Heres some fun then and now pictures

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:25 pm

My Cactus bed(some palms in back) on April 19 2008
and then on July 4th 2011

James in Fleetwood · Post by **James in Fleetwood** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:09 pm

Wow what a transformation! One of the great joys of gardening.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:16 pm

nice growth Jim. Your Y. aloifolia has really taken off!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:18 pm

What a huge transformation, Jim.

Can we have a pic of the Washies then and now?

Great topic!
Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:40 pm

Jim very nice. If I can get my Aloifolia through this winter I`ll have something to look forward to. All look great.

John

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:46 pm

Oh, yeah, Jim, they do grow and you do care about them!

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:04 am

Awesome!

I think I'll try more agaves, this time with moisture protection.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:27 am

My vote goes to Jim's place for most improvement or biggest transformation.

Hella cool.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:38 am

I second that, Aaron!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:27 pm

You guys are way to kind

Barb

Heres the earliest pic of one of the Washys I could find from Jan-13-2010

Heres both of them Nov-9-2011,the railing is about 6'

I really trimmed them back this year so they will take a while to come back.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:32 pm

That was just shy of TWO years???????

oh man!!!!!

really trimmed them back this year so they will take a while to come back.

Whad'ya mean REALLY trimmed them back?
why? ...to get them into winter protection structure?

I knew they'd be spectacular but to get growth like that in one year I'd have to get my septic tank to drain towards my palm...

Barb

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:39 pm

Yes, the Washy success is amazing.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:44 am

They were over 2 feet taller than last year but instead of
building on to the protection I trimmed them to fit last years.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:00 pm

but instead of
building on to the protection I trimmed them to fit last years.

Ahem....

wasn't it you who told me not to cut palm fronds until they're totally brown and crunchy, i.e. then all the potassium (from the old leaf) has gone into the palm for its health?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:00 pm

Sounds like me.....did I forget to say it's o.k. to cut
them if it means not covering them otherwise

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:28 pm

"do as I say, not as I do"

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:40 am

This little guy was bought as "Takil" but is Nainital.
Heres a baby pic when I first planted.

April of 2008?

Already lost the leggy fronds by October and looking more compact.

Looking good at the end of it's second summer(first spear-pull)in late November-

Sept 2011 1 gallon bucket

This one is going to go crazy next year-

I will finally have some palms taller than me!

Oct-3-11 5 gallon bucket-no spear-pull this year from the bigger Trachys

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:56 am

Jim that's amazing for only 3 years...and with a spear-pull interlude.
You'll be able to park your lawnchair under that this summer

I like this topic

Found a 2009 pic of my planted Trachy.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/4185693054/" title="DSC02444 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4040/4185 ... 5242_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSC02444"></a>

Almost the same angle, carpenter admiring his work as he builds the hut in Fall 2009.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/4051254071/" title="DSC03016 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2570/4051 ... b306_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC03016"></a>

November 2011:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/6320158521/" title="DSC05084 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6240/6320 ... 8f0c_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC05084"></a>

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:52 pm

Yea-that one has grown for sure!

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