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Washy seedling from Fayetteville, NC growth :

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March 6th :

 

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Today July 26th  ; damn near ready to plant out , but I'll wait till next year  :

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27 minutes ago, scarecrow said:

You started these from seed?

Three small seedlings  were sent to me from Knikfar . I potted the seedlings together in that  1 pot in the first picture . I later separated them into their own pots . 

They were seedlings from a  Fayetteville , NC Washy that seems to be a really hardy palm . Maybe Knikfar can show you a picture of it . 

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1 hour ago, Will Simpson said:

March 6th :

 

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Today July 26th  ; damn near ready to plant out , but I'll wait till next year  :

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Wow. You've done a wonderful job. It just looks fantastic! Are all three this large? Did you fertilize to get it this big? 

 

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12 minutes ago, knikfar said:

Wow. You've done a wonderful job. It just looks fantastic! Are all three this large? Did you fertilize to get it this big? 

 

The one in the picture is the biggest . It was in the biggest pot plus the dog knocked one off  the deck railing and that one is the smallest  , but they are all doing great . I have been fertilizing with Miracle  Grow , which most palm enthusiasts  don't seem to use or like  much , but as fast as Washys grow , I said what the hell . 

Will

 

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4 minutes ago, Will Simpson said:

The one in the picture is the biggest . It was in the biggest pot plus the dog knocked one off  the deck railing and that one is the smallest  , but they are all doing great . I have been fertilizing with Miracle  Grow , which most palm enthusiasts  don't seem to use or like  much , but as fast as Washys grow , I said what the hell . 

Will

 

Very impressive. Do you have them planted in mulch? 

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33 minutes ago, knikfar said:

Very impressive. Do you have them planted in mulch? 

They are planted in recycled , old potting  soil 

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Impressive growth! I assume the red in the trunk means at least some W. robusta blood.  Here on the coast,  the robusta blood gives a quicker recovery versus W. filifera, after a bad winter.  I would think that would hold true for you as well,  especially since your temps warm up a little earlier in the spring than here. 

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10 hours ago, Jeff zone 8 N.C. said:

Impressive growth! I assume the red in the trunk means at least some W. robusta blood.  Here on the coast,  the robusta blood gives a quicker recovery versus W. filifera, after a bad winter.  I would think that would hold true for you as well,  especially since your temps warm up a little earlier in the spring than here. 

I hope it has the best of all qualities for Washys  of fast regrowth after damage,  and hardiness . Fayetteville is milder and hotter than me so I hope I can have close to the success of that Fayetteville palm . 

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Will

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1 hour ago, Will Simpson said:

I hope it has the best of all qualities for Washys  of fast regrowth after damage,  and hardiness . Fayetteville is milder and hotter than me so I hope I can have close to the success of that Fayetteville palm . 

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Will

I hope the same for you and for me here in Raleigh. 

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I have quite a few of these from @ZPalms but have neglected to move them up into gallon pots, which of course would have produced larger plants at this point. In the PNW, these are "iffy" at best. I can only hope that their resilience in Fayetteville has some bearing here, but I maybe asking for too much.

 

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2 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I have quite a few of these from @ZPalms but have neglected to move them up into gallon pots, which of course would have produced larger plants at this point. In the PNW, these are "iffy" at best. I can only hope that their resilience in Fayetteville has some bearing here, but I maybe asking for too much.

 

Good luck there in the PNW . I often  have a 1-3 nights in a winter  that could be too cold for it to be a success here . At least it is hardier than my other tall Washy , so some winters it should come  though winter looking decent . At least  it  will be easy to protect for the first 5 years and then it's time to get out the ladder LOL . 

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2 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I have quite a few of these from @ZPalms but have neglected to move them up into gallon pots, which of course would have produced larger plants at this point. In the PNW, these are "iffy" at best. I can only hope that their resilience in Fayetteville has some bearing here, but I maybe asking for too much.

 

I can't believe how fast mine went from blades of grass to plantable palms in 1 year .

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Thanks ,

I didn't realize how much bigger they had gotten so fast until it dawned on me that they were little grass  sprouts when I first got them . Now they are palms with multiple fronds  and growing exponentially . 

Will

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I've left mine in starter cells for a little too long. I'm going to need a mess of gallon pots and soil.

 

 

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48 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I've left mine in starter cells for a little too long. I'm going to need a mess of gallon pots and soil.

 

 

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Amazing how many sprouted! :yay:

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15 hours ago, ZPalms said:

Amazing how many sprouted! :yay:

I gave some away, and some died too. I'd wager there was about 95% germination.

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On 7/27/2022 at 7:00 AM, Will Simpson said:

I hope it has the best of all qualities for Washys  of fast regrowth after damage,  and hardiness . Fayetteville is milder and hotter than me so I hope I can have close to the success of that Fayetteville palm . 

Thanks ,

Will

Washie hybrids are tricky because offspring won’t match parents but will be on sort of a spectrum , you kind of have to germinate a lot and select the ones with most ideal characteristics as they age. I germinated a hundred from one nearby and kept a dozen that had strongest Filifera traits and were the healthiest. 

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