Washingtonia filifera - then and now

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:34 pm

Our W. filifera was sown feb of 2012. Planted in our garden as a two-strapleaf seedling in May 2012. First pic from August 26 2012 (two plants):
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/7884959994/" title="Lincoln-20120826-01028 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7884 ... 3258_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Lincoln-20120826-01028"></a>

And one year later, August 28 2013 (removed 2nd plant this May):
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9622007963/" title="Washingtonia filifera 175 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3818/9622 ... 9414_c.jpg" width="449" height="800" alt="Washingtonia filifera 175"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9622005093/" title="Washingtonia filifera 176 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7392/9622 ... 3797_c.jpg" width="800" height="449" alt="Washingtonia filifera 176"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9622002905/" title="Washingtonia filifera 177 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/9622 ... e0eb_c.jpg" width="449" height="800" alt="Washingtonia filifera 177"></a>
It is pushing its eighth and ninth spear this season since May.
Thanks for looking!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:32 pm

nice growth on that Washy......keep the updates coming. Mine did very poorly this summer.....as it only grew 1 new leaf. I 'think' the roots may have been frozen and were killed?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:43 am

What a difference a year makes, very nice and my all time favorite palm.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:56 am

Nice...that thing will be moving your air-conditioner in no time.

Tim

They require a foot of mulch during winter here and
the whole area around the palm for quite a ways out....

My guess is if you look you will see your Washy has put out
a bunch of giant new roots from just above where the old ones were-
if that is the issue and it most certainly has to be with just one leaf this year.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:44 pm

Adam,

That's a ton of growth in only a year.

How'd the other one do (the one you moved)?

Barb

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:18 pm

Barb,
I had three clumps planted thru winter.
Onne had a clear plastic bucket filled with mulch in it over top of it. It died by spring.
I had one with just a rose cone and a layer of mulch. It died.
Then there is this clump. Heated box over it. Did great. I split the two and put the second in a 10 inch pot and is doing great. But not as well as the one in ground, which barely had any root disturbance during the separation.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:28 pm

Adam,

Heated box over it. Did great

That's the trick.

Xmas lights controlled by a thermocube?
If so, how many C6s or C9s for this guy?

Barb

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:59 am

yes indeed, Barb. I think 8 c9's

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:03 am

Okeedokee, Adam, thanks.
I just ordered another Thermocube...here we go again...sweating buckets over their survival this winter.

Barb