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oppalm knows this now and he is pleased. oppalm also enjoys referring to himself in the third. oppalm knows Butias are great palms and his life long dream is to grow enough of them to provide him and his wife with enough jelly to retire on. oppalm is not sure how much jelly that is, but a man has to...

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Its almost like its "bonsai"ed.

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Macario - you exposed me, the secret is out, I am anal retentive when it comes to my yard. I spend lots of time in the yard, but it keeps me off the street. I coached my sons baseball team for 10 years and my spring and summers were spent on or near a baseball field and now I enjoy the yard (is that...

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very nice grove you got there Ben. I'll take as many banana plants as you want to give up. I'll trade you something. I bought a sampler set of banana seeds back in Jan 2007 and have 1 seed germinate out of about 50 seeds. I know that banana seed germination is eratic and slow, so we'll see how long ...

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thank you Barb. If you have a place in the Carribean (sp?) I'll trade you. :lol: Barrie - I am going to start a grove of bananas in the birm behind my pond. It currently has a couple of Wash Robustas and 2 bananas planted in it. I'd like the height there and it is a full sun spot. You are on the rig...

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thanks Barrie. Plans for more plants around the deck .......... all I have are plans. I keep trying to figure out how I can accomidate more palms/tropicals in my yard. I have about 200 palms in containers in my yard, front and back. I try to keep it from looking too crowded and too tacky. I have bee...

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welcome Norm. I'd offer some great advice but its early Monday morning, I'll come up with something and get back to you.

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I agree with the bird of paradise in pic 1 and the majesty in pic 2. Help control spider mites by misting your plants every day or every couple of days and it does help to keep a fan on them for 6-10 hours a day. Put the fan on a timer and you never have to remenber. I use an oscillating fan that mo...

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some pictures of my backyard from August 2007. http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/kentp_2006/DSC00801.jpg a picture of my pond. Its about 3 years old and gets better every year. always doing something new to it. the fish are year around residents. http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/kentp_2006/...

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took a picture of my foxtail this weekend. I got it in August 2006. It has grown about 18" in the last 12 months. From what I have read they start to grow fairly quickly at around 4' tall. We'll see.

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Wes - nice to see you taking good care of that foxtail. Mine are doing real well too. I have a 4' footer that just opened up another frond and it is having a great summer outside. I'll get a few pictures this weekend and post them here.

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Artic palm - I used 2 - 100watt spot lights in a small outside A frame palm hut I built last winter. The hut was 4' X 9' and about 3' tall. The 2 spot lights put out enough heat to keep the inside of the hut 15-20 degrees warmer than the outside temps. I only used the lights on nights when temps wen...

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I live in OP. There are a number of palm trees popping up around OP. A number of apartment complexes have the Wash Filifera and/or Wash Robusta in front. Also, a number of banks are using tropicals, including palms, in their entrance planting beds. I'll have to remember my camera as I drive around a...

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gotta agree. leave them. However, I'd get rid of any brown wolf spiders or other potentially dangerous ones if you see them. A healthy dose of respect for any spider you can't identify is wise.

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what's the average low in Port Dover. Are those queen palms? they look a little thin on top.

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Just getting caught up on soem posts. I recognize that little foxtail. He looks good. They are slow growers when young/small. Maybe by the end of summer he'll pick up a little speed.

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Hey Steve - you amaze me with the seeds you germinate. You are the man (the seed sproutin' man). How's your place doing - you got lots of palms outside this time of year? I have a pretty good year going in my yard, I need to get some pictures posted. Got lots of rabbits this year for some reason, so...

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It would definetly be good for a walk through. I too have a hard time over spending on any palm tree. I have lost (killed) my share of overpriced palm trees and that keeps me from digging deep in the wallet. I grow most of my palms from seed now, it takes patience but it's not like I have $699 inves...

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sounds like you did good. Nothing points springtime in the right direction like a stroll through the old greenhouse.

