After the rats demolished some reinhardtia gracilis seedlings the usual casualties in mortality has happened. So time to clean up the old pots with the soil in them, for various reasons to prevent places for disease, weeds and bugs to live. If you leave them there you always water them for some reason automatically seeing a container and think I should water it. And just to keep things tidy and clean. 

There's a fellow on YouTube that exterminates rats by mixing cornbread mix with bicarbonate of soda. Pretty ingenious.

6 hours ago, SeanK said:

There's a fellow on YouTube that exterminates rats by mixing cornbread mix with bicarbonate of soda. Pretty ingenious.

Might have to look him up. It would be better than rat baits. A lot more eco friendly that’s for sure.

On 1/9/2025 at 10:45 AM, happypalms said:

After the rats demolished some reinhardtia gracilis seedlings the usual casualties in mortality has happened. So time to clean up the old pots with the soil in them, for various reasons to prevent places for disease, weeds and bugs to live. If you leave them there you always water them for some reason automatically seeing a container and think I should water it. And just to keep things tidy and clean. 

what a pain to see all those seedlings, they remind me of my 200 seedlings that I had and as you know they are all dead, even rare plants

On 1/9/2025 at 10:45 AM, happypalms said:

After the rats demolished some reinhardtia gracilis seedlings the usual casualties in mortality has happened. So time to clean up the old pots with the soil in them, for various reasons to prevent places for disease, weeds and bugs to live. If you leave them there you always water them for some reason automatically seeing a container and think I should water it. And just to keep things tidy and clean. 

That picture is amazing.  I would love to have that much space for plants. 

Eckhard 

13 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

what a pain to see all those seedlings, they remind me of my 200 seedlings that I had and as you know they are all dead, even rare plants

Yer not happy about the rats they have exspensive taste. 

3 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

That picture is amazing.  I would love to have that much space for plants. 

Eckhard 

Iam building another greenhouse 5 meters by 40 meters just a small one 😂

Are you kidding 🤪

I cannot even build a 3 x 3 m greenhouse 😭😭

You are in a lucky position 👍

Eckhard

 

 

 

 

22 minutes ago, Palmensammler said:

Are you kidding 🤪

I cannot even build a 3 x 3 m greenhouse 😭😭

You are in a lucky position 👍

Eckhard

 

 

 

 

It never ends I want a bigger one just so I can fill it up with palms. 🤣

And here’s the culprit creating all that work 🐀

Well done.  Hope you can bring it far away so it will not find "home" anymore 😀

Eckhard 

10 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

Well done.  Hope you can bring it far away so it will not find "home" anymore 😀

Eckhard 

He went to work with me this morning and has thousands of macadamia nuts to eat. 15 kms away should be enough I hope. Humanly released I can’t kill any animals to green now.

On 1/20/2025 at 10:25 AM, happypalms said:

It never ends I want a bigger one just so I can fill it up with palms. 🤣

i understand you. we have here not enough place, but i would do the same 😁

On 1/20/2025 at 10:25 AM, happypalms said:

It never ends I want a bigger one just so I can fill it up with palms. 🤣

 

Me too, only the space therefore is missing. And I would need a lot of energy during winter. We are in a cold snap currently with 5 nights down to -9°C / 15,8°F.

If you're infected by the palm virus you're lost. That's why I try to focus on smaller ones like Chamaedorea which could survive indoors during winter time.

Keep my fingers crossed for your new and bigger greenhouse 😂

Eckhard

7 hours ago, Mazat said:

i understand you. we have here not enough place, but i would do the same 😁

You will never have enough space 🤣

Eckhard

I am so glad I don't have rodents in my garden. Or let's say it's rare. I always think about a huge garden in a more rural zone or in some parts at the borders of the urbanised area but things like this are always coming to mind. You have to watch out for your pets, your plants and even your cars.

1 hour ago, Arecaceus said:

I am so glad I don't have rodents in my garden. Or let's say it's rare. I always think about a huge garden in a more rural zone or in some parts at the borders of the urbanised area but things like this are always coming to mind. You have to watch out for your pets, your plants and even your cars.

Living in the bush in Australia there’s more thing that sting and that you can poke a stick at. It’s mostly introduced vermin that do the most damage just look at rats ona isolated island and the destruction of rare palms. The one good thing about the living in the bush is I don’t even lock my doors or windows when I go out and I leave my car keys in the car . If they want to break in they can a lock only keeps the honest people out, besides that no one is going to hear or see them unfortunately. 

10 hours ago, Mazat said:

i understand you. we have here not enough place, but i would do the same 😁

It never ends once you become a palm nut it’s over for having any space left in the greenhouse. 

