Buying plants again

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Time to increase the collection again. First up is a nice Pinanga sarawakensis a cool tolerant Pinanga, and a nice little licuala triphylla possibly one of the cutest small licualas around. And a nice microsorum whiteheadii a fern from Sumatra that is cool tolerant. All proven winners in the greenhouse! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Nice batch there! Helping keep the horticulture business alive , a few plants at a time . Harry

[JohnAndSancho]

Me too 😬 I don't have the money, but the deal was too good to pass up. 2 12" blue Java bananas (confirmed, not namwah) for the price most people are selling like 3" plants for? I sell my first pup and I've made my money back. Hell I could keep one and sell the 2nd and profit right now if I want to. 

 

I never thought I'd start thinking of this hobby as a business, but here we are. 

 

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12 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Nice batch there! Helping keep the horticulture business alive , a few plants at a time . Harry

Living the dream! I had two other pinanga I keeped one and have one to the Coffs botanical gardens, thinking they die in winter, my one lived which amazed me. And the one in Coffs garden went into a climate controlled environment. So I thought get a few more Pinanga there quite pretty. 
Richard 

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6 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Me too 😬 I don't have the money, but the deal was too good to pass up. 2 12" blue Java bananas (confirmed, not namwah) for the price most people are selling like 3" plants for? I sell my first pup and I've made my money back. Hell I could keep one and sell the 2nd and profit right now if I want to. 

 

I never thought I'd start thinking of this hobby as a business, but here we are. 

 

Good one John, you will be surprised how easy it is to sell plants. Your little banana is a bold choice for indoor growing, some how I think it will get rather big indoors. 

[Hu Palmeras]

Very cool my Friend Richard

[JohnAndSancho]

18 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Good one John, you will be surprised how easy it is to sell plants. Your little banana is a bold choice for indoor growing, some how I think it will get rather big indoors. 

😂😂😂 I've uhhh I've got a few bananas now and I think every damn one of them is gonna be too big for the house. I seriously need a hookup on cheap big nursery pots, man. I've got 4 or 5 Dwarf Cavendish, one I think is an Orinoco or a Namwah, a Mekong Giant that's gonna be an absolute monster, a red Cuban and an Ensete Marelli. The Mekong showed up with 2 leaves and like 2 tiny roots maybe 3 weeks ago so I just put it in a Coke bottle. Welp, it's almost rootbound and puts out a leaf a week. Supposedly they'll grow anywhere between 10-30 feet here with water and fert. You know Ensete get huge. A "Dwarf" banana just means it rarely gets over 10 feet. Plus all these damn papayas I'm germinating? 

At least I'll have something to watch grow while I wait on the palms to do something. 

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5 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

😂😂😂 I've uhhh I've got a few bananas now and I think every damn one of them is gonna be too big for the house. I seriously need a hookup on cheap big nursery pots, man. I've got 4 or 5 Dwarf Cavendish, one I think is an Orinoco or a Namwah, a Mekong Giant that's gonna be an absolute monster, a red Cuban and an Ensete Marelli. The Mekong showed up with 2 leaves and like 2 tiny roots maybe 3 weeks ago so I just put it in a Coke bottle. Welp, it's almost rootbound and puts out a leaf a week. Supposedly they'll grow anywhere between 10-30 feet here with water and fert. You know Ensete get huge. A "Dwarf" banana just means it rarely gets over 10 feet. Plus all these damn papayas I'm germinating? 

At least I'll have something to watch grow while I wait on the palms to do something. 

Your gunna need a bigger hothouse!

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5 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Very cool my Friend Richard

The season has only just begun!

[Hu Palmeras]

I'm also at full speed, friends. I'm germinating Chambeyronias like crazy, as well as Bismarckias and many other beautiful varieties. I hope they continue to bring life and joy to my heart.

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24 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

I'm also at full speed, friends. I'm germinating Chambeyronias like crazy, as well as Bismarckias and many other beautiful varieties. I hope they continue to bring life and joy to my heart.

Some good varieties to choose from @Hu Palmeras nice tough hardy varieties. How did your meeting go that you had arranged, for your palm project?

[Hu Palmeras]

The director of the agricultural service thought I was crazy. I looked very different. But I managed to get everyone's attention on the great, exotic proposal I presented to them. Her entire team listened to me and showed interest. However, they suggested I speak to the mayor of my city and the government of my region. They've already accepted me back. I hope to present all the details to the other authority. The team that assisted me explained that those seeds were prohibited from entering Chile. They were surprised because I have such exotic and rare things. I showed them my entire collection of already germinated seeds with photos. They were extremely amazed, and an atmosphere was created between them that they had never had before in their subconscious.

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2 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

The director of the agricultural service thought I was crazy. I looked very different. But I managed to get everyone's attention on the great, exotic proposal I presented to them. Her entire team listened to me and showed interest. However, they suggested I speak to the mayor of my city and the government of my region. They've already accepted me back. I hope to present all the details to the other authority. The team that assisted me explained that those seeds were prohibited from entering Chile. They were surprised because I have such exotic and rare things. I showed them my entire collection of already germinated seeds with photos. They were extremely amazed, and an atmosphere was created between them that they had never had before in their subconscious.

That’s a positive direction to start with, but I find it unusual there approach with the negative comments on the seeds, does it really matter. Keep on trying dont give up you will be ground breaking for future generations to come, paving the way for palms in chile. But you have set there minds thinking, make your appointments with the mayor. 

[Hu Palmeras]

Richard, my friend. You know there's a lot of ignorance among people. They believe there's only one world. They're more interested in other things or issues. Imagine this underdeveloped region of Latin America. They prefer to build stadiums. More stadiums. Instead of something more important and elevated.

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21 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Richard, my friend. You know there's a lot of ignorance among people. They believe there's only one world. They're more interested in other things or issues. Imagine this underdeveloped region of Latin America. They prefer to build stadiums. More stadiums. Instead of something more important and elevated.

There forgetting about public places to relax in. Less stress and people relaxed can build a better country. I guess a sports stadium would make more money. 

[Hu Palmeras]

That's right, Richard. The palm trees are in another world. A world full of wisdom and the most beautiful private gardens. And not just anyone, ignorant or not, can get there. Only knowledgeable and wise people know how to know and conquer it.

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1 hour ago, Hu Palmeras said:

That's right, Richard. The palm trees are in another world. A world full of wisdom and the most beautiful private gardens. And not just anyone, ignorant or not, can get there. Only knowledgeable and wise people know how to know and conquer it.

If you get the palm garden up and running it’s a great educational tool.