Old Trachy shooting skyward
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Old Trachy shooting skyward
Finally taller than me...
I credit this growth with emptying out the bottom of my compost bin all around its base.
Brown slime, probably 5 pounds of it.
The nice thing about old compost/slime is that it'll NEVER burn, so no need to worry about quantity.
We bombed on the pollination this year...not one seed took! damn!
But I'm happy with fronds racing to be tallest
(ta da)
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Furry little devil, isn't it?
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Barb
I credit this growth with emptying out the bottom of my compost bin all around its base.
Brown slime, probably 5 pounds of it.
The nice thing about old compost/slime is that it'll NEVER burn, so no need to worry about quantity.
We bombed on the pollination this year...not one seed took! damn!
But I'm happy with fronds racing to be tallest
(ta da)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/5962213801/" title="DSC04843 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/596 ... 362cdf.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSC04843"></a>
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Furry little devil, isn't it?
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Looking good Barb, it seems happy with the care you have been giving it
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Looks a little bit bigger since you planted it!
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Thanks Ken and Jim.
Wow, your temps!
We've had a cool/overcast/rainy stretch.
Think Trachy prefers miserable weather to the blistering heat of a normal summer.
Barb
Wow, your temps!
We've had a cool/overcast/rainy stretch.
Think Trachy prefers miserable weather to the blistering heat of a normal summer.
Barb
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looks great Barb......getting big now..........just think.............your winter protection will be even taller now!!
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Thanks Tim!
Good point...I hope this beggar will fit inside for a few more years.
Nice problem to have in a few years, I suppose
Barb
Good point...I hope this beggar will fit inside for a few more years.
Nice problem to have in a few years, I suppose
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Yea thats the problem with being successful at this hobby!
You will eventually need skyscrapers!
You will eventually need skyscrapers!
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Skyscrapers
H would go nuts if I needed a "real dome"...oh, be still, my heart.
Erik,
thanks! appreciate that!
I'm convinced the stretched petioles are a combination of FINALLY getting into the ground 2 yrs ago (after the 30+ yrs bonsai treatment ).
Roots could finally expand, plus the big dose of compost slime this spring. Plus of course being on the East side of house.
I can't guess which of those 3 factors had the most impact.
Barb
H would go nuts if I needed a "real dome"...oh, be still, my heart.
Erik,
thanks! appreciate that!
I'm convinced the stretched petioles are a combination of FINALLY getting into the ground 2 yrs ago (after the 30+ yrs bonsai treatment ).
Roots could finally expand, plus the big dose of compost slime this spring. Plus of course being on the East side of house.
I can't guess which of those 3 factors had the most impact.
Barb
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Your palm looks great, Barb! It seems to have put on a lot of height since being first planted out!
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Thanks Cameron!
Wow, you folks are getting quite the heat wave!
Bet you're watering those seedlings a lot.
Wow, you folks are getting quite the heat wave!
Bet you're watering those seedlings a lot.
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Nice palm
Hello barb looks like your palms trying to make up for lost time and grow extra extra extra fast.
Looks like its stretching out as much as possible. Cant wait to see it next year!
Looks like its stretching out as much as possible. Cant wait to see it next year!
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Looks great. Does it get a lot of sun? Weird that its growing long petioles. Mine gets about 3-4 hours sun a day and has much shorter petioles.
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Thanks you guys!
Mike (macario) might be onto something
Tim, the Trachy only gets morning sun (east side of house).
We have such hot dry winds (normally) that it didn't do well all these summers in a pot out in the sun all day.
So for a couple of years before I planted it in the ground, I put the pot where it got only morning sun.
Did much better, with less shredding of the leaves from wind too.
Barb
Mike (macario) might be onto something
Unrestricted root area probably allowed the roots to finally grow without curling around the inside of a big pot.looks like your palms trying to make up for lost time
Tim, the Trachy only gets morning sun (east side of house).
We have such hot dry winds (normally) that it didn't do well all these summers in a pot out in the sun all day.
So for a couple of years before I planted it in the ground, I put the pot where it got only morning sun.
Did much better, with less shredding of the leaves from wind too.
Barb
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Thanks John....30+ years of creeping, the poor beggar!
Hey, maybe we should go into the "retail palm hut" business, huh?
Barb
Hey, maybe we should go into the "retail palm hut" business, huh?
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You first, John.a great idea to sell the palm huts as well!
Not a bad idea, actually.
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I'll take a photo of it tomorrow...it's really going gangbusters.
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Thanks buddy.
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It's really growing!
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How many fronds this summer?
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Sheesh, hope nota new palm hut in order soon
As to how often I'm fertilizing?
You'll laugh...just 2 apps.
One very weak palm special fert in spring (after the toxic fertilizer application of indoor plants in winter, I'm a little gun-shy using that stuff).
And one very heavy application (about 5 pound bucket) of slimy gooey sludge from the bottom of very old compost bin (that had plugged and couldn't drain).
It didn't even smell, but then compost never does if it's good stuff. There are still a few eggshell bits laying around, LOL.
Leaves are sure nice and dark green.
Oh...and maybe I gave it some epsom salts/potassium in spring? can't remember.
Re how many fronds?
I don't even think there are five new ones, just that their petioles are sooooooo darn long.
And when I look at last year's pic, I was already looking at the spears starting of the ones that are now open.
The long petioles have added the height.
I'm gonna go and start saving my pennies for a new palm hut.
Crap! The last one cost me $700 plus the winter heating bills
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Nice Barb, making up for all those years.
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It's a palm hut for one plant only (unfortunately).
I'd love a greenhouse, but that's not in the works
Barb
I'd love a greenhouse, but that's not in the works
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Hi Barb,
your Trachy is looking great. I can't believe it's already September.....where did the summer go?
your Trachy is looking great. I can't believe it's already September.....where did the summer go?
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