happypalms More palms in pots

[JohnAndSancho]

@happypalms I think I could actually keep them healthy in this grow room now. Just seeds are unobtainable and I'm still not paying $125 for a seedling. 

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

@happypalms I think I could actually keep them healthy in this grow room now. Just seeds are unobtainable and I'm still not paying $125 for a seedling. 

Crazy prices for a Chambeyronia. I come across seeds now and then and I have palm in town I can collect any seeds anytime I want them. They are quite easy to grow. 

[happypalms]

Just now, happypalms said:

Crazy prices for a Chambeyronia. I come across seeds now and then and I have palm in town I can collect any seeds anytime I want them. They are quite easy to grow. 

Sorry John I thought you meant Chambeyronia. I got a hundred seeds of joeys in customs now. There easy and they are a lot more expensive over there here a seedling goes for $50 to $60 bucks. But yes one would grow for you indoors. 

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Sorry John I thought you meant Chambeyronia. I got a hundred seeds of joeys in customs now. There easy and they are a lot more expensive over there here a seedling goes for $50 to $60 bucks. But yes one would grow for you indoors. 

Time for me to fly to Oz and load up the old prison wallet and come back and sell them here. 

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Decent size for planting. I would be looking for spots to plant them . Harry

I have a few spots in mind a nice long row along the driveway for starters. But the rest won’t go in prime spots iam saving those doors for the good stuff to come, I dont want to overdo the macrocarpa theres better out there 🤣

Richard 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Time for me to fly to Oz and load up the old prison wallet and come back and sell them here. 

Organise a shipping container be cheaper and you make more coin for your trouble! 

[happypalms]

Iam first to admit it I love  kerriodoxas, and here’s 600 of them to keep the gardener happy planting a couple or two, all germinated from imported seeds! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Just a few! Go big or go back to the potting bench. Nice batch there , Richard . Harry😂

[happypalms]

On 11/20/2025 at 2:19 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

Just a few! Go big or go back to the potting bench. Nice batch there , Richard . Harry😂

I have no economy to scale, in whatever I do I do in a big ocd manner, I have been like it all my life, flat out working for a living. I enjoy my time in life the best I can! 
Richard

[PalmBossTampa]

On 11/13/2025 at 3:20 PM, JohnAndSancho said:

@happypalms I think I could actually keep them healthy in this grow room now. Just seeds are unobtainable and I'm still not paying $125 for a seedling. 

4” from Floribunda is $30. Sure there is a minimum order of $100 but you’d be 1/3 there.  Or get 4 for the price that you thought 1 would be and sell 3?  Where there’s a will there’s a way

[JohnAndSancho]

2 hours ago, PalmBossTampa said:

4” from Floribunda is $30. Sure there is a minimum order of $100 but you’d be 1/3 there.  Or get 4 for the price that you thought 1 would be and sell 3?  Where there’s a will there’s a way

Ok yeah but then there's another $100 in shipping on top of that. I mean, yeah I'd make it back in a few months or so easy peasy. It's just that initial outlay of cash that's the problem. We'll circle back to this in springtime when hopefully I've got an armada of plants and it's warm enough to buy them. Right now it's just an armada of seeds for the most part. 

[happypalms]

Weed control in the nursery or grow area is a critical factor not to be missed or misunderstood. 
We all get them in our containers and I most certainly dislike them. 
My absolute favourite chore in the nursery is weeding the containers. 
And I think I do a good job at it as well. 
But every now and then over the back somewhere you always miss that little spot and today I hit that gold mine of seeds waiting to destroy the nursery one plant at a time taking over eventually. 
Once you let the weeds in to your area it’s to late, the trick is dont let them in. 

So this little goldmine area is now in quarantine until I can be sure I have eliminated all future weeds when they germinate there again, continually checking. Weeds harbour pest and disease and use moisture and valuable nutrients. I take pride in my nursery not having weeds, even under the bench’s must be a weed free zone. 
Just simply dont let weeds in! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Excellent tip , I have been to nurseries where I see weeds in potted plants for sale and it is disappointing. I mean , it happens but get them removed ASAP. Harry

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Excellent tip , I have been to nurseries where I see weeds in potted plants for sale and it is disappointing. I mean , it happens but get them removed ASAP. Harry

If I buy a plant from a market stall or nursery that has weeds I hold the plant and tip it upside down and tickle the a little topsoil away hopefully with all the weed seeds as well. 
Then I quarantine any new plants that come into my nursery monitoring for weeds to germinate. And about 90 percent of the time I get weeds from these places that have weeds in there containers.

I cannot stand weeds in my nursery and nursery grower thay has them……..

Richard 

 

[happypalms]

A couple of nice palms growing along well! Lanonia dasyantha chamaedorea adscendens Chuniophoenix nanaOraniopsis appendiculata 

[happypalms]

That one lost tray of Chuniophoenix. 

