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Not sure if it’s worth digging (and the drive down to Carlsbad), but I have a bunch of 5-6 ft mature Pygmy date groupings that will need to be replaced soon. PM if interested.

Hey I was supposed to do this 3 months ago. The 2 foot Boost Lighting $25 deals on eBay KILL the 4 footers. The Wal Mart shop lights are actually wonderful. After doubling up my Barrina tubes I must have done something right because the bananas are gonna hit the ceiling, I just kinda hung them in a V pattern - I zip tied them in pairs and hung them from S hooks and chains. Mentioning this again, especially for the price point, the Wal Mart shop lights are wonderful - if you're not looking to fruit or flower, grab them. I also just snagged these. First and foremost, I want to say I do not like The Millennial Gardener. Something about him just... Just stop pretending you're poor and on a budget. You're not bootstrapping anything. Anyway, he was right about these lights. https://a.co/d/0gVKcpKn I wanted something to fill out my new bench, it's 87.5"w (I'm using repurposed shelving so I get weird sizes) and I already hung a Wal Mart shop light dead center so a couple of 2 footers on either side of that should do great. Then I busted out the Photone app and holy poop on a stick From 6" I got like 500ppfd. The 4 pack is $30 if you have Prime, I didn't need the timer since I bought smart outlets for all my lights. 500 ppfd for under $8 is insane. That's the same number I get from my doubled up Barrina with the shower curtain reflector (which believe it or not made a HUGE difference) - and the 6 pack of those is typically $130. The power cords are a little short but I'll just Mississippi something together. I'm gonna have some very happy plants over here.

In League City TX, just south of Houston. We had one night at 25 and the next bottomed out at at 23.5. It did get above freezing in between. Mule unprotected Majesty that I defoliated and wrapped with blankets and heat. Too easy to protect to risk losing it. L. Chinensis (unprotected) and Acoelorrhaphe Wrightii (blanket and Xmas lights) C. Alba just got a blanket (had lights on it but they didn't work!) and the Arenga Englerii had no protection. Another Chinensis behind that. Decora unprotected Bizzy unprotected Chamadorea Hooperiana (I think?) just had a pot flipped over it What I thought was Seifrizii but got absolutely toasted with canopy Cham Costaricana that just got a blanket. I may have overestimated it's cold tolerance Licuala Spinosa strap leaf just got a pot flipped over it A small Cham Radicalis and some transplant Rhapis did fine Chuniopheonix Nana had a pot flipped over it with a string of Xmas lights laying next to it Licuala Fordiana? Lanonia? I have to keep better records. Had a pot with some Xmas lights next to it. Cham Elegans unprotected A Cham Tepejilote that I decided would be easier to just dig up and replant after the freeze. Doesn't seem to have missed a beat. And last but not least, a potted Ptychosperma Elegans that I somehow missed when I loaded up the greenhouse. May he rest in peace.

So I got this P rupicola seedling a handful of months ago, it’s seemed to slowly decline, is looking really yellow. I’ve fertilized it with palm fertilizer with micronutrients, and also ironite. It’s had sufficient water, hasn’t been exposed to freezing temps. Any ideas what I need to do?

Mine has done well in the ground with little care. Droughts and polar vortexes had caused some spear-pulls at times but it has reliably returned (great leaf hardiness). I had put it in the 'experimental' category. In fact, had I known it would perform so well, I probably would have placed it in a more prominent spot. ~ S

These were planted late last year, I think in November. I think they’re goners. They got no protection and were coated with 1/10 of ice or so for a few days. The same homeowner also planted a very large Pygmy Date that was struggling to survive while it was still warm. Looked fine when planted but I don’t think they ever watered it. It received a cover for protection at the 11th hour. I’m sure it’s done for. There used to be a few good size Pygmy dates in the neighborhood that lasted several years, but 2021 of course took care of those. Some folks have planted more in the last year. All the ones I know of are toast.

