Time for a group planting of chamaedorea Ernest augustii

[happypalms]

We all love our Ernie’s here in palm land. So why not a little group of say ten for of a bit of seed production, along with getting the garden a bit more tropical looking. No special treatment with this lot bring out the pick axe for this planting. Theres usually a reason why theres a gap in the garden, the reason is rocks and lots of them, so wherever I could drive the pick axe in that’s where they got planted. A thin layer of well composted mulch almost like rainforest soil. All I have to do is water and lots of it. So this little group shall be called gyuseppes patch! 

[gyuseppe]

Richard, I'm not kidding! If I could come to your house, I'd borrow them all don't steal them, let's say!

[Harry’s Palms]

They will look very nice in a year or so . Harry

[happypalms]

33 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, I'm not kidding! If I could come to your house, I'd borrow them all don't steal them, let's say!

Iam going to enjoy planting all of those Ernie’s, if you drop in we can plant them together. And it’s all you can carry home free for all🤣

[happypalms]

24 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

They will look very nice in a year or so . Harry

There fast growing palms, so yes a year or so they willlook good. I did the same with my adscendans 25 years ago now i harvest over 500 seeds a year!
Richard 

[gyuseppe]

2 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Iam going to enjoy planting all of those Ernie’s, if you drop in we can plant them together. And it’s all you can carry home free for all🤣

Richard, if I could, I would always help you. As you know, I have a lot of free time. In exchange, I would only ask for a few chamaedorea plants of your choice.

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2 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, if I could, I would always help you. As you know, I have a lot of free time. In exchange, I would only ask for a few chamaedorea plants of your choice.

And the choice would be rather choice!

[gyuseppe]

5 minutes ago, happypalms said:

And the choice would be rather choice!

deal done  👌, what a shame we are so far apart in you I found a true friend 🙂

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6 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

deal done  👌, what a shame we are so far apart in you I found a true friend 🙂

Sharing is caring. When I first travelled overseas it was a great experience, I learned that there are people in the world who think the same as yourself. I found this experience with a family I stayed with in Hungary. I even called them mom and dad. It doesn’t matter how far away or what language you speak, the world is small. And there are people who just want to live there lives in peace and harmony with others!

[Harry’s Palms]

Time for a couple of my Ernie’s to show off! I just love these palms . They are so easy to grow and fast , gaining size quickly. Harry

[Jonathan]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

We all love our Ernie’s here in palm land. So why not a little group of say ten for of a bit of seed production, along with getting the garden a bit more tropical looking. No special treatment with this lot bring out the pick axe for this planting. Theres usually a reason why theres a gap in the garden, the reason is rocks and lots of them, so wherever I could drive the pick axe in that’s where they got planted. A thin layer of well composted mulch almost like rainforest soil. All I have to do is water and lots of it. So this little group shall be called gyuseppes patch! 

I don't understand...you've got wallabies around your place I assume? If I planted out unprotected palms that size, there wouldn't be a single one left alive the next morning. They don't seem to worry them after they're a few feet tall but those are just snack sized!

And if the wallabies didnt get them the rabbits would...bloody nature.

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Time for a couple of my Ernie’s to show off! I just love these palms . They are so easy to grow and fast , gaining size quickly. Harry

Couple of nice ones there, an easy palm to grow and lots of eye candy with Ernie’s. The large fishtail shaped leaves are beautiful. I might have to pot a few up for the retail market nursery I sell to, that and some lytocarum weddlianum the gardening world love them. 
Richard 

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2 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I don't understand...you've got wallabies around your place I assume? If I planted out unprotected palms that size, there wouldn't be a single one left alive the next morning. They don't seem to worry them after they're a few feet tall but those are just snack sized!

And if the wallabies didnt get them the rabbits would...bloody nature.

Yes eastern grey and swamp wallabies along with poteroos they don’t touch my garden. The one varmit I do get though is the bandicoot on freshly planted palms, there going any worms or grubs that are seeking the moisture rich soil. I water my new palms a lot and the bandicoots dig around them creating holes and in turn dig up the freshly planted tubes. Some survive by the time I discover there dug up. But when you plant Joey perakensis and they dig them up they don’t stand a chance. And the cursed brush turkey scratches around newly planted plants as well. Let the animals be it’s there garden, but that possum and goanna if they ever get in the house again look out, the snakes in the house I can live with but have you seen a goanna go nuts indoors lately! 

