Darold Petty Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 https://www.palmpedia.net/palmsforcal/Presteoa_acuminata_var._acuminata This link shows my previous attempt to grow this palm. Unfortunately the original ones died several years ago. I was fortunate to receive 3 seedlings a few years ago from a Bay Area plantsman, after his return from a visit to Ecuador. I raised them up to 3-gallon citrus pot size and have ground planted two in my garden today. The third one I gave to a fellow palm gardener here in SF. When I receive a gift of special plant material I don't consider it to be truly mine until I can pass some along to a third person. Anyone else growing this in California ? Here is the image of one I planted today ! 13 2 San Francisco, California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanK Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Is it customary to plant in the midst of winter there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauna Kea Cloudforest Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Why don't you wait until the soil warms up? Does it not matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darold Petty Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 I have never delayed planting relative to the "seasons", which hardly matter here at all. Check out my seasonal temperatures. In the next few weeks or months I will install two Howeas, a Hedyscepe, a Pritchardia, and an Arenga. 6 1 San Francisco, California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottmitAlex Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Darold Petty said: I have never delayed planting relative to the "seasons", which hardly matter here at all. Check out my seasonal temperatures. In the next few weeks or months I will install two Howeas, a Hedyscepe, a Pritchardia, and an Arenga. Wunderbar! 1 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richnorm Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Does well here and I have just germinated a batch of NZ produced seed. Colour is not quite on a par with a Lipstick palm but fabulous all the same. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenikakias Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Good luck for all three plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm Tree Jim Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 It appears to have some great color already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanK Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 11 hours ago, Darold Petty said: I have never delayed planting relative to the "seasons", which hardly matter here at all. Check out my seasonal temperatures. In the next few weeks or months I will install two Howeas, a Hedyscepe, a Pritchardia, and an Arenga. I'm more concerned with soil temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Palmseed Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 The idea of planting palms seems to conjure notions of tropical climates being hot all the time. But some palms don’t require heat so much as simply not being too cold. That’s why you see palms in Britain which nobody would consider tropical. The temperature swings in the Bay Area are low and much different than ours. Hot for that area is often short lived and not enough to significantly warm the ground. I doubt that it makes much difference for planting. If a palm will be happy in that area, it will probably not mind being planted now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusca Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 (edited) Agreed. I planted a Livistona saribus, Ravenea rivularis and Archontophoenix maxima in January - they all are fine and actively growing. I wanted them to get a good start before the hot dry season upcoming. All are water lovers and planted in low/wet areas. Edited February 2 by Fusca 1 Jon Sunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 The micro climate that San Francisco, to sum it up in a blue collar phrase is: "Steady Eddy". It's always going to be near the same temperatures in that specific part of California, no matter what time of year. Not too hot, not too cold, pretty darn constant. High of 60, low of 50. Maybe a few degrees warmer in the summer. Wasn't it Mark Twain that said the coldest winter he ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco? Or maybe it was Abe Lincoln. No, Abe famously said "Don't believe anything you read on the internet" Soil temps will be pretty constant out there, too, I would imagine. Now you head 1 hour east, and it's a whole different ballgame. Out there, summer: High of 100, low of 70 or 80. Winter: High of 60, low of 30-40. It's pretty wild all of the different micro climates we have in this one little area. Sunset lists 20! I don't even try some of the stuff that will grow out in S.F.. It gets too hot here; and if the heat doesn't kill it, a winter freeze will! 2 Oakley, California 55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year. Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP Blanco-Niño Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 This is mine planted a few months ago from a 1 gallon. New spear opening up. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richnorm Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 5 hours ago, DP Blanco-Niño said: This is mine planted a few months ago from a 1 gallon. New spear opening up. That looks like P. acuminta var montana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP Blanco-Niño Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 1 minute ago, richnorm said: That looks like P. acuminta var montana. That may be it. It might have been mislabeled when purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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