Copernicia fallaensis soil mix?

[Zeeth]

What would be a good soil mix for Copernicia fallaensis? I've got a bunch of oolitic limestone and aragonite sand that I gathered for potting up Coccothrinax, Hemithrinax and Pseudophoenix. I was thinking that this might be a good additive to the C. fallaensis pots, but I wasn't sure. What do you guys think?

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

I was scared of rot so i put my seedlings in the encephalartos cycad soil. Lots of expanded shale, sand and 25% organics. 

[knell]

I found the soil map for Falla / Ciego de Avila, but it is en español and very detailed. 

http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/resource-type/national-soil-maps-eudasm?field_data_country_country_selective=CU

does anyone know the location of the last few wild specimens? it would be interesting to know soil type, and what type of tropical savanna the weather is (how pronounced is the dry season?).

Palmpedia says "clayey" soil in low lying deciduous forests, perhaps thats how they hold on during the dry season.

[Zeeth]

Thanks for that link! I'll try looking through it tomorrow to see if I can figure out what the soil there is like.

I did find climate data for the Falla area a while back, and I made a chart out of it using the Wikipedia climate chart tool. Looks similar to the South Florida climate, but with warmer temps in winter.

[Zeeth]

So it appears that the area where C. fallaensis is native to is either "typical tropical black" soil or "moderately gleated tropical gley" to a depth greater than 20 cm. 

Does anyone with more soil knowledge know what this might mean?

[mike in kurtistown]

In 2006, I put 15 fallaensis seeds in ordinary potting soil, my mix that has an organic component, a peat moss component, and some black cinder. Had 10 sprouts in 6 weeks. Typical Copernicia seeds, not fussy about the mix, fairly quick germination when fresh, usually all about the same time. Should be no serious worries, good luck and enjoy the new year.

 

[Zeeth]

Thanks Mike. I have seeds germinating now from RPS and I wanted to make sure I treated them right if they needed any special treatment since they're so hard to find. 

[Josh-O]

10 hours ago, Zeeth said:

Thanks Mike. I have seeds germinating now from RPS and I wanted to make sure I treated them right if they needed any special treatment since they're so hard to find. 

at the prices we have paid I don't blame you for wanting to make sure you keep them alive. Mike nailed it by saying they are not fussy.

happy germinating  

[Pb4usleep]

If this incredable palm is being grown here in South Florida I would recomend y'all to add some potassium (K) into your fertilizer.

[Frond-friend42]

Tis the season. Falla-la-la-la! Got this seed to germinate from Mamey Disco its Mt third try on fallaensis. I guess freshness really makes a huge difference and they popped fast.

Nervous about trying clay and don't really have any. I'm using a mix of vermiculite + coir + peat + cinder + a little sand + topsoil + cactus soil + charcoal + seramis. I lost some of my bailey's and sure would hurt to lose any of these:

 

[Frond-friend42]

I forgot to mention repti-bark. Is this stage too early to pot them or a good stage?