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Growth rate of Pseudophoenix sargentii

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I was in one of our field nurseries last week and noticed a Pseudophoenix sargentii palm that I had photographed a couple years ago, so I took a couple more photos to show the growth rate. The "before" and "after" photos are below.

December 2011

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April 2014

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This palm put on 3 feet of trunk (and produced 8 leaf scars) in a little more than 2 years. I'd say that is pretty good growth for a Pseudophoenix. Note that size in the second set of photos is somewhat deceptive, but you can really see how big it is compared to my boot in the closeup shot.

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    I like that Jody !

    Very nice.

    Happy growing,

    George Sparkman

    Cycads-n-Palms.com

    That's great! The ones that I've seen grow fastest seem to have very thin trunks. This one at Kopsick grows very quickly, but isn't nearly as robust as your palm. Pictured is about the same time span as your palm

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    Keith 

    Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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    Keith, that looks like S. sargentii var. navassana, which is quite a bit faster growing than the mainland variety (and has a thinner trunk as well). That is impressive growth nonetheless. I noticed the Arenga behind it grew quite a bit as well, but the smaller Pseudophoenix in the photo doesn't seem to have grown at all and is now completely covered by the Arenga.

    Keith, that looks like S. sargentii var. navassana, which is quite a bit faster growing than the mainland variety (and has a thinner trunk as well). That is impressive growth nonetheless. I noticed the Arenga behind it grew quite a bit as well, but the smaller Pseudophoenix in the photo doesn't seem to have grown at all and is now completely covered by the Arenga.

    I think you're right about the variety. Good eye on the smaller Pseudophoenix, I think it's been removed since the second picture.

    Keith 

    Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

    Nice! It looks like they pick up speed as they start to trunk.

    Pseudophoenix is my favorite native palm. Sadly mine got the dreaded pseudophoenix decline and I had to remove it. I'd love to grow a whole bunch of them if I could figure out how to keep the decline at bay

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    We've been having pretty good success with Pageant (fungicide). I used Zerotol on my P. lediniana the first time it got it. The second time it got it, the palm seemed to fight the fungus by itself and grew out of it.

    Good to know!

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