3 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

 

Me too, only the space therefore is missing. And I would need a lot of energy during winter. We are in a cold snap currently with 5 nights down to -9°C / 15,8°F.

If you're infected by the palm virus you're lost. That's why I try to focus on smaller ones like Chamaedorea which could survive indoors during winter time.

Keep my fingers crossed for your new and bigger greenhouse 😂

Eckhard

Minus 9 I would give up on putting palms in the ground. The biggest problem with not having enough space is they keep discovering new plants and it all begins you have to collect them. One advantage of being a ocd plant collector your garden certainly grows. 

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Living in the bush in Australia there’s more thing that sting and that you can poke a stick at. It’s mostly introduced vermin that do the most damage just look at rats ona isolated island and the destruction of rare palms. The one good thing about the living in the bush is I don’t even lock my doors or windows when I go out and I leave my car keys in the car . If they want to break in they can a lock only keeps the honest people out, besides that no one is going to hear or see them unfortunately. 

Coming from Europe this sounds so crazy. True wildernis and places where you don't lock your doors are so rare here. It's even hard to find places to see the true night sky from. I've never seen it so far. There are millions of people around me and when I leave the area there are maybe some controlled woods before the next big population centre. Gladly not so many dangerous insects and animals here either.

20 hours ago, happypalms said:

He went to work with me this morning and has thousands of macadamia nuts to eat. 15 kms away should be enough I hope. Humanly released I can’t kill any animals to green now.

Hopefully something in the wilderness eats it quickly.  Rats reproduce and multiply crazy fast.  I assume this is some sort of native rat and not a Black or Norway rat.  

9 minutes ago, Looking Glass said:

Hopefully something in the wilderness eats it quickly.  Rats reproduce and multiply crazy fast.  I assume this is some sort of native rat and not a Black or Norway rat.  

The carpet pythons give em a hard time they eat a few of them, also the owls love eating them, but the old saying they breed like rabbits is true. I did catch a native chestnut mouse the other, had to get the marsupial book out straight away he looked different so it’s good to recognise native species.

23 hours ago, happypalms said:

Minus 9 I would give up on putting palms in the ground. The biggest problem with not having enough space is they keep discovering new plants and it all begins you have to collect them. One advantage of being a ocd plant collector your garden certainly grows. 

I grow some Trachies,  some hybrid Trachies and Sabal minor and brazoriensis outside.  At the moment i have some seeds of Sabal Birmingham in the heated germination box. Hope they germinate soon.

As well I have a few agave,  cacti and many yucca unprotected outside. 

Eckhard 

33 minutes ago, Palmensammler said:

I grow some Trachies,  some hybrid Trachies and Sabal minor and brazoriensis outside.  At the moment i have some seeds of Sabal Birmingham in the heated germination box. Hope they germinate soon.

As well I have a few agave,  cacti and many yucca unprotected outside. 

Eckhard 

You should try chamaedorea Radicalis. It’s not impossible to grow a tropical looking garden in the cold. You’re just limited to certain plants. Considering most of the really beautiful tropical looking plants won’t survive you can always have a heated hothouse, I would certainly need a large heated hothouse I no wouldn’t be able to help myself filling it up. 

I once tried some radicalis grown from seeds I got from DoomsDave.

The first winter was their last. So I think I will keep the chamaedorea inside during winter.

Eckhard 

On 2/6/2025 at 9:07 AM, Palmensammler said:

I once tried some radicalis grown from seeds I got from DoomsDave.

The first winter was their last. So I think I will keep the chamaedorea inside during winter.

Eckhard 

If you couldn’t grow Radicalis that’s telling you it’s cold. I guess arenga engleri is out of the question then. 

I think the normal winters shouldn't be a problem but once in a while we get cold winters and then it's a kind of selection  

As my plants don't get protection against freezing temperatures they must be hard enough.

But I will always try some new borderline plants.

Eckhard 

On 2/13/2025 at 8:10 AM, Palmensammler said:

I think the normal winters shouldn't be a problem but once in a while we get cold winters and then it's a kind of selection  

As my plants don't get protection against freezing temperatures they must be hard enough.

But I will always try some new borderline plants.

Eckhard 

That’s the go keep on trying new plants. If you do you’re bound to find things that grow in winter and won’t suffer from the cold. It’s always a good surprise when something you get doesn’t die. 
I do very minimal winter protection if it lives it lives, the best chance for tropical plants in a cold winter is plant them at a decent size at least a 200mm container size plants gives them the best chance.