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Hi all, It has been years since I posted last. Good to see some familiar faces and new faces interested in creating tropical gardens in the north. I moved to a new home a couple years ago and finally can focus on the gardens. I currently only have 2 cold hardy palms in the ground. One is a 7 year ol...

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Barb

Your palm looked like mine after I over watered it during winter. I now keep it on the dry side during the winter.

Craig

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Thank you for the offer, but I had to put my palm hobby on hold for awhile. I lost my greenhouse in a wind storm last year and have no room to grow anything at this time. I will give them another try when I get my setup back up.

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Hey Jeff,

Bought 50 seeds last year and had 0% germination. Just thought you should know.

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Dan, does your trachy look like mine?

In my case I think I have more foliage than the roots can supply with water because of the low soil temps. I also gave my palm a drink of warm water last week and it responded well.

Craig

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How do you all think a Butia X Parajubaea would do?

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If cans of spray foam weren't so darn expensive, it'd be worthwhile to build a structure and just spray the inside, closing all the little cracks (might save time assembling insulation to fight snugly). 2 words.......duct tape. I am never allowed to use spray foam again. Last time I had it in my ha...

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Jim, The weather event you described is likely what caused the damage. We had very simular conditions in November. Barb, I have hardwood bark mulch piled up around the base of the pink boxes, maybe a foot or so. We had 60mph winds last week and they didn't move, but the mulch was froze. If the mulch...

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Knock on wood, everything has done well in the insulation boxes. I did discover spear pull in the Washington state trachy today which is in a styrofoan cooler box. I am still trying to figure out why. The palm looks great and has been protected from cold and rain since November. The only thing I can...

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After that we're all hoping to take the winter protection off. I've given up hope for an unprotected palm, we just stay cold for too long for any to make it long term......I am a big wuss when it comes to my palms and will baby them till they die. Unfortunitly I speed the process up at times with m...

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Hi all! Here are a few pics of the palms I am over-wintering here in Central Pennsylvania as of the end of January. I am using an idea from Kevin in Utah, who some might know for my palm protection this year. The boxes are contstructed of 2" insulation board and heated with a 20 watt landscape ...

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LOL Barb!!! I will make sure I get some pics of the trachys this spring. I also planted a sabal brazoria and sabal birmingham so it will be interesting to see how they faired. We went down to -15F a few weeks ago, so my hopes are not high. I planted some Mediterranean Fan Palm seeds last year at the...

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Jim, I have a tesan from Mike. I think it's going on 3 years old now. I admittedly have a small sample group, but tesan seems to be along the lines of the bulgarian trachys. The leaves are very stiff compared to other trachys I have, including Naini Tal. Mine does not exhibit the "crawling"...

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You're a nut, Craig, but a good nut!

Got to laugh at yourself before you laugh at others...............

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Hey Laaz!! Hope all is well!! You have more hands on experience than me with sabals, but those palms look like they have been there a while and have all the traits of a birmingham. I am curious why you think they are regular sabals. The palms being located in NE Oklahoma makes me think they are not ...

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thanx for the info ,cant ever catch the person that owns them at home

Just keep tabs on them. When they set seeds grab all you can get and send them out to everyone here.....LOL.

They might not look like it, but those are some pretty special palms.

Craig

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Barb, I did plant 3 small bulgarian trachy's in the ground at my parents place which is a 6b US climate . Time will tell if they survived this winter, they are under leaves at the moment. We have been below normal for 2 months now so we shall see.. The portapotty and rainbow sum up most of my life.....

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Barb, I have found the opposite to be true with every PDP I have had. Keeping the soil moist has led to fungus problems time after time for me. My current one is doing a bit better this winter. I have it growing in VERY well drained soil in a pot just big enough for the root system and water it once...

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any chance the cats DID pee on it (despite the mesh?) That's exactly what I was thinking. My old cat....God rest his soul.....got a chinese fan of mine. No his death had noting to do with the palm..LOL. PDP are still the toughest palm for me to keep alive during winter. I have better luck with a Ma...

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Barb, Here is a pic of the bulgarian palms. I am pretty sure these are close to 30 years old. They are growing in basically a US zone 7 climate with no protection. I am not sure of their status of late, but I have about 2 dozen young offspring from them. Even as seedlings they have a much stiffer le...

