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Is W.filibusta slower growing than W. robusta?

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May 15, 201511 yr

I recently acquired a W.filibusta seedling, I planted it over a month ago here in my zone 7 north of Atlanta and placed a fertilizer spike next to it and I am yet to notice any growth. I have had W.robusta in the past and those seem to grow very fast. It's only mid-May, am I being impatient?

Thanks

Patrick

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May 15, 201511 yr

Give it some more time, hybrids are usually rockets. Are you planning on protecting it this winter?

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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May 15, 201511 yr

Author

yes I will definitely protect it. Maybe xmas lights or wrap it and a garbage can over it.

Patrick

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May 16, 201511 yr

They are just about the same speed. Filifera is also close to the same speed until it develops trunk.

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May 16, 201511 yr

Author

They are just about the same speed. Filifera is also close to the same speed until it develops trunk.

Ok great thxs

Patrick

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May 17, 201511 yr

Here is a great "Filibusta" grown from seed I collected maybe 7 years ago? Anyway, had a whole bunch in pots and they grew fairly slowly....really went through alot a abuse and moving around. I traded or gave most of them away but kept this one ....it's really turning out nice. All the seeds were at least F2 .... the parent palms are perfect cross between filifera and robusta.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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May 17, 201511 yr

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Wow indeed it's a real nice one, and from seed too.

Patrick

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May 18, 201511 yr

Hybrids are variable; however, the Washingtonias are all pretty fast when young.

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May 18, 201511 yr

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Maybe I planted it on a bed of rocks ! LOL

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May 19, 201511 yr

They grow straight out of concrete and blacktop in Los Angeles !

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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May 19, 201511 yr

Everything I read about the hybrid washingtonia is that they are much faster than both filifera and robusta.

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May 19, 201511 yr

In my very limited personal experience, filibusta is slightly faster than robusta. I have no experience with filifera.

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May 22, 201511 yr

I know it's different, but I am amazed when I hear people say Filifera is faster. It isn't even close when given same amount of care that Robusta is faster. Look at palm gardens around SoCal and ask the gardeners which is faster that lasted both at same time. Robusta towers over Filifera in these gardens. I would bet the cross is faster than straight Filifera too.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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May 23, 201511 yr

I have quite a bit of experience with all three. RIght now I have about 1700 filifera coming up from seed right now and I just sold the last of the 1200 robusta and hybrids that I will ever grow again. WIth the summer heat that we get here all three are just about the same until they get potted up into a 5G or in the ground. That is when the robusta and hybrid will start to pull away. However, long after the robusta's die from the cold the fillifera will still be standing tall, unphased. Here is are a few pictures of a hybrid that I planted in 2009 from a 1 gallon (one year from seed). I measured it the other day and there is 140+" of clear trunk. I'll post similar growth rate of a filifera as soon as I can locate the photos.