Joe NC Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 19 hours ago, DAVEinMB said: The Mekong Giant lives! Do yours get "giant"? Mine make it to about 7'-8", then get frozen to the ground each winter. I haven't been particularly impressed. They also send out long runners and pop up like 10' apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted February 27 Author Report Share Posted February 27 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Joe NC said: Do yours get "giant"? Mine make it to about 7'-8", then get frozen to the ground each winter. I haven't been particularly impressed. They also send out long runners and pop up like 10' apart. The tallest mine got before it got zapped to the ground was around 15'. If we hadn't gotten such a bad winters I think it would have gotten over 20'. Here's a few pics of it before the freezing rain 2 winters ago. Was a really gorgeous plant, unfortunately it didn't survive the winter. Yea they definitely like to travel. I haven't seen a new runner this spring but I'm sure there's one waiting to make itself known haha Edited February 27 by DAVEinMB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 Cleaned up the yucca cane a bit yesterday. It looks pretty good considering the winter we just had 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Earlier this month my abreojos queen spear pulled but it looks like she's going to pull through. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Loquat showing some solid growth since being planted. April will be one year in the ground 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 18 minutes ago, DAVEinMB said: Loquat showing some solid growth since being planted. April will be one year in the ground What temp does the Loquat lose it's leaves? YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7A palms - (Sabal) minor(7 large + 27 seedling size, 3 dwarf), brazoria(1) , birmingham(4), etonia (1) louisiana(5), palmetto (1), riverside (1), (Trachycarpus) fortunei(7), wagnerianus(1), Rhapidophyllum hystrix(7), 15' Mule-Butia x Syagrus(1), Blue Butia capitata(1) +Tons of tropical plants. Recent Yearly Lows -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 3 minutes ago, Allen said: What temp does the Loquat lose it's leaves? I'm not sure but they're tough buggers. I've never seen one defoliate here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amh Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 7 minutes ago, Allen said: What temp does the Loquat lose it's leaves? The loquat leaves will burn in the lower teens. Loquats are able to withstand temperatures below 15oF, but any zone below 8A will need protection. The colder temperatures can cause damage that weakens the tree and allows pathogens to attack. Most of my trees survived the '21 freeze of below 0oF, but I don't know if they will survive long term because of the damage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pee Dee Palms Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 41 minutes ago, DAVEinMB said: Earlier this month my abreojos queen spear pulled but it looks like she's going to pull through. Where'd you get this Abreojos Queen and what is the difference compared to a normal Queen? I tried to look up some info on it but can't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 4 minutes ago, General Sylvester D. Palm said: Where'd you get this Abreojos Queen and what is the difference compared to a normal Queen? I tried to look up some info on it but can't find anything. I got this one from @Laaz but I'm not sure where he sourced it. here's a link to a discussion about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) Shade grown trachies looking very happy. First pic is from May 2020, the other 3 were taken this week. Edited March 24 by DAVEinMB 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 26 Author Report Share Posted March 26 Ok so this is an outcome I was not expecting. My little Uruguay queen (no mature fronds) did not handle our Christmas gift of low teens very well. Initially I thought it was good but it went downhill fast in January and eventually spear pulled. So I did what I normally do and cut it back to where I felt comfortable, gave it some peroxide, and tried to keep it dry. Well over the past few months it did nothing and I figured it was dead. Tonight I went out with my flashlight and took a look at it and what the hell do you know, I saw what looked like green down in the hole. So I took a pair of scissors and low and behold, this little sob still has fight in it. Wild. The base of it is maybe an inch in diameter. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 I believe we are on the road to recovery 10 days between photos 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 About 3 weeks. Looking good. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Happy spring from my rhapis excelsa It's flowered the last 2 springs, both after bad winters 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 Didn't even know this mule had any cold damage until it started pushing new growth. This one is about 20 feet from the one I had to trunk cut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 36 minutes ago, DAVEinMB said: Didn't even know this mule had any cold damage until it started pushing new growth. This one is about 20 feet from the one I had to trunk cut I think fungus was bad this year because the cold was so early and severe it gave the fungus plenty of time to do damage. 1 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7A palms - (Sabal) minor(7 large + 27 seedling size, 3 dwarf), brazoria(1) , birmingham(4), etonia (1) louisiana(5), palmetto (1), riverside (1), (Trachycarpus) fortunei(7), wagnerianus(1), Rhapidophyllum hystrix(7), 15' Mule-Butia x Syagrus(1), Blue Butia capitata(1) +Tons of tropical plants. Recent Yearly Lows -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregVirginia7 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Allen said: I think fungus was bad this year because the cold was so early and severe it gave the fungus plenty of time to do damage. I agree…I used copper fungicide often this winter…I think I may have dodged that bullet to a large degree…mostly the freeze damaged and dead fronds… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 Still not entirely sure what this little guy is but I'm leaning towards queen 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLM Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 On 5/15/2023 at 10:19 AM, DAVEinMB said: Still not entirely sure what this little guy is but I'm leaning towards queen Looks like my Queen seedling, just bigger. 