2 Brahea armata seedlings.
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2 Brahea armata seedlings.
Got 2 nice Blue Hesper palms from Lori at Jurassic Plants Nursery. As always, great packaging.
That makes 26 palms...think I'm done (unless I can find a replacement for my dead Hyophorbe lagenicaulis).
Their fleshy roots, shown below, make transplanting iffy because they're easily damaged.
Barb
That makes 26 palms...think I'm done (unless I can find a replacement for my dead Hyophorbe lagenicaulis).
Their fleshy roots, shown below, make transplanting iffy because they're easily damaged.
Barb
nice looking seedlings Barb. good luck with them. I just recently had some brahea armata seeds germinate and they took 9 months to germinate. They are lucky they did not get thrown out but I just kept them around because they were not taking up any room in a small cup. I suspect it will take 5 years before I have a 12" palm at this rate.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Hi Stevea07, thanks for the tip about warmth.
Winter temp advice was my next question...OK they'll go into the house instead of the barely-heated building.
Thanks for that pic...yours are only TWO years old?????
you're definitely doing something right! Gorgeous specimens.
What are the other palms?
Stevea07, welcome to the forum.
Don't see which zone you're in, US , Canada? East , West?
Kent, thanks. Yours took 9 months to germinate?
Oops, maybe I shouldn't have thrown my 10 month old seeds (copernicia, bismarckia, brahea, + ?) into the homemade potting mix bucket.
Maybe they'll still come up in the now-transplanted pots
Since Stevea07's are only 2 years old, yours won't take 5 years to get to one foot tall.
His photo is very encouraging.
Barb
Winter temp advice was my next question...OK they'll go into the house instead of the barely-heated building.
Thanks for that pic...yours are only TWO years old?????
you're definitely doing something right! Gorgeous specimens.
What are the other palms?
Stevea07, welcome to the forum.
Don't see which zone you're in, US , Canada? East , West?
Kent, thanks. Yours took 9 months to germinate?
Oops, maybe I shouldn't have thrown my 10 month old seeds (copernicia, bismarckia, brahea, + ?) into the homemade potting mix bucket.
Maybe they'll still come up in the now-transplanted pots
Since Stevea07's are only 2 years old, yours won't take 5 years to get to one foot tall.
His photo is very encouraging.
Barb
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brahea armata
this palm species does not like to be transplanted. They are very sensitive to root damage. I have one in my yard and it is now going on to it's 4th winter in the ground. Very hardy species but it does not like the winter rains so I put a rain cover over mine during our wet season.
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I've read about the transplanting risk (even though Todd didn't have any trouble).
One internet site even recommended planting a B.armata into the ground in its pot.
Said that roots would "eventually break out of the pot".
In my zone, would they prefer a house temperature over winter? or a barely-heated building with lots of light?
Barb
One internet site even recommended planting a B.armata into the ground in its pot.
Said that roots would "eventually break out of the pot".
In my zone, would they prefer a house temperature over winter? or a barely-heated building with lots of light?
Barb
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