WAY too much seed. I feel like the person going door-to-door with a basket of zucchini. (sounds of doors slamming shut). Gonna do some horse trading with 'em today but if anyone wants some they'll hafta come pick 'em up, no more mailings. Gloves? Did you say gloves??? icon_lmao.gif

 

 

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It's a good thing that this is a hypothetical stiuation, because it would be really embarassing if that actually happened to you

Quite so Mathew, quite so! I was like, ya know, just throwin' that out there to get some insight in case I ever saw this happen......(whew!) face-icon-small-happy.gif

Davey m'lad, nah, this is normal time for mine but it's left me with WAY too much seed. I feel like the person going door-to-door with a basket of zucchini. (sounds of doors slamming shut). Gonna do some horse trading with 'em today but if anyone wants some they'll hafta come pick 'em up, no more mailings. Gloves? Did you say gloves??? icon_lmao.gif

Yes, gloves!

For the hands . . . . :interesting:

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All of my baronii seeds dropped to the ground right before they ripe. This happened 4 years in a row. I still have one batch on the palm. Hmmm... somehow, I have no interest to collect them.

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Bromeliad people use tweezers.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Gonzer Grand Master

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All of my baronii seeds dropped to the ground right before they ripe. This happened 4 years in a row. I still have one batch on the palm. Hmmm... somehow, I have no interest to collect them.

You do know that baronii seed is 90% green when ripe, with just a skosh of yellow?

Dave, I've got my 14" tweezers but can't do 'em all at once, carpal tunnel starts to set in.

 

 

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