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Acrocomia crispa

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Do these grow in habitat in heavy or sandy soils?  Anybody know?

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Aculeata grows in heavy clay soils in El Salvador, not sure if this is helpful or not. 

I don’t know about in habitat soil. But it seems to be doing great here. 
Tropical zone, 300 m altitude, volcanic rich soil, heavy rain all year long.
Seeds germinated fast and seedling now on the same type of soil. 

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    Saw these at the Miami Zoo yesterday. Growing in sandy soil on top of oolite rock.

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    On 11/20/2024 at 5:24 AM, Nico971 said:

    Seeds germinated fast and seedling now on the same type of soil. 

    I wouldn't say fast but definitely fast compared to the other Acrocomia!  There was one here locally in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas that was killed in February 2021 at 22°F.  Not sure of the soil type it was planted in.  Here's my little guy probably going in the ground in a few weeks.

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