[mnorell]

I agree that this species is one of the best. Beautiful, unusual, easy to grow and seems to come along at a decent pace, as both Richard and Harry have mentioned. I've also noticed that they seem to acclimate readily to a surprising amount of sun out here in the low desert, which is quite surprising to me. Despite their "shady" appearance, they can generally handle a few hours in the morning (though I think we mustn't press our luck on that point).

[gyuseppe]

7 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I don't understand...you've got wallabies around your place I assume? If I planted out unprotected palms that size, there wouldn't be a single one left alive the next morning. They don't seem to worry them after they're a few feet tall but those are just snack sized!

And if the wallabies didnt get them the rabbits would...bloody nature.

Hello my friend Jonathan

Luckily there are no such animals here, but there are others that damage the palm trees,

[gyuseppe]

5 hours ago, happypalms said:

Yes eastern grey and swamp wallabies along with poteroos they don’t touch my garden. The one varmit I do get though is the bandicoot on freshly planted palms, there going any worms or grubs that are seeking the moisture rich soil. I water my new palms a lot and the bandicoots dig around them creating holes and in turn dig up the freshly planted tubes. Some survive by the time I discover there dug up. But when you plant Joey perakensis and they dig them up they don’t stand a chance. And the cursed brush turkey scratches around newly planted plants as well. Let the animals be it’s there garden, but that possum and goanna if they ever get in the house again look out, the snakes in the house I can live with but have you seen a goanna go nuts indoors lately! 

Richard I didn't know this animal: the bandicoot

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, mnorell said:

I agree that this species is one of the best. Beautiful, unusual, easy to grow and seems to come along at a decent pace, as both Richard and Harry have mentioned. I've also noticed that they seem to acclimate readily to a surprising amount of sun out here in the low desert, which is quite surprising to me. Despite their "shady" appearance, they can generally handle a few hours in the morning (though I think we mustn't press our luck on that point).

There a top chamaedorea that deserves some more attention in those top spots in the garden, not hidden over the back of the garden. They do take quite a bit of bright light and sun, they go a bit more lime green than the deeper green in the shade. 

[Jonathan]

6 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard I didn't know this animal: the bandicoot

Here's a bandicoot Giuseppe, cute little guys who dig around for grubs and worms.

[gyuseppe]

5 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Here's a bandicoot Giuseppe, cute little guys who dig around for grubs and worms.

Thanks Jonathan,I never stop learning new things

[happypalms]

23 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard I didn't know this animal: the bandicoot

 

23 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard I didn't know this animal: the bandicoot

@Jonathan has got that one covered for me thanks Jonathan. There usaually host for ticks and move them around all over the place, and are known for in the mating season to expire themselves out in a rather viracious appetite for the opposite sex, to the point where they drop dead all over the place totally exhausted. But I don’t like them in my garden digging everything up I plant. Australia has some strange animals found nowhere else in the world, marsupials and monotremes. 

[gyuseppe]

38 minutes ago, happypalms said:

 Australia has some strange animals found nowhere else in the world, marsupials and monotremes. 

Australia has been isolated for many millennia, and that's what fascinates me about Australia, animals too strange for us Europeans.

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Australia has been isolated for many millennia, and that's what fascinates me about Australia, animals too strange for us Europeans.

It was thought that when first explores took a platypus animal back to the united kingdom they thought it was a joke, and it was all different animal parts sewn together. Have a google and look up the Numbat or the Feather  glider. 

[gyuseppe]

Richard, I saw it on Google. I didn't know about the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and the feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus).

They're very strange animals for us, but I like all animals.

The numbat is also beautiful to look at.

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, I saw it on Google. I didn't know about the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and the feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus).

They're very strange animals for us, but I like all animals.

The numbat is also beautiful to look at.

We have weirder looking ones than that, have a look at the tree kangaroo!