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Been a while since I've posted any palm content. TL:DR I bought a Bottle Palm. Now story time.

I had to take Sancho back to the vet for bloodwork. Welp they changed the times they go to lunch and I didn't wanna find out he needed more pills after I went home, so we went to Laurel and went to Lowes again. Great luck there, found a pink banana there and it's already more than paid for itself selling pups and it's got 3 more on the way.

These Bottles had been there for a while, and were still at full price. I figured I'd just do what I normally do and buy the smallest crappiest one and rehab like I do with philodendrons and pothos etc. So I ask about a markdown and I had Sancho on my shoulder.

Bless this woman. She pulled out the biggest, nicest one and marked it down to $19. Did it suck getting it in and out of the car? Yep. Did I still have a $240 grocery pickup to squeeze in there? Yep. Tbf $240 feels like it buys 3 days of food now.

Anyway the first thing I did when i got it home was basically drown it in neem maxx. I've also been using SNS209 as a soil drench on my indoor plants, and combining that with cutting off any leaves where I see webbing has been pretty damn effective for me. Anyway yeah it's a little crispy and yeah it's got spider mites but a 5 ft 5 gallon bottle palm in this part of the country for less than the clearance price? Aight. Bet.

Wondering what you been up to, well now I know. You got a challenge on that bottle palm, now we will see you’re growing skills at work!

And look after mr sancho he’s your best buddy in life, I just lost my 19 year old kitty Kat, the one who designed my garden, for her I was just the gardener!

Nice score . I hope you’re able to bring it back, it will certainly test your patience. I just wonder why the Lowe’s in your area has way better selection than the one in Ventura ( Southern California )where most palms thrive! Our Lowe’s has just generic palms , not elven anything close to collectible. Poor quality and limited selection. Harry

3 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Nice score . I hope you’re able to bring it back, it will certainly test your patience. I just wonder why the Lowe’s in your area has way better selection than the one in Ventura ( Southern California )where most palms thrive! Our Lowe’s has just generic palms , not elven anything close to collectible. Poor quality and limited selection. Harry

California should be a no brainer for big boxes to expand their palmy selections. Even here in Arizona, orange and blue big boxes occasionally bring in bottles,spindles,coconuts, Chinese fountain palms and foxtails...

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

13 hours ago, happypalms said:

Wondering what you been up to, well now I know. You got a challenge on that bottle palm, now we will see you’re growing skills at work!

And look after mr sancho he’s your best buddy in life, I just lost my 19 year old kitty Kat, the one who designed my garden, for her I was just the gardener!

Oh man. I'm really sorry to hear that brother. Sancho has hypothyroidism now so that's more meds he's on. He's catching up to me fast. I'm really sorry again.

I still occasionally post in my thread on here but mostly on the evil sites where the rest of the palmtalkers went to. Growing lots of alocasias now and some foo foo houseplant crap since I'm gonna be supplying a local plant boutique. Still got my banana plantation.

6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Nice score . I hope you’re able to bring it back, it will certainly test your patience. I just wonder why the Lowe’s in your area has way better selection than the one in Ventura ( Southern California )where most palms thrive! Our Lowe’s has just generic palms , not elven anything close to collectible. Poor quality and limited selection. Harry

This one is actually about ehhh i dunno, 75 miles or so as opposed to the closer one. The closer one it's usually pygmy dates, the occasional chamerops, and about 3 billion sun scorched majesties in those stupid pots with no drain holes and they're flooded if it rains and bone dry if it doesn't. I've wanted one forever and this puts me years ahead of growing from a seedling or even a one gallon. I've got a corner spot picked out. Hope it likes the heat. Oh and it came with one of those flimsy worthless decorative pots so I guess i get another free bathroom trashcan since that's all they're good for. At least this one has drainage.

13 minutes ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Oh man. I'm really sorry to hear that brother. Sancho has hypothyroidism now so that's more meds he's on. He's catching up to me fast. I'm really sorry again.

I still occasionally post in my thread on here but mostly on the evil sites where the rest of the palmtalkers went to. Growing lots of alocasias now and some foo foo houseplant crap since I'm gonna be supplying a local plant boutique. Still got my banana plantation.

This one is actually about ehhh i dunno, 75 miles or so as opposed to the closer one. The closer one it's usually pygmy dates, the occasional chamerops, and about 3 billion sun scorched majesties in those stupid pots with no drain holes and they're flooded if it rains and bone dry if it doesn't. I've wanted one forever and this puts me years ahead of growing from a seedling or even a one gallon. I've got a corner spot picked out. Hope it likes the heat. Oh and it came with one of those flimsy worthless decorative pots so I guess i get another free bathroom trashcan since that's all they're good for. At least this one has drainage.

The kitty Kat was 19 and had a life of a princess, pets give so much love and ask for nothing in return only our companionship.

Good stuff you got a few sales going it helps pay gor the collection and is a great hobby that’s good for the mind.

Palmtalk is my only social media I use, theres still the ovals on here, plus now I see a lot of newcomers or old timers coming back for a look. And why does a certain site need my drivers license to join them, it’s not like iam driving around the corner to use that site, to me they are just data collection sites to sell your information and make money from your information.

Keep the faith and look after sancho!