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Posted: **Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:11 am**

Hi
Some fotos

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2337/2003cx0.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1073/20032vx7.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1371/131105bp0.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1285/2006mg1.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7136 ... 259iq7.jpg

Josef
Kladno
Czech Republic

Posted: **Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:19 pm**

could only get the first picture, but it was great! brrrr!

Posted: **Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:59 am**

It's good to see these great palms growing in the Czech Republic.
Nice photos!

Cheers, Barrie.

Posted: **Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:04 pm**

Josef welcome to the forum

. Thank you for posting your photos. I noticed that the trunk looks a lot thicker than a normal T.fortunei.The palm fronds also look a lot larger than normal. Did you get that Trachy from Bulgaria? How old is it? How long has it been planted? Keep us updated on how it does this winter.
John

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:38 am**

Hi and welcome

I think that is great

I also have the same questions? Where did the seed or plant come from? It looks so nice and has a good form

Also, how cold does it get there in a normal winter?

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:51 am**

Hi John and Aaron.
I have palms from north Italy.Planted in ground March 2002.
Normal winter is wet humid with minimum around -16/-17 Celsius
Winter 2003/04 is very cold - 23.Plant survive with 95% leaf damage but
very good regeneriert./foto small palm spring 2003 and now/
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3025/70504zy9.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8229/malytr38ie7.jpg
Sorry my englisch is bad
Josef

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:51 am**

Those are very beautiful and I like the fat trunks.
I would like try leaving mine out to the elements with no cover but im waiting for the root system to be more established a year or 2 older to be able to handle that defolation every year. How do you fertilize it? Do you add any additives before winter? when did you plant them and did you protect them at all the first few years ?

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:55 am**

Hi
Big trachy foto spring 2004 and now

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/5120/7504bx4.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6503/trach259my7.jpg

Yes I fertilize since the April with N and from off Sept with K.
I protect all winters against rain and snow.

Josef

Posted: **Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:07 pm**

Very nice pics and welcome to the forum.

Regards,
Jay

Posted: **Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:48 am**

Sunny +12*C.Winter sleeping here in Czech.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4256/pros1bl6.jpg

Josef

Posted: **Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:24 am**

Nice trunked healthy palm. I wish we can grow them here but when I lived in Florida we had the same species of palm as you Josef.

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:21 pm**

Josef,

Your pics say it all..

By the way.....Are you still using that cat palm protection??

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:32 am**

Today picture

Josef,Czech

Posted: **Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:20 pm**

Josef,your palms are beautiful! I can't belive that can survive in your climate!
What do you thik can I have Jubaea chilensis without protection,here in Belgrade,Serbia,zone 8a?

(I am new here,and everybody sorry for my English,it is not very good)

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:26 pm**

Josef

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:35 pm**

Wow!! that is some hoar frost.

Merry Christmas to you, Josef.

Allen

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:33 am**

WOW! GREAT PICTURES!

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:40 am**

Alchris wrote:Wow!! that is some hoar frost.

So that's what it's called ... it even has a name! Never seen anything like it before until now.
Very interesting pics Josef! Thanks.

Cheers, Barrie.

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:19 pm**

Thank you for those breathtaking photos, Joseph!

Season's Greetings!
Barb

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:23 pm**

Josef, how is minimum temperature in your zone and how is zone where you live?

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:20 pm**

My Trachy has almost the same truck as joesf, only difference is that mine has just over 3 feet of trunk 5 foot total when including the leaves.
So not as tall as his but I'am sure when mine reaches his height it will look very close to the same, I live close to 2 hours south of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and I had my Trachy shipped from seattle there palms out there have very thick trunks! Here is the website www.palmsnorthwest.com

I will defenetly take some pictures of it and will post them up next spring, a long with my 3 footer witch I had shipped from B.C. Canada.
I use palm tree fertilizer spikes from treehelp.com also use Mycorrhizal fungi and i add a lot of epsom salts.

I planted my 5 footer in full sun and give it lots of water my 3 footer is in a nice sized pot for quick growth.

Posted: **Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:32 pm**

The Jub looks great, Josef.

Cheers

Posted: **Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:45 am**

WOW!awesome pictures!I think we can all agree that trachys have mixed like the domestic dog.Your palm really looks like a, dare I say TAKIL oh god,I said it,well of coarse it could never be takil

however it certainly is not pure fortunei and thats a good thing (not that there is anything wrong with fort)as far as I'm concerned,or it could be wagxfort,whatever it is that is one beautiful palm,that we can all agree on!I am curious what kind of protection you used on this and what"zone"your in?

Posted: **Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:01 am**

Hi Jim
Here is zone 7a
Last two winter without any protection.Min only -9Celsius.

Regards
Josef

Posted: **Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:29 pm**

Absolutely beautiful!!!

Posted: **Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:47 am**

hardyjim...as the saying goes, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Use the Search function on this site for Josef's name for earlier pics (over the last year or so) on various topics.

He has trunking yuccas, agaves, cycads and palms that'll make your jaw drop.

Barb

Posted: **Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:39 am**

Wow!,now I feel like the lucky 1

! I did not even notice there is a desert area,its going to take days to look through all these threads

Posted: **Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:45 am**

I just put up my rain shield on my cactus garden,which will become the winter cover for the palms too.
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Posted: **Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:37 am**

Hi
Here is snow and cold.Brrrrrrrrr.

Josef

Posted: **Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:04 am**

Hi
Another portion of snow here.

Regards from Czech
Josef

Posted: **Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:30 am**

Josef, that trachy grew a lot this summer.

Looks like it is about 12 feet tall.

And those trunked yuccas could not be more beautiful.
The skirts probably keep the trunk warmer than if you removed them.

Barb

Posted: **Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:16 pm**

Hi everyone! Since we are sharing pictures of T. Fortunei I would also like to post one

Really hope it worked for this is the first time I post something

. The Fortunei has already survived 4 Belgian winters now and never got wrapped, the past winters it didn't get too cold also

Posted: **Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:57 pm**

Hi beaver,
Looks very nice! Must like it there.

Posted: **Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:08 pm**

Hello, beaver, welcome!

Nice pics...great fortunei.
And very nice yucca (rostrata?) (brevifolia?)

Belgium is 50 N latitude, about the same as several of us from BC at Palms North.
The brick buildings likely provide a few degrees improvement, nice microclimate.

Barb

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