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I'm visiting my garden after 20 days and in the meantime there has been a surge in growth. Some spears have become new leaves and others seem to be intent more on making a 'point' Here are some pictures taken today in late afternoon, These are the new leaves I. Cocos II. Bismarckia the first III. Oil Palm IV. C. seifrizii V. Thrinax morisii

And these are the spears I. Bentickia nicobarica - a real fast grower II. King palm III. A. merilli (golden) IV. Carpentaria - (three months' growth) disappointing performance as I have read they are one of the fastest V. C. Urens - Even more disappointing - this is what has come up after 8 months - a real scam VI. D. leptocheilos - this very long spear has finally begun to open VII. Red Latan, - very red indeed and a slow starter and seems to be preferring to build up some mass onto the spear first I have other palms in the spear mode but i thought it would get too boring.

Jeesh! Just got off the throne. Be advised accordingly.

I'll reveal our the secrets to this garden: Pogo pretty much mulches everything back into the garden. Every time he mows the grass all the clippings go back into the planters and decompose providing more nutrients. Most all the old palm leaves get cut up into little tiny pieces and go back into the soil. We have 4 dogs so they mulch a lot too if you know what I mean! About 15 years ago Pogo bought a ton of earthworms and released them into the soil, earthworm castings are like adding gold to your soil and makes everything grow like mad! Every little hole you make in his yard has numerous worms in it. We have gone on 4 x 4 missions just to collect mulch in the backcountry. Countless times we have loaded the F250 with oak tree leaves and avocado leafs for the garden. Pogo switches the fert up all the time too, some of the most used types are Gro Power Plus and recently Seaweed Extract. He hand-waters a lot too. His place in San Clemente has a really insane micro climate for palms, almost every morning and evening it is gloomy with fog than burns off around noon letting sun in. The house is less than a mile from the ocean too which helps. He has been there over 30 yrs...