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When to plant C. radicalis


Chester B

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I've got my Dooms Dave radicalis all growing up and was wondering when people think it would be a good time to plant them.  This year or next?  They're currently working on their second frond.  They will be planted in part sun with protection from winter winds.

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Hmm.

I'd wait another couple of years, at least, but spell them outside in the summer as long as you can. Rads are very hardy, and will take temps to about 20, and likely lower with protection.

Portland sounds pretty cold for them, but maybe someone up there can provide more information.

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I have a batch from doomsdave as well this palm is new to me. How long did germination take for you?

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51 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

Portland sounds pretty cold for them, but maybe someone up there can provide more information

Its an uncommon palm here but fully hardy.  They grow them up in BC as well and we are much hotter in the summer.

 

50 minutes ago, Rickybobby said:

I have a batch from doomsdave as well this palm is new to me. How long did germination take for you?

The seeds were fresh so I think within a week I started seeing results.  If not then under 2.

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16 minutes ago, Chester B said:

Its an uncommon palm here but fully hardy.  They grow them up in BC as well and we are much hotter in the summer.

 

The seeds were fresh so I think within a week I started seeing results.  If not then under 2.

I stand corrected, so let's just see!

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I'm assuming they get hardier with size so I'm on the fence if I should put some out this year or wait.  I don't have a greenhouse and keeping dozens of palm seedlings inside in the winter is a pain in the you know what.

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15 minutes ago, Chester B said:

I'm assuming they get hardier with size so I'm on the fence if I should put some out this year or wait.  I don't have a greenhouse and keeping dozens of palm seedlings inside in the winter is a pain in the you know what.

If you're really nutty, you'll find a way! A grow lamp works great. Rads are quite tolerant of low light, though not total darkness.

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I would wait until they are at least 1g, maybe 3g and fully pinnate even in my warmer climate.

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7 hours ago, Chester B said:

I've got my Dooms Dave radicalis all growing up and was wondering when people think it would be a good time to plant them.  This year or next?  They're currently working on their second frond.  They will be planted in part sun with protection from winter winds.

Thanks

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I will share my experience with you, though it will come with a few grains of salt. First, I only have one specimen. Second, I got mine at a larger size than yours are currently. I got mine when it was forming it's first mature/pinnate fronds. And lastly, my climate poses different challenges than yours will of course.

I planted my C. radicalis in the ground at my house in Oklahoma City several years ago.  It was in a flower bed next to my front porch and my sidewalk. So it was surrounded by concrete and brick on three sides. It also had pretty good overhead protection from the roof of the house.  But with all of those positives making it a good spot for a marginal palm, it was the northwest wall of my house in a zone 7a city. 

It was only in the ground 2 years before I dug it up to bring it with me when I moved. Over those two winters we saw lows in the 10-12F range. I only ever protected it with a plastic bucket when I expected snow. And that probably did more harm than good when moisture condensed inside the bucket and froze on the leaves. 

It survived both winters easily, but took damage both times. It didn't spear pull and the leaves stayed green through the winter.  But by spring the leaves didn't look like a happy shade of green and they slowly turned brown one by one. The new leaves grew in about as fast as the old ones turned brown though, so it never really defoliated.

I've kept it in a pot since the move and it stays on my porch all winter when temps are above 20F. I stick it in the garage for the nights when the weather gets colder than that.

I hope that gives you some idea of what yours will take through the winters.

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9 hours ago, Ben OK said:

I will share my experience with you, though it will come with a few grains of salt. First, I only have one specimen. Second, I got mine at a larger size than yours are currently. I got mine when it was forming it's first mature/pinnate fronds. And lastly, my climate poses different challenges than yours will of course.

I planted my C. radicalis in the ground at my house in Oklahoma City several years ago.  It was in a flower bed next to my front porch and my sidewalk. So it was surrounded by concrete and brick on three sides. It also had pretty good overhead protection from the roof of the house.  But with all of those positives making it a good spot for a marginal palm, it was the northwest wall of my house in a zone 7a city. 

It was only in the ground 2 years before I dug it up to bring it with me when I moved. Over those two winters we saw lows in the 10-12F range. I only ever protected it with a plastic bucket when I expected snow. And that probably did more harm than good when moisture condensed inside the bucket and froze on the leaves. 

It survived both winters easily, but took damage both times. It didn't spear pull and the leaves stayed green through the winter.  But by spring the leaves didn't look like a happy shade of green and they slowly turned brown one by one. The new leaves grew in about as fast as the old ones turned brown though, so it never really defoliated.

I've kept it in a pot since the move and it stays on my porch all winter when temps are above 20F. I stick it in the garage for the nights when the weather gets colder than that.

I hope that gives you some idea of what yours will take through the winters.

That is useful - and hopeful - information! :greenthumb:

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Yes good info thank you.  We rarely ever hit 20F here so I'm not too concerned about larger specimens in site protected from our cold east winds that we get occasionally in the winter.  It's more a matter of how big do I need them before it's safe.  It's not like Dave as an unlimited supply ;)

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I see you have several seedlings. I would plant one or two, nothing much to loose and can give a nice head start

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I have a bunch & they have never been protected. They sailed through that freak freezing rain / snow 16F blast we had in Jan. 2018 without a spot on the leaves. They even held some fruit & continued fruiting as soon as the warm weather was back.

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2 hours ago, dalmatiansoap said:

I see you have several seedlings. I would plant one or two, nothing much to loose and can give a nice head start

Yes, and another tray of them.  Close to 30.  I might plant 3 in the ground and see what happens.  My goal is to have a couple mass plantings of them.

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Throw them in the ground. If it gets too cold, just throw a moving blanket over them. You're good. 

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If you rarely get below 20F here is what you might expect if you can give it decent overhead protection. Mine is on a covered porch and only went in the garage when temps were predicted to go below 18F. So mine is in a good spot, but it's roots are above ground during hard freezes.

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Wait another two years before you plant them all in the ground. But since you have so many go ahead and plant a few to see how they do and most important plant them in groupings to get a nice full look. 

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On 5/26/2019 at 9:15 AM, Palm crazy said:

most important plant them in groupings to get a nice full look

This was my plan.  I was probably going to plant three clumps of them, so around 10-12 palms per patch.  My only issue is finding space in the areas I think they will do best.

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