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new palms for 2013
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 5:35 pm
by miketropic
I figured I would start an unofficial new palms thread for this year. anything we get new in the mail, on vacation, seeds germing post it in here. will be nice to go back in december and see what everyone got all year. posted some of mine some place else already but this one came in the mail today. 1G Waggie palm from steve. looks very nice and was packed well although USPS was a bit ruff with it. repotted into a 2 gallon and hope it puts on alot of growth here this summer. possibly into the ground next year.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 6:44 pm
by TimMAz6
nice Mike.....I may plant out a waggie this year too.
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 4:17 pm
by chadec
Nice waggie, I would like to have one that size.
Here is my new CIDP.
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 4:22 pm
by miketropic
very nice Chad hope to see one for sale when I go on vacation in a few weeks and thats just the size I could afford to ship home!
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:05 pm
by chadec
Hell, I found that locally. The only one HD had must of been a mistake for it to end up in NC.
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:15 pm
by lucky1
Steve sure grows good quality palms, Mike.
Gorgeous waggie.
Great looking CIDP, Chad.
I'm beginning to think Phoenix species are bullet proof in summer; they can handle tons of heat and tons of rain, or none.
Mine NEVER have scale, even my old one, although scale infested palms are near them, and more ants crawling around depositing more scale nymphs.
They can take blistering sun from day one out of the cold building with no burn.
My young Deglet Noor and Medjools can go dry as a bone, bake in the sun in black plastic pots.
I finally remember to water them and they throw a leaf.
Barb
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 7:32 pm
by chadec
Barb, whats the best way to over winter them. Some of my palms needed to sit in water all winter. Others got watered when I remembered.
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 8:49 am
by lucky1
None of my Phoenix -- the old one in a garbage bucket, or the new 2 year old ones -- were affected by being in the cold, barely-heated building all winter.
Next to several south windows, minimum 5C temps (regularly).
Temps never got above 10C the entire winter in that building.
Watered once lightly in 4 or 5 months.
Sure easier than what I go through with the other stuff.
But it's their "no scale" that impresses me the most.
My seedling Waggies have some scale, which really ticks me off as they weren't anywhere near other palms that were infested.
Barb