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Steve - Hope you are OK. We got lucky yesterday in that they were calling for rain and we did not get any. I live just south of Kansas City. Most of the rivers are expected to crest in the next 24 hours and maybe the worst is over. Lets hope. The film footazge they are showing from around the state ...

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I am roughly 20 miles south of Kansas City and the rain is relentless. At my house we've had about 4 inches of rain in the last 36 hours. My rain gauage tops out at 4", so maybe more, I just dumped it out this morning before work. I could've saved money today by taking the canoe to work, but I ...

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I am simply not interested in a palm tree heater unless they way overcharge me for one. I want to pay double retail. Can you help?

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Don - how many banana plants do you have? Do you keep them going all winter or do you dig them out and store them. I tried to overwinter some bananas this winter, dug them out and stored them in my basement and they dried out, I hope the corm is still good and can grow, we'll see. Keep up the good w...

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Steve - your cat palm is in water. I have a small pond in my backyard. I have a plant shelf that is about 12" deep. Do you think I could set a cat palm in a clay pot on the plant shelf? and would it survivie?

Thanks.

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How about pictures of the flowering trachys? thanks.

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I usually plant a couple of those in ground in a semi- shaded part of a border and they grow like mad. Great looking fan palm, nice job for $10. I'll give you $6 for it.

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welcome Dave. You are in a good spot. Lots of knowledge and education to be had in this forum. Post pictures and tell us what you are growing.

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I have a 7' queen palm that is still inside. Its too heavy to move in and out. I have several 2-6' Mex Fan Palm and they are outside and doing very well. My lows have fluctuated between 25F and 45F at night. They do not however like to have frozen roots in the pots so be careful of that. I also have...

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Welcome Arctic Palm. This is a great place to learn and help others who are as nutty as yourself. Keep us posted on what your planting and growing.

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sounds just like what I put up with at my house. I germinate a seed and I have a party i.e. high fives all around, jumping up and down, etc. However, the people in my house (my family) could care less. They complain about brown fornds, small bugs flying around (soil gnats) and high humididty levels....

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very festive look.

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I bought a Meyer Lemon at Family Tree Nursery here, it had a few flowers/blooms on it , we'll see if it I get lemons this year. My neighbor brought me back a Key Lime tree from Fort Lauderdale FL (springbreak) last month and it has 2-3 small flowers on it already. With any luck, I may be quitting my...

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Wes - got it at Family Tree Nursery in Overland Park KS -. I'll post a picture of it in a day or two. It is very nice. They have nice stuff, but it is very expensive (usually).

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I am still around but running out of indoor palm space. I need to get some friends excited about palm trees so I can start spreading the palms out. Started some citrus this winter after seeing your and Wes' trees on this site and its growing very well. Do you get lemons off your tree ? How about you...

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Love the Bottle Palm. I bought one 2 years ago at a local nursery for about $20. It was during the winter, discounted etc. It struggled thru the winter, came back last summer and really looks pretty good right now. It made it thru winter inside in a west window.

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Hey gentlemen - been out of pocket for a while. My wife had back surgery about two weeks ago and I have been busy at work and at home basically doing everything. Too bad about Arnolds. looking forward to some more spring like weather this week so I can get some more stuff outside. I have officially ...

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Steve - I'm with you on the appreciation for the Livistonia family. I have two very healthy and very large Liv Chinensis that are as happy inside in the winter as they are outside in summer. They are not fussy and they are very easy to care for. A big thumbs up.

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This is was not a scientific experiment, but, the paper towel and baggie method was a bust for me. I had much better results germinating seeds in tupperware containers providing bottom heat. The results were not even close. I kept the paper towel and baggie seeds on a computer monitor which provided...

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Don't know what you can dig up, but you can save yourself from being arrested for trespassing by stopping by Home Depot, Lowes, etc and buy yourself some nice big cold hardy palms for about 1/3 of what it would cost you around here.
Have fun.

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lucky1 - the plastic tent over my Fortunei is big enough that the water is diverted away from the plant and far enough away that it drains away. I am still inclined to dig it up and plant a little higher just so I don't have to worry about the sometimes cold spring rains damaging or drowning the pla...

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