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Happy birthday David, your Phoenix s. & r. seeds gave me good seedling growing well now, thanks again.

Same thing I say in general. The magic 3 inches. I have noticed that if you mark a spear (if it has one) its extremely rare that if they push it out 3" that they die from the transplant. Sadly I've seen a lot of palms that push almost 2" then expire. Good luck. Bill

Good luck Chad, I've never moved one, but had a serious gopher attack that almost laid one over, and it survived but defoliated 50% very quickly. Sounds like your have a chance. Matt

While cleaning old leaf bases from my CIDP x Rhoeb, I found a bore hole - quite possibly from the Palm Weevil's companion - the Rhino Beetle. Dead and live Weevils, as usual were everywhere including the base where the hole was. Not convinced I have an infestation now, I took no chances. I picked these injectors up and am injecting a systemic that kills RPW at all stages of life.

Jerry@TreeZoo's birthday Happy birthday from France Jerry

Its worse than that, my (few) experiments with GA3 resulted in prostrate plants unable to support themselves! I let these guys go the way of other unfortunates of nature, but I have since wondered what a mature ground-hugging Archontophoenix would look like... Hi Ben I've sarted using this for transplants, could this be used throughout the garden? Multicrop® Plant Starter Plant Starter is a plant growth stimulant designed to speed plant growth and establishment. The active ingredients are Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) and Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) in liquid form. Promotes quick establishment of seedlings. Reduces transplant shock when repotting or transplanting. Encourages root formation on plant cuttings. Increases the life of cut flowers. Available in 500ml and 1L sizes. Cheers Sol

I really do like it when old threads get brought back. With so much history and over 12,000 topics and almost 200,000 replies there is just no way for a newcomer to really get to know that history, except for occasional glimpses from conversations of long time members referring to some common experiences, which can initiate a search for me. But bringing up old threads adds a new level of understanding into how important this forum has been to it's members, and lets us newbies get to know some of you without being too nosy! Just a round about way of saying thanks to Kris for showing us his beautiful garden and how it evolved, as your family lives there in it's midst, you changing it and it changing you. I also got to learn the real names of some of my houseplants! Thank you! Susan

Great thread......

This is the most recent Bizzie thread I thought I'd drop this photo into. It's outside the well known palm nursery in Brisbane, Bizzie in Brissie you might say. I've followed it's growth and she is turning into a monster.

For small palms, I use a Japanese folding saw, For larger ones a small chain saw. For a really large one, I have no experience as of yet....

I am with Jonathan (each mind each taste), but still i do not understand how is it possible to say such a thing of CIDP... I am also with Jim in Los Altos... That's a perfect thought Jim!

In contrast to chris.oz's "Ugly Palms" thread, I was wondering what people's idea of the perfect palm would be. I'm not meaning an existing species but which aspects of certain species would you put together to create your perfect palm? If anyone's good with photoshop, feel free to show us what it would look like too! I'll start with the foliage of a Corypha opening with the red of a Chambeyronia, supported on the trunk of a Ceroxylon with a cone of Socratea stilt roots.