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19 minutes ago, BS Man about Palms said:

Flatten his tires?

LoL 🤣 

My Santa Clarita Oasis

"delectare et movere"

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    On 7/31/2025 at 11:05 PM, tinman10101 said:

    i would say the most annoying maintenance on these are pulling up the volunteers everywhere.  i don't have any in my yard but yet they come up everywhere.  i suspect from bird poop since all the vegetation around my area gravitate towards my yard because its a jungle in the middle of a desert. LOL 

    i have a friend that loves them so much, he has 4 towering seeding monsters and he gets the seeds and throws them out the window wherever he goes from his car.  ugh ... they land in people's yards and in open easements and open fields.  of course, i scolded him but he hasn't stopped.  😠

     

    The way I would do that too if they grew as easy as they do in California, they would be thrown everywhere. Well, maybe not in people's personal landscapes, but I've attempted it once off a road exit, though I don't think any grew. 🤣

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    18 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

    Much as I take Washies for granted while I'm in So-Cal, when I leave for a bit and come back seeing them, if only (at first) from the plane coming in to land gladdens my heart. Home again!

    Dave, I don't actually dislike Washingtonia robusta.  It is way cute as a juvenile, and iconic at 50-100 feet tall.  It is only the adolescent phase, like the image I posted that is horrible. 

      If we have some mad scientist to alter the genes for easy frond abscission it would be the perfect California palm. 

    San Francisco, California

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    On 7/31/2025 at 1:00 PM, BS Man about Palms said:

    ...Interesting thing though is I have noticed  poor transplant ability as soon as they start to get going. It seems up to a foot tall/seedling,  if you try to get that taproot, they transplant ok. As soon as they are much bigger, higher fatalities than you would think for how easy they grow...

    For transplanting use B-Vitamins (quarter cup mixed with a gallon of water). This promotes root growth to help it get established. In a hot area, water a couple times a day for 20 minutes. Also put up a shade for the plant if you live in a hot desert area. After a week or two of the B-Vitamins and TLC your transplants will be fine. 

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    10 hours ago, SueinAZ said:

    For transplanting use B-Vitamins (quarter cup mixed with a gallon of water). This promotes root growth to help it get established. In a hot area, water a couple times a day for 20 minutes. Also put up a shade for the plant if you live in a hot desert area. After a week or two of the B-Vitamins and TLC your transplants will be fine. 

    Thanks Sue. I hope to get ahold of this palm hobby eventually!

    Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

    "The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

    -George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

    I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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    20250806_181005.thumb.jpg.5593fea09fe94064ab38f7efbea90953.jpgCouple of transplants getting the TLC.

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    1 hour ago, BS Man about Palms said:

    Thanks Sue. I hope to get ahold of this palm hobby eventually!

    😂😂😂 You'll get there one day, buddy. 

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    I just love seeing Washy threads! I know they’re considered weeds and many people despise them, but I just have an absolute love for them. I prefer those that are or lean towards pure filifera or those that are or lean towards pure robusta.  It was such a pleasure last year to see robusta in their native range down in Baja California Sur.
     

    Long live Washingtonia!
     

    Photo from March 2024, Todos Santos, BCS Mexico 🇲🇽 

     

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    -Chris

    San Antonio, TX - 2023 designated zone 9A 🐍 🌴🌅

    (formerly Albuquerque, NM ☀️ zone 7B for 30 years)

    Washingtonia filifera/ Washingtonia robusta/ Sabal mexicana/ Sabal uresana/ Sabal minor/ Sabal miamiensis/ Dioon edule

    2025-2026 - low 20F/ 2024-2025 - low 21F/ 2023-2024 - low 18F/ 2022-2023 - low 16F/ 2021-2022 - low 21F/ 2020-2021 - low 9F/ 

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