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Cool.

Digging up that queen then? right? Looks like you got some nice big specimens this year, Like that queen and Adonidia or is it a king palm. And is that a Butia in the pot? Sago's look great too!! Where you getting these from?

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Yes. All my palms continue to grow quite well through the winter. I have a pretty bright sunny house (when it is sunny) and keep them close to windows where they get direct sun. I use the miracle grow fertilizer when I water every week. My palms seem to do almost as good as outside without being bea...

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Nice collection Mike.

Everything looks great!

Looks like you have quite a bit to protect. How many are staying in the ground and being protected this year?

My hat off to you.
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Bill,

Winds were over 75mph. Thanks! Couple weeks and I'll be moving them in.

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Too cool not to share.

Took this during a bad summer storm. It was pretty scary.

Too bad my camera ran out of memory before the worst of it.

Enjoy
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Windmill Palm guy,

I over winter mine. 3 foot including pot and maybe 16 inch trunk and it does great!

All the rest of my palms also do great in my house. Lots of light.

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Scott

Here's mine I got last year.

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Steve,

Are you planning on adding any supplemental heat to it?

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Thanks Everyone. I guess I got real lucky with this one. This was the first time my Home Depot had Nice REAL palms. I mean other then majesty's and small Phoenix Robeleni's. They got them in late June. They had Adonidia's , larger Phoenix Robeleni's, Queens and these. I didn't know what they were at...

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WOW!

Welcome to the Jungle indeed!!

Excellent tropical paradise!

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Got a new Bismarkia at H.D. and talked them down to $30. It was totally pot bound and crooked in the pot. I re-potted it and it looks great. Can't wait for it to take off and GROW! Here's a couple of pics. http://www.postimage.org/gx1zIT_A.jpg http://www.postimage.org/gx1zIYZS.jpg Mark [/img]

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Bill,

That's incredible!

Can't believe the difference!

Way to go!
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Bill,

Thanks! I just gave them a call and their horticulturist is going to call me. Sound as if they can be used in the house. I just have some concerns since I have house bunnies.

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Bill, Are these predator mites something I can use in the house? :shock: Thats the only time have I an issue with them. Seem Kind of scary to bring more bugs in. I could see if the issue was in the yard. Mike, Thanks! Many were from your recommended nursery Jamaican Gardens. Hows your palms? Getting...

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I had the fungas knat problem 2 years ago. OMG. :shock: Enough to drive you nuts. :roll: I finally got control with 'Gnatrol' drenching and spraying the guys on the soil with rubbing alcohol. I was dilligent about looking for them in the pots but it paid off. Misting the big Queens it tuff. Got to g...

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Bill, I re-potted them in 75 gallon stock tanks (Farm & Fleet) since I couln't find larger pots. I will post some pics when I get them in. Maybe the video too. :lol: Barb, Thanks! No I actually found the Coconut palm about 4 feet tall for $60. I love it. It's growing sooo fast! I hope I can over...

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Thanks John.

No. I'm the only crazy in the neighborhood. But they are all amazed.

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Thanks!
Two or three usually. I usually get one over the winter in the house.
Unfortunatly I break a couple of them getting them in and out of the house on the taller 17ft one cause it a real challenge to move and my ceilings are only 11.5 foot. They have to over winter on a 45 deg. angle.

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John,

I'm Speechless!

Totaly Awsome!!

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Great book! Just read it after seeing this post and its inspired me to put something in the ground next year. Probably a Trachy as it would have the best chance. Also may try some of the other plants/tress he suggested.

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Hi all! Haven't posted in while. Can't believe summers almost over. :cry: We hardly had one here. In fact is was our coldest July ever. I thought I'd get some pics of the palms around my place and post them to share. Hopefully I will be able to get my 14 and 17 foot Queens back into the house next m...

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Very Nice. One of My Washingtonia robusta is about the same size and has put on great growth too. My other larger one was doing great but 4 large leaves turned yellow and dried up. Curious. What zone are you in?

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Dean,

Sorry it took me so long to respond. I havn't been on in quite some time. It turned out just fine and is doing well. Got some new palms and the others have grown well over the summer. I will post some pics soon.

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Solomon,

That Trachy looks great. Does your enclosure have light or allow light in? Are you pulling in the basement air from the basement window in the pic? How do you allow the air out? I'l like to know more about how you are doing it if you'd care to share.

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I'm not sure what's up. One of Pygmy Palms has 7 trunks or stems 8 to 12 inches. I knoticed one of them looked as if it was dying. I squeezed the trunk and it was mushy. I pulled the spear and it came out. :cry: This is Fungus correct? Should I cut the one trunk out. Can it spread to the rest of my ...

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Way to go Dan. Looks Great!

I would use the method Craig pointed out for sure. Seems like the best way to protect through long extreme cold. That would be the method I would use if I was going to put something in the ground.

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Dan,

That's AWSOME!!!

That was from Paridise? I'm going to have to get me one! Thats the same pot I have my two Queen palms in.

Lucky you!
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Dan,

I would get the biggest pot you can find. 24 inch is one of the largest I can find. Home Depot.

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Dan,

Do tell me how that Windmill from Paridise is. I was thinking of ordering from there as well or TyTy Nursery. Good luck with your new palms and take some pics.

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Welcome Dan!

You will learn lots from the experts here. Where you orderning all those palms from? 7 foot Windmill.. nice. I need one of those. Planning to plant it in the ground?

I'm in northern Illinois by the way.
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That's beautiful Barb! 31 year old plants.. You're doing something right!

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Opplam, I'm sorry I cannot embrace them. I hate bugs on/in my plants. I have never had these Gnats before and they driving me nuts. Like you said buzzing in your face. I read that the larva will feed on the roots and can damage the plants and they just keep breading in the soil. I have 9 palms in my...

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Dean, I recently got a Sago, W.Robusta, Triangle, Spindle and King. They started in the Sago after I repotted. Since then I've repotted all the rest of the these which I got about a month ago. I've been watering once a week. I've also been misting all of these which has probably led to keeping the s...

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HELP! My new palms are being invaded by fungus Gnats. :evil: I don't know which one brought them in but they're in all of them now. I've tried to let them dry out and I've watered in some BT ( maybe the wrong kind) , got the sticky yellow things to catch them but can't seem to get them under control...

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WOW Jody!

I'd can only dream of having front yard like that! Thats' Awsome!! Lucky you.

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John,

Those are incredible!

Way to go!!

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Very nice!

I'm tying to sprout some seeds myself. I believe they're Queen palm seeds my neighbor brought back from Florida. Soaked a few days and planted in shallow pot with plastic rap over it to hold in the moisture. We'll see.

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Thanks John!

Yes. My house is very bright with many large window. Plants thrive in all light and sunshine in the house. (when there's sun) They should really grow this summer!

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Hi Barb! Thanks! My queens though luch and full have a Meallybug problem. :x I think I'm getting it under contol now with the rubbing alcohol. Every weekend I spend a day on a ladder searching for them. I use the alcohol straight with a paint brush on them and then spray 1/10 alcohol 9/10 water on t...

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Macario, I checked out Jamaican Gardens on Sunday. Awsome. I bought four new palms. A Washy, King, Triangle and Spindle. Can't thank you enough for telling me about it. I was like a kid in a candy store. I can't wait to check out the others you mentioned and go back to Jamaican again! I'm on a roll ...

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