2 Palms - 4 S. romanzoffiana, 2 W. bifurcata, 4 W. robusta, 2 R. rivularis, 1 B. odorata, 1 B. nobilis, 2 S. palmetto, 1 A. merillii, 3 P. sylvestris, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 2 BxS, 2 L. chinensis, 1 C. nucifera, 1 P. roebelenii, 1 H. lagenicaulis, 1 H. verschaffeltii, 1 T. fortunei, 1 C. humilis, 1 C. cataractarum, 1 S. repens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted June 2 Author Report Share Posted June 2 manihot grahamii putting on some size 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester B Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 I had 3 small Manihot but after this terrible winter there are no signs of life yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted June 3 Author Report Share Posted June 3 1 hour ago, Chester B said: I had 3 small Manihot but after this terrible winter there are no signs of life yet. I'm surprised this one didn't get zapped back to the ground with how cold we got. I have one in a pot that I left out all winter and it came back from where it left off last year 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted June 26 Author Report Share Posted June 26 On 4/9/2023 at 7:50 PM, DAVEinMB said: About 3 weeks. Looking good. End of June update on this mule 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted June 29 Author Report Share Posted June 29 New addition - philodendron Xanadu Don't know much about them but was listed as hardy to 8b so we shall see 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeyondTheGarden Posted June 30 Report Share Posted June 30 On 6/26/2023 at 4:38 PM, DAVEinMB said: End of June update on this mule I was getting ready to ask how you were getting away with growing an Adonidia where you live... then I realized what it was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted June 30 Author Report Share Posted June 30 20 minutes ago, Jesse PNW said: I was getting ready to ask how you were getting away with growing an Adonidia where you live... then I realized what it was. Ahhhh, yea the foliage does kinda look like one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted July 2 Author Report Share Posted July 2 Too pretty to pass up. Got a 33% success rate with these... maybe I can get to 50% with this one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted July 8 Author Report Share Posted July 8 My buddy is back.. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 9 hours ago, DAVEinMB said: My buddy is back.. You need to drop off some king snakes, that will take care of him. I’ve got quite a few resident king snakes on my property, they’re more then welcome to stay 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted July 19 Author Report Share Posted July 19 July update on the Abreojos Queen. I cut her back in March. Once the summer heat kicked in I been leaving the hose on a slow trickle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted July 19 Author Report Share Posted July 19 Hybrid date July update. Definitely settling into its location; main trunk and suckers are all picking up speed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josue Diaz Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 On 3/20/2023 at 11:15 AM, DAVEinMB said: I got this one from @Laaz but I'm not sure where he sourced it. here's a link to a discussion about it I planted two in my yard - sourced them locally from Perry (a palmtalker here in Central CA). They are pretty, but so far looks like a regular queen. There is a lot of variation within the species - I've seen really plumose individuals, others that are shuttlecocked, and some that are just bigger than normal, so I think this Abreojos is just a queen with good genes. And hopefully the genes get passed on to its offspring. Here is my larger Abreojos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted July 19 Author Report Share Posted July 19 49 minutes ago, Josue Diaz said: I planted two in my yard - sourced them locally from Perry (a palmtalker here in Central CA). They are pretty, but so far looks like a regular queen. There is a lot of variation within the species - I've seen really plumose individuals, others that are shuttlecocked, and some that are just bigger than normal, so I think this Abreojos is just a queen with good genes. And hopefully the genes get passed on to its offspring. Here is my larger Abreojos. That's a beaut! And hey if it's just good genes I'll take it. Anything that will help these guys survive here to maturity is cool with me 🤙 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted August 2 Author Report Share Posted August 2 Just an August update on one of the mules. Still reaching upward 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 The little a. engleri that could. Spear pulled this past winter but is still trucking along 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted September 1 Author Report Share Posted September 1 This thing really recovered nicely from where I had to trunk cut it. Might end up looking normal before winter comes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted September 3 Author Report Share Posted September 3 Couple of washy hybrids that @General Sylvester D. Palm gifted me as strap leaves. Starting to put on some decent size now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted September 4 Author Report Share Posted September 4 Short video of a cluttered corner of the garden Snapchat-864062596.mp4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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