I shall start a On the potting bench thread

[Harry’s Palms]

3 hours ago, happypalms said:

The biggest problem is when you grow as much as I do, you soon start to run out of room!  

That’s why you build more greenhouses , right? With all the room you have , I think you would run out of time to maintain them . I had one greenhouse that was small compared to yours , 12’ x 12’ with very high ceiling . I spent several hours in there every week. I even had a plastic chair and I would sit in there and look at my mini jungle and enjoy the sauna -like atmosphere. Stuff grew very fast and was needing constant attention. Harry

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That’s why you build more greenhouses , right? With all the room you have , I think you would run out of time to maintain them . I had one greenhouse that was small compared to yours , 12’ x 12’ with very high ceiling . I spent several hours in there every week. I even had a plastic chair and I would sit in there and look at my mini jungle and enjoy the sauna -like atmosphere. Stuff grew very fast and was needing constant attention. Harry

Yes that’s problem, time to maintain them. If i wasnt working in the job I have I would have a lot more free time, while the boss makes the money of me, my business doesn’t grow. One day I shall retire hopefully and not have to work for the man so to speak. 
I love going into my greenhouse in the hot days and watering it’s so refreshing in the cool greenhouse. 
Richard 

[Nico971]

Always having something to pot up is also a great way to feel the garden live on a daily basis. Otherwise watching palm grows can take a long time. 
 

today was Coccothrinax macroglossa azul. Lot of perlite for lot of drainage. But for those one you have to be patient. 8 months old and still a single small leaflet. 

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, Nico971 said:

Always having something to pot up is also a great way to feel the garden live on a daily basis. Otherwise watching palm grows can take a long time. 
 

today was Coccothrinax macroglossa azul. Lot of perlite for lot of drainage. But for those one you have to be patient. 8 months old and still a single small leaflet. 

Nice one, keep a bit on the dry side, my problem I have with cocothrinax seedlings is I just want to water them mostly by accident out of habit with a hose in my hand! 

[happypalms]

A few chamaedorea adscendens to pot up, such a lovely palm to grow very rewarding. A few large form dasyanthas and the very slow to do anything masoala Madagascariensis, the date on the tag says it all, iam a slow grower, even had a few still germinating so dont give up on them. Treat them  like Howea species my advice! 

[Harry’s Palms]

My wee little sprouts ! More every day now . It started with just two . Yesterday I counted 8 sprouts. I think there were about a dozen plus seeds in this space. They have been residing on my work bench in my garage most of the winter. Harry

It is hard to spot all the sprouts but they are there ! Sort of a “ Where’s Waldo” situation. 

[happypalms]

19 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

My wee little sprouts ! More every day now . It started with just two . Yesterday I counted 8 sprouts. I think there were about a dozen plus seeds in this space. They have been residing on my work bench in my garage most of the winter. Harry

It is hard to spot all the sprouts but they are there ! Sort of a “ Where’s Waldo” situation. 

I can spot about 4 of them by the looks of it, but way to go, pot them up when it gets a bit warmer. You will soon get a new leaf, by the time you have to pot them up. Happy gardening it’s a fun hobby Harry. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

A couple of good ones for the collection! 

[happypalms]

A couple of nice plants for the garden, potting up in stages is the key to growing! 

[happypalms]

An afternoon potting up a few germinated seeds. Along with a couple tubes of chamaedorea adscendens, syagrus picrophylla. And one lone pholidiocarpus.