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after 3 day`s in water.and 2 weeks in a propagator. temp.27-29 degreed it is starting to grow

Fahreheit to Celsius Thanks to mike453.

About 10 years ago I planted a 3 gallon sized ponytail palm relatively close to my house foundation, not knowing at the time just how big these plants can get. Next to my ponytail palm is an ixora shrub. My wife wants me to get rid of the ixora as it grows too big and the flowers are not the same color as are super king ixoras (see bottomost photo). This ixora shrub got defoliated from the freezes last month. Today I cut it back hard, as I plan to dig it out and relocate it. This brings me to the Topic question: My wife also wants me to remove the ponytail palm, and now is the time to do it. About a year or so ago I posted here at this forum a solicitation for advice in removing my ponytail palm. I recall some said it would move easily in terms of not having to get lots of roots. Somebody from California even posted some boxed ponytail palms that had recently been field dug. As you can see in my below photos, while I don't have lots of room around my ponytail, I think I have adequate enough room to dig it out. What I want to know is how deep will I need to go to get underneath of it. I plan on digging it loose and then using a rope (properly tied more towards the base of the trunk) and pull it out of the hole (if need be) with either my lawn tractor or pick up truck. Then I will figure a way to transport it to another place on my property where I want to replant it. I'm looking for any suggestions and caveats anyone can give me who might have experience in transplanting a ponytail. I really hate to dig this plant out, but I really have little choice, as the base will eventually grow into the foundation and front entryway slab. Above is my out of control ixora shrub that is blocking the guest bedroom window. I can cut this shrub back hard each spring and it grows back fast

Rafael, you live very close to the beach and your environment is probably very moist (air). Why don´t you just open the windows a couple of hours a day? i think that would help. Also some of your palms might get salt-burnt from the salty air. I have a howea forst. less tahn one metre from my wood-brning stove and it isn´t afected at all. Jason

Los Angeles: Pasadena

Canary Palms among other trees: Borrego Springs: San Diego: Pasadena: Los Angeles:

That's how it would look every year in California, Dave!

i had 20 seeds .14 went good .4 had a sort of fungus,and 2 dont know wat they have to do.

Dear Xenon Welcome to our board,and i like your user name'Xenon' Since iam a fan of that HID car lighting system which has a similar name.. And i must appriciate your parents for Bringing in you the taste for palms & beautiful gardening.. Lots of love, kris Yet he said in another thread he's looking at buying property...Maybe another "dog-year" person? Also, I noted a new member -Jason M-? from Wisconsin seems pretty young. And if it counts, I rarely act my age. Many can attest to that.

I heard somewhere that it was a well known practice in ancient agriculture to mix a small amount of sea salt with animal manure and use it as a fertiliser. All plants need Sodium and a chloride, just not in huge amounts. Most soils now at least in Oz have too much Sodium Chloride, and if you're growing mountain species like strawberries or Caryota's they won't want any salt. But a coconut which grows just above the high tide mark and gets inundated by cyclonic tidal surges is going to get a huge dumping of salt, which they appear to love. I think salt has been demonised a bit. Many things are quite salt tolerant and probably need a bit of it. Best regards Tyrone

I put this table together for my father-in-law who frequently visits from Ukraine. The values are rounded up to the nearest integer. If anyone's interested I could send the Excel file behind this table with all the formulas. Makes it easier to print.

NoOOOOOOO. Do not take any roots. These suckers will move with no roots at all, no problem!!!! Thing to watch out for is the rope aroung the trunk. DO NOOOOOOT DO THAT!!!!!! You will scar the trunk and leave it open to infection which can kill the plant. I am going to bet that if you dig it out with no roots it will not be too heavt to lift by hand or with a small dolly. Make sure to PAD the trunk where it touches the dolly! It is VERY easy to make nicks in the trunk. When you get it out take it to a friends house you don't realy see too often and give it to them. I hate those things!LOL

Today I took some photos of the ponytail palm that was frozen down to the base on January 5, 2001. I was mistaken, my ponytail only has five trunks, not eight, as I said. The bottom photo is of my single trunked ponytail palm, which is the same age as the 5-trunked one, but being closer to the house, it wasn't frozen. However, I plan on moving this ponytail as it was a mistake, planting it so close to the house.

la ciotat ,bouches du rhone, France bye!!ciao

Here is a pic of what was probably the largest P. ekmanii growing in the USA; at Fairchild. It died after the hurricanes of 2004 and has yet to be replaced.It was about 20 years old and less than 4 feet tall.I think Montgomery also may have a few this size, but they are not on public display. aztropic Mesa,Arizona

Here's another shot of P. ekmanii framing a group of Coccothrinax ekmanii in the Dominican Republic.

Some variations in trunk forms. From habitat in Dominican Republic, 1997.

Here are a couple in habitat. The one in the foreground has't developed the characteristic bulge yet.

Another one

thats the 2nd biggest carrot i've ever seen. i want one.

If it were mine, I would probably want to cut them when it's warmer and drier. I have a reclinata that I took in late october of 2005 with about 35' of total trunk and it's in shock. It was dug and bagged in plastic but I think it must have sat for a few days. Several of the trunks stopped pushing spears. Don Hodel and I cut a five foot trunk down to 3 feet because of rot and it started pushing briefly but then stopped. Regular spraying of Clearys 3333 hasn't shown much effect. ashton