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zomble
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Hello

Post by zomble » Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:34 am

I am not so new,

I have the love for palms. Trachicarpus f, more recently gifted a seedling of Manipur. I also have two Cycas revolutas, one just flushing....the other refuses to budge :roll:

Welcome to everyone.

:D



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TerdalFarm
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Post by TerdalFarm » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:20 am

Zombia,
Welcome!
Lots of knowledge about trachycarpus here...just not from me.
Where do you live? Can you upload or link to garden pictures?
Erik

zomble
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Post by zomble » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:35 am

Sorry Erik, all in pots,

Hoping to move to a new place in the very near future so no point in planting to dig up. I came close to bidding for a new home this week, right home just in the wrong place.

Great to hear that Trachicarpus is discussed here, soon I will be lkooking to protect my palms

Thanks for the welcome Erik!

I am in the UK.

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TerdalFarm
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Post by TerdalFarm » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:59 am

Oh, and here I was about to try to sell you my farm :cry:
:lol:
Pots make a lot of sense; I'm digging up a bunch of palms that barely made it through winter and potting them. It is fun to try to overwinter a few, but it quickly gets ridiculous as this photo shows:

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zomble
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Post by zomble » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:13 am

Hey Erik,

Very cool shelters. At least they are not too open to the elements.

You can plant pots for the summer, then take them out but they would be very dirty pot bottoms then..yuck! When I move I will plant the palms cus I heard they are safer in soil than pots, pots freeze so that makes sense.

I did ok in a sense last year. I triple bagged my Cycas, then toggle tied at the bottom then brought them under a cover which devides two bungalows. The only thing that happened was the fronds went yellow, still are. We hit -13 and on sunny days as the snow on the shed roof melted Icicles formed on the fleece.

I was stupid and left the Trachicarpus (small) uncovered and it pulled four spears at Easter time so I threw it in the recycle. I have a belter now. I also lost a UK Cordyline. I was at the kitchen window one day in winter and saw it litereally fall to one side.

Buy your farm, I don't even have the deposit...HAHAAHAHA

:D

Jane_Whitt
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Hello

Post by Jane_Whitt » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:05 pm

Hello Everyone ,
I am Jane Whitt and I am Gardener . I am newbie here .Also I like to read novels as well as landscaping

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TerdalFarm
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Post by TerdalFarm » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:01 am

Hi, Jane.
Texas sure had a hot Summer!
Where in Texas do you live? Do you have any palms? Any photos of them? --Erik

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Post by lucky1 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:02 am

Hi Jane, welcome aboard...would love to see pics of some of your plants.
Any palms or cycads or cactus?

Barb
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Post by DesertZone » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:30 am

Welcome. :D
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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:01 pm

Welcome. Pictures please.

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