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by mpertz
Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:16 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: How fresh are these trachy seeds
Replies: 4
Views: 3167

All trachy and yucca seeds i buy or sell are ripe when black.... but what do I know? I get tens of thousands of yucca seeds and the seconds are lacking the black colour and I usually just throw them out (up to 10% of my count, depending on the wholesaler). Then again, what do I know? Why not ask ...
by mpertz
Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:54 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: How fresh are these trachy seeds
Replies: 4
Views: 3167

How fresh are these trachy seeds

Hello dear friends, I ordered off eBay 100 trachy X wagnerianus seeds. The seller was presenting them as fresh harvest (anyway, I doubt about that) and it arrived two days ago. Now look at them how they look! Are these fresh? Is it gonna germinate? In some of them, you can see a hole... Please ...
by mpertz
Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:52 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Phoenix Canariensis or Dactylifera
Replies: 6
Views: 3258

Hi Madi, welcome to the forum (bine ai venit pe forum :-) ). I remember being in Baile Felix in a winter training camp 25 years ago, when the temperature was -30C. I remember those thermal water springs. Tavi Hey Tavi! Yeah, Baile Felix is(are) a beautiful place, I've been there last night :) Well ...
by mpertz
Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:08 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Phoenix Canariensis or Dactylifera
Replies: 6
Views: 3258

Hoping to hear more about your zone and the palms that grow there! Barb[/quote] So, I'm from Oradea, Romania. My area where I live, I would say it is zone 7a. There is not a rule how the winters are. Some years we get not more than 5-6 days of snow, with degrees from 5 to 35F, but 5F not that often ...
by mpertz
Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:23 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Phoenix Canariensis or Dactylifera
Replies: 6
Views: 3258

Phoenix Canariensis or Dactylifera

Hi Everyone. Can somebody tell me if this palm is Canariensis or Dactylifera. The leaves look like they are of a canariensis, but the trunk is confusing me. My mother in law has it for at least 8 yrs (this is since I know the palm in her house) in it was kept in house all of this years. It has ...
by mpertz
Thu May 31, 2012 11:12 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: CIDP -Leaf brown spots
Replies: 2
Views: 2013

Hi Madi, welcome aboard Palms North. When brown occurs on leaf tips, it can be a sign of too much--or too little--water. But spider mites (if the palm has been indoors for a long time) are first noticed at leaf tips. As for the spots here and there on leaf segments, often scale (and mite ...
by mpertz
Thu May 31, 2012 12:49 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: CIDP -Leaf brown spots
Replies: 2
Views: 2013

CIDP -Leaf brown spots

Hi everyone.
Can somebody advise whats going on with this brown spots on my CIDPs?

Thanks
Madi
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