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Blue Mexican Fan palm that I brought back from California in May seems to like it's Southern exposure as new spears/fronds coming along at what seems to be a abnormal speed for them. We've had a warm, wet Spring around here so far so most palms are happy in pots or in the ground. http://s3.postimg.o...

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Jim, I think your right about heat tape around the root ball maybe having a drying out affect. Thought that this year with the super cold we had(worst in 30 years) and lack of snow. Since I have so many palms with heat tape around the root ball, this Winter I will only plug in master cord to them al...

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Still alive, outside where it gets a lot of heat and sun. Kind of languished for a while but now new spear starting to move. Phil at Jungle Music had some really nice ones on special a week or so ago...was tempted to snag one..just in case, but didn't.

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While a common palm it seems in tropical Florida, seems hard to come by via mail order but found a really good nursery in Florida called D'Asign Source Botanicals that does mail order much like Jungle Music does for less tropical specimens. After seeing a picture of one on a website knew I just had ...

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Just acquired today.

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Very nice. Very partial to Blue palms but have a harder time with them for some reason. I keep trying though.

Great pics.

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After having success overwintering Chinese fan palms in the ground and surviving, but not having a season long enough to where they look like much I dug one up to make room for a Sabal and put root mass in old grow pot and stuck in stream to one of my ponds since I knew they liked water. It really t...

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Local nursery got a few of these in for a conservatory being built here in the Omaha area. Stunning palms! by chance already had a 3 footer coming next week from a grower in Florida I found that does ship palms.

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Welcome Chirs.

Scott
Omaha, NE

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Fantastic job.....and the best Needles I've ever seen.

The big question.....is the boss impressed?

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Took the plunge and bought one of these little beauties. Now of course the key will be to keep it warm and humid...but with air circulation so came up with this set up and it resides in the master bathroom along with Zebra palm that has been happy there for over a year. http://s28.postimg.org/wg7c83...

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NICE! What is the palm behind the pool? and is it in the ground as well?

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905 if your married, you wife must be a lot more understanding than mine........lol

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Update on the Candy Cane Palm. After a long winter with almost no growth....or decline all of the sudden it woke up and rapidly pushed a new spear and close to opening. Must mean she's happy :) Since this has always been one of my "must haves" glad to see it doing well. http://s29.postimg....

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Very impressive!

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Brooklands.....what kind of winters do you experience there to plant a CIDP? and how will you protect it? what is your zone?

Picked up a couple small ones on my road trip to California and thought about planting in the ground as well.......

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Thing is, nothing out there to find. Other than one Walmart never saw any Filifira's Even the palm hobbyists I visited didn't have any...and they had THOUSANDS of palms to sell. Even if I had gone back the way I came and stopped at that Walmart I don't know if it would have fit in the truck as it wa...

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Thanks for the link Steve, the side by side chart helped a lot.

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Trust me, I think I've hit every walmart, Lowe's and Home Depot within 50 miles.

3 gallon CIDP for $9.98(bought two)
3 Gallon European Fan Palm(green) $14.98 1 Gallon European Fans for $6.95 Going to plant the 3 gallon in the ground and see if I have luck with over wintering it.

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Who knows maybe I'll buy two?

Wish they had some smaller one to experiment with

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Jim, I take it yours is in the ground like your others? How I would love to try one in the ground....not sure if I can take the chance. In California now with my truck and grabbing some stuff from collectors and box stores and going to bring home one of these beauties. http://s1.postimg.org/ji8np2uz...

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Oh, never heard of the thorns/no thorns ID. That will make it easy.

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In Southern California with my truck and am finding these at Walmarts. ALL the tags say "Mexican Fan Palm" or simply "Fan Palm" yet the grow pots say either Washingtonia Filifera or Washington Robusta I'm inclined to think the grow pot is right, not the tag dangling from the palm...

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Great to hear. When I've had to water I've used Superthrive

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Moved this Trachy about a month ago from where it was at because it was too close to the house. Only moved it about 6 feet. Dug easily, and in well draining soil. as you can see in the pictures some of the fronds are hanging because they broke, but in all palm looks droopy. It does have a few good s...

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From??? Cocoanut Mike?

Those are some huge Needles!

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Jim, that's good to know as I need to get another one to replace the one I had that died when I left it out in the fall when out of town. Doing a road trip to San Diego in a couple of weeks with my truck and not going to come back with it empty! I had seen one in Phoenix at a Lowes but it wasn't mar...

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Aside from how great his palms came through the winter, that yard looks like party central for the neighorhood! Pool and hot tub on nice decking????

Summer pics too Beny.

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Does seem like a lot for the size. I'd rather spend the 100 bucks of other species.

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I'm with Barb and the LED rope lights. But glad they work. Lower energy cost and much easier to find and use. So many of the C7 and C9 Christmas lights are crappy made in China ones that tend to fail easy. I'll still use the cages that I've made already until palms grow too tall, but I would suspect...

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Total $16.50 so not bad

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Red form arrived yesterday so have it sitting next to my Orange form. We'll see how they do inside. Have humidity gauge close by to keep humidity up and by East facing windows.

Sorry, pic doesn't seem to want to load proper.

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Nice post. Great to see another success story when we've been reading about looses.

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I'm sure mine will look cool...someday. Horribly slow grower but seems happy.

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Have one of those too, a nice seedling I got as a freebie from Phil at Jungle Music. Has done pretty well in our master bath where I'm sure it enjoys the extra humidity.

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Thanks Beny.

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Fishtail

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Bought this big Fishtail for a whopping $12 last year from a nursery that sells plants that people return when they get too big for their house/apt. It was time to transplant from the small pot it came in into something more permanent and by a better window for light. Palm didn't come with any ID ta...

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Beny, that helps a lot seeing materials you used in French video. Now is that the palm you used the LED lights on as well? or was that heat tape?

LED rope lights would be MUCH easier to use that is for sure as long as they put off just enough heat to keep palms from freezing.

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Very cool, will be glad when re posted in English to understand narration.

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