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And, finally after 5 years inground.......

NorCalKing

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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Congrats. Soon you may baby piccabeens everywhere.

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I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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3 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Congrats. Soon you may baby piccabeens everywhere.

Yeah like by the millions :blink:

 

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Lol. Thanks guys. Guess I'll have seeds to spare to give to members who would like some. I think my Archy has some real cold tolerance thriving in a cooler 9B. 

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Josue Diaz Grand Master

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The archontophoenix in Fresno will bloom but not set seed. I'm curious whether yours will. 

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2 minutes ago, Josue Diaz said:

The archontophoenix in Fresno will bloom but not set seed. I'm curious whether yours will. 

I wonder why that is? They set seed further north - e.g. Jim Denz’s place. Fresno too hot?

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2 hours ago, Ben in Norcal said:

I wonder why that is? They set seed further north - e.g. Jim Denz’s place. Fresno too hot?

my guess is they don't get enough water.  

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3 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

The archontophoenix in Fresno will bloom but not set seed. I'm curious whether yours will. 

I'll certainly keep everyone posted.

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Fantastic! How old was it and how large was the clear trunk (if any) when you planted it?

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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I am still waiting on all mine to flower. My oldest one is 9 years in ground...  they are all putting on some serious trunk so probably will happen sooner or later

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On 7/27/2019 at 3:37 PM, GottmitAlex said:

Fantastic! How old was it and how large was the clear trunk (if any) when you planted it?

It was bought as a Lowes triple. It had maybe 2 feet of trunk when I planted it. So I'm guessing it's maybe 7 years old. Seems to really love our hot dry summers. What surprises me is how resilient it has been with the cold of winter. First winter a 25° test. Not long maybe 3 hours, but still. And every winter since 28° lows. Very little frost damage.

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1 hour ago, NorCalKing said:

It was bought as a Lowes triple. It had maybe 2 feet of trunk when I planted it. So I'm guessing it's maybe 7 years old. Seems to really love our hot dry summers. What surprises me is how resilient it has been with the cold of winter. First winter a 25° test. Not long maybe 3 hours, but still. And every winter since 28° lows. Very little frost damage.

Nice!  You must keep it well watered.  Do you have just the one left from the triple or still have all 3?

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Cunninghamiana will take down to 25 and not blink by all accounts. Many say it will go closer to 20 and pull thru with leaf damage. All of my Archontophoenix (Bangalow, Alexandrae, and Maxima have seen several nights of 30 and a couple down to 29. Aside from some leaf burn all were fine, Cunninghamiana is hardiest of its family. But Alexandrae and Maxima have done just fine aside from some frost burn on leaves

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Nice! I love Archontophoenix cunninghamiana and if I could grow them in the ground here, I would have a ton of them. Do you have a picture of the full palm? I only have one, and it's a seedling from some seeds I got off of ebay... I'm still hoping the other 20 come up! 

 

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On 7/29/2019 at 10:37 AM, Fusca said:

Nice!  You must keep it well watered.  Do you have just the one left from the triple or still have all 3?

Still a full blown triple. And all going strong.

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On 7/30/2019 at 11:49 AM, PalmTreeDude said:

Nice! I love Archontophoenix cunninghamiana and if I could grow them in the ground here, I would have a ton of them. Do you have a picture of the full palm? I only have one, and it's a seedling from some seeds I got off of ebay... I'm still hoping the other 20 come up! 

 

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Here's the full view. About 4' of trunk for scale. About 6' to the first leaf base.

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On 7/26/2019 at 11:54 AM, PalmatierMeg said:

Congrats. Soon you may baby piccabeens everywhere.

My solution to too many flowering Archontophoenix cunninghamiana is to thin them and remove the flower stalks before they set seed.  Between my latest Tillandsia post and the cunninghamiana trunk at the far right, there used to be another 13 planted by the previous owner of my house.  I don't think one can appreciate them in that type of mass planting, and they get a lot of mold in my climate when so closely planted.  The mold then becomes a problem for the plants below so even my wife who loves the species agreed to my thinning this time.

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On 7/27/2019 at 3:33 PM, NorCalKing said:

I'll certainly keep everyone posted.

Did it seed?

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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15 hours ago, GottmitAlex said:

Did it seed?

The first one never really did a lot. Kind of dried up. It's since put out another seed pod, and these ones are flowering. Maybe too late in the year to become viable seeds?

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Now we have 3 seed pods doing their thing. Still not sure if it will seed, but it's pushing tons of these pods.

 

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Be careful what you wish for.  King seed pods make a huge mess.

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9 hours ago, joe_OC said:

Be careful what you wish for.  King seed pods make a huge mess.

Yeah, so I heard! For now it's shedding mainly the flowery skins from the immature flowers.

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On 10/3/2019 at 4:53 PM, GottmitAlex said:

Did it seed?

So here's a quick update. It has seeded. Took a long time for the seeds to mature, but they finally have. Not too bad for inland (chilly) NorCal.

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On 7/27/2019 at 12:10 PM, Josue Diaz said:

The archontophoenix in Fresno will bloom but not set seed. I'm curious whether yours will. 

Guess this deserves an update.

Think this settles it. They will happily seed in Livermore.:greenthumb:

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As pretty as the fruit is, it’s a bit of a curse as well. Falling fruit on walkways makes passing through feel like walking on marbles, the rest fall into the landscape and make thousands of baby King palms, THOUSANDS! I totally love the palms though and give them a pass for being overly productive. 

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300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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One people trash, other people treasure! Many of us from marginal areas would give anything to have a palm like that!

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17 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

As pretty as the fruit is, it’s a bit of a curse as well. Falling fruit on walkways makes passing through feel like walking on marbles, the rest fall into the landscape and make thousands of baby King palms, THOUSANDS! I totally love the palms though and give them a pass for being overly productive. 

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Thankfully, mine are still well manageable. 

Yours are amazing, but maybe a bit TOO productive!

But your climate is a lot more suitable than inland NorCal.

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