Bumping this thread - @tarnado since you asked. I've been pondering doing this for a while now and I for real don't know how fast these are supposed to be. I know back in Texas sitting on a concrete slab in the sun in 100° heat every day it blew up quick, then my dumb ass left it outside and it's.... It's pushing but not like it was. I didn't wanna repot it since I planned to throw it in the yard. But the anxiety got ahold of me and I wondered about rotten roots after the freeze. Would y'all believe me if I told you this was the only rotten root? Well, there was one more but it was really small and attached to this one. I was also expecting A LOT more roots pushing through the bottom since it's been in this same pot for at least 3 years. In the past these pots have made my life hell. The queen was the worst. I know the spindle is a nightmare. Anyway. John, do you mean to tell me you took the most valuable palm in your collection and put it in a pot you found behind a barn? Hell yeah I did. The 5 gallons were too big and I have no idea what size this is but it's bigger than a 3. Maybe it's an actual 3 gallon. I dunno. But it's perfect. I actually sifted through the soil since I think this was one of my old mixes of Fox Farm, Turface and Leca. Sift out the rock parts, add in coir and perlite and some 4-4-4 and watered it and we're good and hopefully that perks it back up again.

This is one of the 2 Kahuka that survived. I just did an emergency repot and the only root I broke was the size of one of my hairs so fingers crossed. I know what I did wrong with these - I started them in 1g pots because I was so worried about root disturbance, and I put too much compost in with the coir and perlite. Then figuring out the humidity then the baggies collapsing - anyway yeah just - good vibes for this one, it just randomly dropped all of its leaves and the soil was kinda soggy. The other one is doing just fine. Maybe this one realized it's in Mississippi, maybe it realized it's surrounded by Walmart papayas, I don't know. At any rate I'm trying to save it and the rootball was crazy small so even though the soil has been draining well for months it got too dense and the tiny fibrous roots couldn't poke through? I dunno. Anyway it's done. The water runoff is from me watering it since the fresh coir was dry.

If anyone's looking for a good Youtube video to watch here's one. I really enjoyed this one! there's great scenery of palms in the video

will* not well, Just realized my typo lol

Those Chamaedorea weeds are high-demand in zones 8 & 9. I only have T.fortunei and S.minor at my place.

Maybe buy a 2-1-3 ratio of granular. Then try dissolving a half cup into a 5-gal bucket of hot water. Maybe start with some boiling water. Mix it in one of those orange buckets and then let it cool down 2 or 3 hours.

It looks like Cycas edentata

Looks pretty toasty, let's say 50-50😆. They look recently planted and/or never really took off before winter based on the super long petioles and sparse crown. Amazing what a few degrees difference looks like. Tiny queens just starting the pinnate stage in Houston I've seen the past few days don't look like that at all. Just a bit of yellowing especially at the tips but very alive. But then again, all of the Washingtonia look nearly pristine too.

There's a little story behind mine. I obtained a seedling in a 1-gal pot. It sat in my shadehouse for a couple years and grew a stem about a foot long. Then it amazed me by flowering. After a while it grew three fruits that gradually enlarged and ripened, assumed because of their color change. I cleaned the seeds and germinated them. After another year or so, they had grow pretty well in 2-gal pots, so, in April 2022, I decided to plant them and the mother plant out in a new semi-shaded area that I had developed. After a short time, one of the seedlings died, followed soon by the mother plant. The remaining two looked fine, so I left them in place. The attached pic shows them almost four years later. Scale provided by the hat and two 8-in blocks.

So here are the three queens up the street following an ultimate low of 20F. They’re really fried. What do you think the chance is that any survive?

Picked up some tomatoes...lots of king palms but not deeply discounted 😆. 610 and 290 They have some so-so majesty and cat palms for $5. Pass The most beautiful weekend weather in what feels like a looooong time

The Seagrapes are mostly fried all the way to Palm Beach from PSL along the U.S. 1 corridor and on a brief stint we made on the barrier islands. This was observed from a trip I made a couple days ago. Don't know if the damage is superficial, and if they will come back, and at what height? My guess is that they survive, but diminished in size. This is a new experience for me.

Sent a PM.

I forgot the Bismarckarias. They seem to have weathered the cold+wind so far

I encounter this in my work. Couple choices : -remove rock once a year and apply a 360day quality fertilizer below -trunk injected micronutrient blend like PalmJet product. Best done in cooler months like March then again October.

Nice!

It was a prefab galvanized steel frame I bought from a fellow enthusiast. I had to frame the ends, make the doors and buy the polyethylene. I sold it in less than a day for nearly what I paid. Lucky I guess.

Great video. Nice scenery!