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still dont know what they are birmingham or what anybody have any ibea

They sure look like birminghams to me.........20+ year old birminghams at that. The wrapped one looks like a butia to me.

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There has been alot of dialog about Trachy tesan on this site and others. Most treat it as another "snake oil" trachy. I have also noticed the same traits as you. They have much stiffer and shorter leafs than my other trachys except my bulgarias. The bulgarias and tesan are very simular.

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Todd, why did you dig it up? I would think brahea armata could handle your winters if kept dry.

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Hi all!! I am looking to purchase or trade for some Trachy Waggie seeds. Only looking for 50 or so seeds of the rounded leaf variety. Let me know via PM or post here if you can help.
Thanks!!!
Craig

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Long time, no post!! I've been busy as heck this summer, but wanted to let you all know I have been lurking from time to time and appreciate all your contributions to this great site. I will be contributing more myself as we enter into fall. Until then I hope everyone has had a great summer and I lo...

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I dug the seedling up last fall, it just wasn't in a very good spot and was getting crowded . It now resides in a pot in my greenhouse, but I plan on planting in my garden soon. I was going to build a kind of "living" greenhouse over part of my new garden, but the plant locations make it u...

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I prefer them when they "stretch out" for sun. I think they look even more tropical. Are you going to plant it in the ground for the summer? I had a seedling planted last spring that took a 23*F night and didn't even flinch. They are very hardy.

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Livistona is fun to grow. They can take abuse and still look good. Yours seems to be liking the shade.

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I am going to seed some papaya in the ground. I can't keep them alive in pots. Same with Mangos. They come up, then die.

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THERE YA GO BARB!!! They are much easier to take of in the ground...LOL.

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Thanks all for the advice!! I was thinking of putting it where I had my robusta that got fried when the power went off during a 0* night. It gets about 5-6 hours of direct morning sun a day. The robusta grew well there so I would think the Needle would also. Turtile I got them at Lowe's. Long story ...

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Hi all, I picked up a 7gal Needle palm today along with a 7gal Silver Med Fan at my local box store. I have a location for the Med fan, but wanted to get some input on the needle palm. What is the best location for a Needle in zone 6? Also what kind of soil mix would be best? Never grew Needle palms...

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Dan, If I was a betting man...and I am....I would say your soil is too wet. My trachys hate wet feet!!! I have used the same cactus/palm soil and had problems with my soil staying too wet. I now add some coarse sand and wood chips to all my soil. I just planted a 15 gal. Trachy here in Pennsylvania....

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Great job John!!! Too bad I'm not closer, I could take a few of those babys off your hands!! I also like that you are spreading the joy so to speak about palms. I have been giving some thought of a rent-a-palm, side business myself. I live in a college town and the students would love the spring bre...

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Thanks all!

John I did not pot them up prior to planting. I am finding more and more that my palms like to be a little rootbound. A pot about an inch larger than the rootball is they way to go. Funny that you mentioned basjoo, I am picking up a few this weekend...LOL.

Craig

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Hi all, Thought I would share a few pics from my tropical garden. I still have some work to do, when I am done I will put up a slideshow with before, during and after pics. Any additional ideas are welcomed!!!! Craig Livistona, Bajoo and Windmill with varigated hosta underneath. http://img128.images...

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Barb That is a Blue Java or Ice cream banana. It does have a new leaf waiting for warm weather. Below is my 4' basjoo that I over wintered in my basement. Frost got it also, but it is also pushing up a new leaf. It's staying in the ground next winter. http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1420/1001735y...

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Susan Hello from central Pennsylvania!!! I think the only indoor palm more tempermental than a pygmy is a majesty palm. Your plam looks like a classic over watered indoor pygmy. I have killed at least 4 of them this way. Through my failures I finally kept a pygmy alive by doing the following: - Prov...

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Dan,

It is most likely going through some shock. Your soil is most likely still around 50-55* which your palm's roots are adjusting to. In additon, make sure you don't over water it. Normal spring rain fall should be plenty for it. I would only water it if you go a week or so without a good rain.

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Time to buy a farm!!!!

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