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Starting anew: blank canvas

James B

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7 days days out from my move to the new house. Have a little over half an acre higher up the hill at a little over 2,000 ft elevation. Different orientation of my house be my current location which faces south the new place faces east and is at the end of the cup de sac so it will get hit with early morning sunset which hopefully will help with the increased elevation over my current place which is 1,600 ft elevation. Gonna be a sad day saying good bye to my current garden but looking forward to get started on the new one.

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Too much grass !   :mrlooney:

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Lots of good stuff on deck. Including my Cocos Nucifera which I dug up yesterday. No signs of stress yet. If it survives the transplant this is one tough palm. Planted it in March with no acclimation, thrown into full blazing sun and has seen 108 degrees the hotter it gets the faster it grows a long as I give it water. 

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  On 10/5/2022 at 1:11 AM, Darold Petty said:

Too much grass !   :mrlooney:

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Ha! I’ll be putting in a pool hopefully next year. Once I get that settled I’ll be adding several royal palms into the grassy area in addition to the planters around the perimeter. 

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Blank slate is right. The possibilities are endless. Sucks saying goodbye to all that hard work you out into the old yard. This one will be better. 
 

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  On 10/5/2022 at 1:11 AM, Darold Petty said:

Too much grass !   :mrlooney:

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LOL  My first thought in drought stricken Calf.  Plenty of room for palms.  Good Luck.

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Congratulations and enjoy your new adventure!

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Fantastic Jim!

Can't wait for the updates.

 

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Man that is going to be fun! Lots of room to plant! How Much bigger is your new property vs your old property? 

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Congratulations on the new home. Always bitter sweet to move after putting so much work into your previous garden. But the larger lot is exciting! 

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Gonna be better! With all the experience and knowledge you’ve gained, including trial and error, you’ll be two steps ahead this time. Keep on truckin.

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Gonna be better! With all the experience and knowledge you’ve gained, including trial and error, you’ll be two steps ahead this time. Keep on truckin.

Tim

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All the best from here as well! Looks like a zillion of new opportunities to grow a palmy paradise.

Please keep us posted.

 

Lars

 

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  On 10/5/2022 at 4:10 PM, JubaeaMan138 said:

Man that is going to be fun! Lots of room to plant! How Much bigger is your new property vs your old property? 

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Current yard is 8,000 sq ft so probably 2.5 times as much space. Definitely psyched to have more space for the stuff that gets really big.

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You need some Copernicias in your life man . These guys do great in the IE given tons of water and tons of sun 

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@James B that’s one helluva place you got there!

Keep us updated and come visit here if so inclined!

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  On 10/6/2022 at 12:23 AM, James B said:

Current yard is 8,000 sq ft so probably 2.5 times as much space. Definitely psyched to have more space for the stuff that gets really big.

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If I’m not mistaken I believe you stay a little warmer than me . I work off etiwanda and the 60 and that area is 10 degrees warmer than me at 430 am when I pass through . But that area is down by the Santa Ana River . I bet you get a tad more wind than me . But either way you can grow some killer stuff with your heat . 

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@James B Nothing quite as exciting as starting with a clear slate.  Make your mark on it.  We'll all look forward to the updates as they roll in.

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  On 10/6/2022 at 1:27 AM, JubaeaMan138 said:

If I’m not mistaken I believe you stay a little warmer than me . I work off etiwanda and the 60 and that area is 10 degrees warmer than me at 430 am when I pass through . But that area is down by the Santa Ana River . I bet you get a tad more wind than me . But either way you can grow some killer stuff with your heat . 

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I’d have to check back in come January and Feb. my current place is 1600 ft elevation but based on weather channel app on my phone my new place is on average 2 degrees cooler which is great in the summer heat but it could be a factor with the tropical stuff I was growing here: Carpoxylon, Clinostigma, and Cocos. I’ll find out soon though once I get my weather station set up.

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  On 10/6/2022 at 12:51 AM, DoomsDave said:

@James B that’s one helluva place you got there!

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Thanks Dave! I’ll be looking to fill the all the new empty space so I’ll be in touch.

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Congratulations James. This will be fun watching your new garden develop. All that space leaves such great opportunities.

Yes, leaving your current garden will be tough, but you are leaving your home behind with a beautiful garden you created for a new homeowner to enjoy.  Now you get to begin a new beautiful garden. Looking forward to the development. Best of luck with everything.

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  On 10/7/2022 at 1:24 PM, The Gerg said:

Congratulations James. This will be fun watching your new garden develop. All that space leaves such great opportunities.

Yes, leaving your current garden will be tough, but you are leaving your home behind with a beautiful garden you created for a new homeowner to enjoy.  Now you get to begin a new beautiful garden. Looking forward to the development. Best of luck with everything.

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Thanks Greg!

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I predict that your new garden will surpass the first one, as you have the additional experience of what worked and what did not.  :winkie: 

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It begins: Several Archontophoenix Maxima and a Roystonea Regia placed in their new homes.

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I dug up this Cocos Nucifera Tuesday. It appears to have survived it. No signs of it dying yet. It’s on the Northside of the yard in front of a South facing wall. It gets early morning sun which hits it and will warm it up fast. My plan was due to the shock of digging it up: keep it potted and bring inside when it dips below 40 or the Santa Anna’s pick up. 
 

Then in March plant it. Sound like the right strategy?

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