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Butch hits puberty

DoomsDave
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My biggest Cuban Royal is getting ready to bloom for the first time!

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    Congratulations DD!

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    crazy Dave. I just saw one on mine today too .. maybe twins??

    Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

    Sunset zone 24

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    Congrats DD! My towering gigantica Royal has been flowering for a several years now and I note that the falling flower pod coverings can get pretty big. More fun Royal debris to clean up!

    Mission Viejo, CA

    Limited coastal influence

    5-10 days of frost

    IPS and PSSC Member

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    1 hour ago, Palm Tree Jim said:
    1 hour ago, Brett in Mission Viejo said:

    Congrats DD! My towering gigantica Royal has been flowering for a several years now and I note that the falling flower pod coverings can get pretty big. More fun Royal debris to clean up!

    Viable seeds, too? Congratulations DD!

    Thanks! Same

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    Congrats Dave!!! Fantastic sight to behold!

    5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

     

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    Next time mix some Viagra in with the fertilizer. I'd say PRE-pubescent.

     

     

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    Congrats on your palm growing skill, Dave. You may reconsider your good fortune after Butch drops 1,000s of little seeds that turn into 1,000 of fast-growing seedlings.

    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

    Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
    Florida
    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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    3 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

    Congrats on your palm growing skill, Dave. You may reconsider your good fortune after Butch drops 1,000s of little seeds that turn into 1,000 of fast-growing seedlings.

    Dunno about skill, but luck for sure with this one. And, it's too close to the house.

    Yes, I thought of the Rain of the Thousand Babies. Fortunately, we don't (usually) get the rainfall needed for the babies to become the nuisances they are in Florida or Hawaii.

    Haven't run into many here that even get viable seed on their Royals. @Brett in Mission Viejo, does your Mega-Butch make viable seeds?

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    What!!! Me??? I thought I did that almost 60 years ago!!! ;) .....Way to go Dave.... You must be a proud papa...

     

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    5 minutes ago, Butch said:

    What!!! Me??? I thought I did that almost 60 years ago!!! ;) .....Way to go Dave.... You must be a proud papa...

     

    Butch

    :rolleyes:

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    11 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

    Dunno about skill, but luck for sure with this one. And, it's too close to the house.

    Yes, I thought of the Rain of the Thousand Babies. Fortunately, we don't (usually) get the rainfall needed for the babies to become the nuisances they are in Florida or Hawaii.

    Haven't run into many here that even get viable seed on their Royals. @Brett in Mission Viejo, does your Mega-Butch make viable seeds?

    DD,

    No,it does not. At least not yet. Not sure if it ever will. If I had a bit warmer winters, may be a different story.

    Mission Viejo, CA

    Limited coastal influence

    5-10 days of frost

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    19 minutes ago, Brett in Mission Viejo said:

    DD,

    No,it does not. At least not yet. Not sure if it ever will. If I had a bit warmer winters, may be a different story.

    Hmm. More like the Rain of the Thousand Unviable Zygotes?

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    Congrats DD! How old is that prettiness? What has been the coldest temperature your palm has suffered?

    1 hour ago, Brett in Mission Viejo said:

    DD,

    No,it does not. At least not yet. Not sure if it ever will. If I had a bit warmer winters, may be a different story.

    Non-viable seeds? Well, bummer. I figured Dave would plaster the world with them. Sounds like they can't survive SoCal chilly, wet winters. All along I wondered when CA would be self-sufficient where royals were concerned. I learn something every day.

    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

    Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
    Florida
    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

    There is a Cuban in my neighborhood at Jim specks old place that is making viable seed she has close to 30 ft of trunk. I have grown a couple of trees of this one . Jim was in the palm society along time ago and is no longer with us but his garden lives on. I will try to post a picture soon congrats Dave that's great

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    1 hour ago, spikemc said:

    Congrats DD! How old is that prettiness? What has been the coldest temperature your palm has suffered?

    It was planted as a 2 foot (60 CM) tall plant in October of 2004, almost 14 years ago. It suffered four days of 24.5 F (-4.1 C) back in January of 2017. It got burned a bit, but, no real long term harm done. It's now the better part of 30 feet (10 M) tall, and about 20 feet (6.6 M) across the crown.

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    1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

    Non-viable seeds? Well, bummer. I figured Dave would plaster the world with them. Sounds like they can't survive SoCal chilly, wet winters. All along I wondered when CA would be self-sufficient where royals were concerned. I learn something every day.

    I'd love to plaster the world with Royal seeds. But, looks like I won't be doing that. At least not with my plant.

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    1 hour ago, DoomsDave said:

    It was planted as a 2 foot (60 CM) tall plant in October of 2004, almost 14 years ago. It suffered four days of 24.5 F (-4.1 C) back in January of 2017. It got burned a bit, but, no real long term harm done. It's now the better part of 30 feet (10 M) tall, and about 20 feet (6.6 M) across the crown.

    Doncha mean Jan of '07?

     

     

     

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    2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

    It was planted as a 2 foot (60 CM) tall plant in October of 2004, almost 14 years ago. It suffered four days of 24.5 F (-4.1 C) back in January of 2017. It got burned a bit, but, no real long term harm done. It's now the better part of 30 feet (10 M) tall, and about 20 feet (6.6 M) across the crown.

     

    41 minutes ago, Gonzer said:

    Doncha mean Jan of '07?

     

    Yes

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    2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

    It was planted as a 2 foot (60 CM) tall plant in October of 2004, almost 14 years ago. It suffered four days of 24.5 F (-4.1 C) back in January of 2017. It got burned a bit, but, no real long term harm done. It's now the better part of 30 feet (10 M) tall, and about 20 feet (6.6 M) across the crown.

     

    41 minutes ago, Gonzer said:

    Doncha mean Jan of '07?

     

    Yes

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