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lucky1 wrote: But outdoor fishponds...it would be exciting to grow a palm in a pond.

Only with Nypa fruticans I fear you would have to climb up the USDA zones quite a bit.

But the others could be a good start, maybe.

Wonder why people would bother with milfoil in an aquarium when they could have a PALM! There are actually a few tutorials on plants in brackisch water aquaria who mention besides mangroves also palm s . My guess is that only is Nypa fruticans is really suitable. Well, that advice serves only ...

I can only guess as I never lived in a warm region like you. (Unfortunately, I must admit. Overall if I'm looking out of the window.) If there hasn't come any toxic substances to the roots I would say it has simply been too hot and/or too dry. As long as the spearheads look fine and greenish I ...

Hi all, does someone know if tortoises in a greenhouse would go on the palms? With tortoises I mean especially the steppe dwelling box turtles that are strictly herbivores and feed mostly on weeds. Dandelion is what they like very much. Our daughter got now a species that comes from Central Asia and ...

Did you receive the palms bare root? Not really, but sort of ... :roll: They came within squared little pots but the soil was dry and scattered around. About the half of the soil kept still in the pots and around the roots. As the Palm Centre in London (where I got them from by mail) suggested to ...

Hi, I bought two Nannorhops seedlings, each one with three leaves of about 5 to 10 inches long. I planted them around Christmas in winter and as it hasn't been much cold or wet and they got occasional protection against cold rain, they still look the same as in December. We have got an exceptional ...

Interesting article. Thanks.

Would a boost in soil temps do the trick? Maybe a couple heating cables that could serve as insurance during the Winter months? This concerns me, too. Presumably, only heating the air with bulb isn't enough. The heat of the air won't penetrate much in the soil. But what I don't know is what is ...

You have had a tough year over there so far, hope you haven't been affected by the recent flooding ! I would be inclined to try the Saba l/ Nannorrhops in a full sun position with a dark rock mulch to gain a few degrees. We live on a mountain slope in the Pennines, so flooding shouldn't be a ...

Hi, it's me again posting out of the fridge ... :shock: It's now 3 months ago that the weather turned unusually cold. Since then the day time temperaures reached 70°F on a very few days but it was generally around 60°F. Many days, like today, there has beeen only rain with around 55°C degrees. Today, ...

I used mechanical thermostats where I bought around a dozen from an online electronics retailer. Maybe they are difficult to get, nowadays. Those thermostats I've put into a plastic case from the same retailer and there was one mains cable into such a box and one out, with a mains socket, so I could ...

Thanks folks for trying to cheer me up ... :( I had already people saying here: "What do want? It was already warm and sunny on Christmas, so wait a while until Christmas." :shock: Well, I'm already determined. When at least in August it won't become warmer than 70°F and at least with some days of ...

I have seen the same phenomena on Chamaerops humilis. When the frost was too strong and has almost killed the palm, then the leaves of the following summer are miniature ones.

Unfortunately, I haven't taken any photos from their cubes. But I can describe them more detailed. From the outside you could see mainly the plexiglas sheets that were about 2 x 2 meters. The metal frame was done by bars that were squared I believe. How they connected one cube to another I couldn't ...

After almost THREE MONTHS with day time temperatures around 60°F we are finally getting to a little more sunshine and day temperatures around the 70's. Hurray, we don't need anymore to switch on the heating overnight. :lol: No, we don't live on the southern hemisphere in Tasmania, we live in England. ...

At first, I wouldn't cut green leaves off as I think that only weakens the palm. If necessary I would squeeze the leaves into a small center and let the palm decide to let die off the damaged leaves. Then, a proper shelter for Trachys is unfortunately somewhat bulky. At the Botanical Gardens at ...

I bought a mini-greenhouse for the Sabal and ventilated mini-shelters for the Nannorhops from the nearby garden market and think that was a good investment. Now, it is raining since a few days with flooding alerts in some regions nearby. It is noon now and the temperature is 51.5 °F. :shock: ...

"Desert palm" is a confusing term. It refers only to hot and dry air, but all palms need plenty of water. Some get it from a stream or lake or water hole nearby and others have very long roots to get to underground water. In some regions, people are watering thoroughly the young palms until they get ...

Yes, ours has it, too. Can be somewhat confusing.

That reminds me to a Chamaerops humilis that also had lost its leaves. What came out then in spring was a set of leaves that looked like the leaves before in terms of maturity, but they were really tiny and and looked like miniatures of the leaves it had before.

This is what I was wondering, too. Why are the leaves so small and overall the petioles that short? But I have no clue why is this. Is it a particular species or has it to do with climate or other environmental conditions? The Trachys we had in Germany, in the Rhein-Main area, generally considered ...

I had already a few Trachys in Germany. I lost also some of them but one finally exceeded the roof of the garage and the crown was visible from the street. I read that Trachys would even tolerate frozen roots. It might be not that hardy in regard of extreme temperatures, but that's a factor more ...

Hi Yuccaman, that is also important info. It looks really that serious as I feared. The point is that those palms are here growing on its limits not from the cold hardiness in winter, but from wetness in winter, and overall from the lack of heat in the summer. I started also looking up the weather ...

Thanks for all the very useful replies. I think for the Nannorhops I will build some cages with plastic foil that serves in spring and cooler times of the summer as a green house and can be used as a frame for a shelter against rain in the winter as well. Maybe I'll build such a cage for the Sabal ...

Thanks for that info, too. I only read once that temperatures should "exceed 77F" for Sabal minor to grow. I thought only when I planted it that it doesn't matter if it doesn't grow much (the plant is already 3 feet high) but missed the fact that all sort of things like wind or lack of water leave ...

OK, this makes sense then. So, I'll water them when it's getting warmer. The warmer it gets the more water they will receive.

Thanks for that hint. I read once already that Sabal minors grow in swamps but also on open wood land. So, I didn't pay to much attention to their watering needs. But then I have just another question: should I do this during winter as well? I've never seen any Sabals in their natural habitat. Are ...

Hi folks, this is my first posting in this forum, so greetings to everyone. I was wondering if someone is growing Sabal minor or Nannorhops ritchiana in a region with usually cold summers. I am growing palms oudoors since the early 90s. First, in Germany I had also a very small Sabal minor that ...