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Wow I cannot believe its been that long. Thats so amazing how time flies. Thank you very much

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Hello everyone i have had no time for posts in a long time. I went to workingg over time to getting laid off. I have still been looking at this website looking at everyones babys grow over the years. I just wanted to post this tesan that I got as a seedling from jim a while back. Im gonna need your ...

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Hey tim it looks good ive been affraid to stick my cycads in the ground. the leaves are nice and green maybe i should re think my plans

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Well there supposed to be zone 7 or 6b hardy. I am planting one outside my new house and will test this winter myself the first time. There dieing out from drought and lots inbreeding make some trees to have unviable seeds. These germinate I have got them to just soaking them on a damp papper towel....

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Hello my job finally got me a computer I can get on this forum so hopefully i can check this board more offten.I have these seeds on ebay for sale but I decided to give some to the members of this board for FREE. Just PM me or email me give me all your mailing info an l will send seeds if you want a...

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Jim May try that too. Being in my new place I still trying to get into a new routine Scott last year I sprayed the palms with this same stuff and I had no infestation all winter long. Now I moved and have a new house I forgot and payed the price. But I found a place near my new home that has this an...

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Sorry it takes so long to respond most of my computers at work dont let me on any websites. only one i rarely use. No the smell only lasted about an hour and it faded fast. I have a huge entrance way and I just brought them in. I have2 italian cypress 3 palms 18' and 20' a queen a christmas palm and...

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Sorry it takes so long to respond most of my computers at work dont let me on any websites. only one i rarely use. No the smell only lasted about an hour and it faded fast. I have a huge entrance way and I just brought them in. I have2 italian cypress 3 palms 18' and 20' a queen a christmas palm and...

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Hello everyone Im just posting because this is year two of me using Ortho Malathion spray indoors and its the best instant death for mites there is. I tested it on a severly infested italian cypress . I took the tree outside soaked the dirt the base of the trunk and everything in the middle . I left...

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Barb i hope your right!! I dont wana wait for another pindo to get that big . On a seperate note I have something different happening to one of my palms. I have had every palm I own and yucca bloom for me. I never had a christmas palm bloom for me until now. I just got my palms back from 2 1/2 year ...

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Jim being a single dad is taking the life outa me im workin over time and cant een enjoy the house Barb love the idea of the pindos but I was told I can only use arborvitae as a privacy border. Ill do that next year. John thanks used that video on accident lol aaron i have all kinds of people asking...

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I brought a few palms from storage to my new house. heres a few pix of my back yard before I brought the palms and then a few after. My pindo is so huge the fronds go up 15 feet and its has about 7 inches of trunk forming. any advice where I should put stuff would be appreciated <embed src="htt...

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Hello today I removed donor pollen from freezer at work and after work im going to hand pollinate the rostrata. I decided that im gonna remove the whole anther pollen and all. I will put the anther on the end of a thick long needle and push the whole anther through each stigma. I harvested so many I...

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Hello well just updating on the status of my yucca rostrata bloom and my attempt on cross pollination with a local filamentosa. my rostrata is about a few more days from maturing and I found a near by variegated filamentosa so i a havesting pollen from 2 different blooms and hand pollinating my rost...

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Hey tim Call me again to talk about pollenating them both. Both stalks almost extended out and need to know how to time this.

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Yeah Tim i guess after a little reading most of the city where I lived was swamps and marshland so I guess that why everything in that yard grew so fast.

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Barb where the rostrata is in the yard, no ones even seeing the bloom and the yards almost completely empty since i got divorced and removed everything but the cactus bed. Tim I have no idea but I think it has to do with the type of muck soil I have and in the yard and the fact that the water tables...

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Hey tim sorry we never finished talking had to head to texas a death in the family. I have two bloomers my rostrata is sending its very first bloom and my filamentosas out in the front of my old house also blooming <a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2725840580079515175SwvPeZ&quo...

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dont be frustrated its almost over. Your palms big enough weather above 20 shouldnt bother it one bit

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Hold on barb I have a feeling warm weathers headed your way

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This year all of your plants should take off cant wait to see

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Hey barb I was told by a gentalmen at a california nursery to soak the 1 to 2 weeks and todays the last day and I have some soil waiting for the seeds after I get off work today. I was also told to heat them during the day over 90f and room temp at night until they sprout Ill let you know how it works

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Tim im looking for large y. rostrata now.

John im nervous the neighbors will give me a hard time we will see I guess.

aaron and barb Im gonna try my best to make it look good.

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Hello I recently got some of these seeds and have them soaking now. Just looking for anything to trade.

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well barb I donated both of my in ground t. fortunei and my phoenix dactylifera. everything else I kept. I have 2 large wagnerianus 2 sabal minors my washintonia all going in ground. I also have all my agave and cactus and yucca. As for privacy this is something new to me I was looking at bamboo and...

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Hello all I have moved into my new house and could use landscape ideas. I need to make the yard more private. Im cutting weeds and bushes and trees as we speak. Here are to videos of the front and rear of the house. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.co...

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I hey barb I think It will be 2 years and you will need bigger palm hut

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Wow you have lots nice land to play with. Have you thought about large elephant ears, bananas, anything with large leaves. Also some huge tree ferns would give you the look of palms. You could plant hostas and cannas. I would also plant some bamboo somewhere in that huge space. I cant wait to see wh...

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Thanks for the kind words each and everyone of you. Its been rough and Im at the back end of this now and hope to have a better year next year. Sorry barb I couldnt record because I was covered in dirt. I ad a pic later because im at work and this computer wont let me upload pics.

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Well just got a call from the Rockford IL Nicholas conservatory that tomorrow morning they will be here to take almost all of my palms. There will be lots of digging I am going through a terrible break up with my wife and I dont want them to end up dead from neglect. My female I let set seed so I ha...

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Very nice jim !! gonna need your advice when I buy a tree fren or two next year sice im almost starting from scratch at my new house

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Hello people. Sorry im nowhere to be found ruff summer getting divorce. I found a new house and will be moving soon. Barb yes im gonna miss that spot served me well all these years. When I move I am taking every single living thing from that yard with me. Hope I can find a new wind free spot in my n...

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just a quick update Its growing faster now than all summer. Click on pic to see all 4 pix. Put a gallon of milk for scale. Emerging leaves about 5-6ft long each <a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45864&ppuser=81><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4...

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Hey just an update on the only survivor of my ensete experiment. I had some in full sun all died. this one gets shade and is in a cool wet corner. its pushing out 4ft long leaves very fast. <img src="http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/45383/2297975820079515175S500x500Q85.jpg" alt="IMG_...

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Heres my first waggy last year <img src="http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/47315/2509823450079515175S500x500Q85.jpg" alt="IMG00090"> and its explosive growth to this year <img src="http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/48512/2671646880079515175S500x500Q85.jpg" alt="IMG...

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Hello barb looks like your palms trying to make up for lost time and grow extra extra extra fast.
Looks like its stretching out as much as possible. Cant wait to see it next year!

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Its comming along now. My male has ripe pollen sacks so im gonna bag some up soon.

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Hello friend to the north. I would not use this one winter to gauge your palms. After a few years you should be able to tell the hardiness of each palm in your collection. Spear pull is not a death sentece but I have lost palms with all green fronds do to weird freezing and damaged roots or trunk. W...

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I will bet if you want to start.

Barb my local weather station got taken out by bad weather so until its up I will use midway almst same temps.

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Im sticking to my original guess female congrats again

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