[happypalms]

About a month past I hand pollinated two of my female tenella palms with the one single male tenella, yes he was single so he had free reign so to speak to tend to girl tenellas without getting into trouble. 
Now a month later we have successfully pollinated, and a few little seeds  are starting to develop. The timing for all three palms was perfect. So I should have a nice handful of tenella seeds!🌱

[gyuseppe]

I had many of tenella but all died
One male for two females? If they asked me, "Do you want two wives?" I'd say no thanks, one is more than enough! 😄

[N8ALLRIGHT]

9 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

I had many of tenella but all died
One male for two females? If they asked me, "Do you want two wives?" I'd say no thanks, one is more than enough! 😄

Truth 

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

I had many of tenella but all died
One male for two females? If they asked me, "Do you want two wives?" I'd say no thanks, one is more than enough! 😄

Wise man only one, we don’t need to go into the complicated details!🤣

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, N8ALLRIGHT said:

Truth 

And the truth shall set you free! 

[happypalms]

A few zone push winners and a couple of definite proven winners well worth a try next time you see them for sale. The orbicularis and mapu are two that I thought would never live in the greenhouse, both have survived winter in the greenhouse, not to sure about going in the ground just yet but they are doing ok so far. 

[happypalms]

A beautiful palm the lanceolata, the colour of the leaves and petioles are beautiful. I have a few in the ground and there actually quite tough with a little tolerance to dry conditions but definitely prefer water and any amount given to them. Iam sure these juvenile palms will look good in the years to come. 

[happypalms]

Time to pot up a few kerriodoxa seedlings, and to my surprise some trachycarpus sitjong seeds have germinated on the potting bench, I usually reuse the germination medium and just tip it out on the potting bench to recycle it. These are so lucky little sitjongs, just  never give up on some seeds you just never know what will come up!  And with the warm weather time to start potting up some tropicals. 

[gyuseppe]

Richad never heard of it trachycarpus sitjong ?

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, gyuseppe said:

Richad never heard of it trachycarpus sitjong ?

It’s a new one out of China!

[happypalms]

A couple more borneense have come up, and they have to be the biggest seedlings I have worked with. There’s another two that need potting a bit later so 5 out of 10 not too bad for imported seeds. Should be an interesting rather large palm tree to grow, definitely looking forward to seeing them in the garden. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Those are large seedlings . Interesting how you suspend the seed above the soil. Harry

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Those are large seedlings . Interesting how you suspend the seed above the soil. Harry

They are rather large seeds, with some remote germination palms you either hang the seed over the container or stake the seed up. Potting the seedling up to the button only, Bismarck, kerriodoxas I do the same with joeys I don’t. Every growing has different techniques.

[John2468]

7 hours ago, happypalms said:

They are rather large seeds, with some remote germination palms you either hang the seed over the container or stake the seed up. Potting the seedling up to the button only, Bismarck, kerriodoxas I do the same with joeys I don’t. Every growing has different techniques.

I’m curious, is there a difference if you plant it with the seed on the surface of the soil and the rest underneath? 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, John2468 said:

I’m curious, is there a difference if you plant it with the seed on the surface of the soil and the rest underneath? 

I prefer to with some remote germinating palms to raise the seedling to the button level after transplanting them, I don’t know why but some prefer to raised, if you do it with a Joey they don’t seem to be as strong in the container for some reason, perhaps remote germinating palms that dont have a trunk prefer to be planted deeper and those with a trunk like to be lifted. From my experience if buried back to the original seed they seem to not like it with certain varieties that have been transplanted. Strange because in nature it would not occur but in cultivation it seems to be the go, knowing which ones to lift is the trick! 

[Than]

How long did it take them to germinate?

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, Than said:

How long did it take them to germinate?

It’s taken around 9 months to get to this stage, but actual germination around 4 to 5 months. Sown on the 26/3/2025. 

[Phoenikakias]

5 hours ago, John2468 said:

I’m curious, is there a difference if you plant it with the seed on the surface of the soil and the rest underneath? 

Ι have tried it with a Hyphaene coriacea in pumice. The plant still lives and has segmented leaves, but I had to remove several cm of pumice from the top in oder to reveal the bulb, because every regula4 winter I had issues with rot.

[Phoenikakias]

I love generally all remote germinators.

[Phoenikakias]

On 12/8/2025 at 11:43 AM, happypalms said:

A couple more borneense have come up, and they have to be the biggest seedlings I have worked with. There’s another two that need potting a bit later so 5 out of 10 not too bad for imported seeds. Should be an interesting rather large palm tree to grow, definitely looking forward to seeing them in the garden. 

How deep are pots and how far from operculum lies the bulb?

[WagnerMX]

Did you germinate these yourself? How?

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, WagnerMX said:

Did you germinate these yourself? How?

No I purchased them, but would be pretty easy to germinate bottom heating 30 degrees celcius, coco coir  perlite mix! 

[peachy]

My meso is just in the shade house and looks better than yours in the heated place.  Henryana look crappier in winter here and have to be bought early in summer to acclimatise but they do live.

Peachy

[Harry’s Palms]

I’ve had one in the ground here for well over a year . In my climate they are a moderately paced grower and the shiny , dark green leaves are beautiful . A few months after I planted it , it opened a new frond and the coloring of the new petiole and leaflets was very nice . A friend happened to be walking down the side of my house and out of all the palms I have over there he picked out the Lanceolata and asked what kind of palm it was. Harry

This was right after the first frond opened after planting it.