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potato chip palms

sur4z

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Mandrew968 Grand Master

Mandrew968

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On 10/10/2007, 10:43:48, Jeff Searle said:

I can give you some really good.......and cheap advice. Your in Florida? Good luck, cus your gonna need it.

Jeff

I have a male and female of the more favorable subspecies. They are trouble free. One has gotten so tall, it has fallen over and is now oriented upward fully. Never hand pollinated but maybe one day...

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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Nice Andrew!

 I know the sure fire way for those living anywhere to grow these:

Step one: buy some of the plentiful land near me in the mountains of Puerto Rico. 

Step two is plant them in PR in the shade.

Step three is do nothing at all and they grow.

(Don't ask me how to grow xerophytes though!)

Sadly my three are all the same sex. I just added one more baby and here's hoping...

 

 

Cindy Adair

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I have had some in the ground for a few years. I have learned the hard way that here in South Fl. they do best if planted in pure organic soil.

They do decline if planted in our native soil. Also the only variety the seems to survive here is the Vera Cruz variat.

 

Dale F. Holton

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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3 hours ago, MAPU 1 said:

I have had some in the ground for a few years. I have learned the hard way that here in South Fl. they do best if planted in pure organic soil.

They do decline if planted in our native soil. Also the only variety the seems to survive here is the Vera Cruz variat.

 

That's why my 5 will never be planted. I don't let even their pots touch Cape Coral soil.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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Although beautiful and hard to resist not to try these, most people over the years here in our area have killed plenty of these and will continue to do so.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Mandrew968 Grand Master

Mandrew968

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If I had not put mine in the ground, I may have already lost them to irregular maintenance. A friend of mine has one in the ground too. he had one start to decline on him and he pulled the plug on it. I tried to save it but it went into shock from being ripped out of the ground. If you get 5 years out of one of these plants, and for those years, it looks great--that's pretty good, no? Cuz I am on my fifth year...

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