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After sitting in a box for 5 months my new laptop is finally up and running. No more 15 minute waits for a page to download and then freezing the moment it does. Now to figure out how to get a video to work on the new one. Peachy

ripe red seeds ready for sowing, from parent tree in cold winter inland region sydney west. fast growing if planted in ground, slow if in pots , but will outgrow. $24 per 4 seed, plus postage n packet. or i have 3yr old potted specimems in 8inch pots. emailadamsoasis@gmail.com 0420773777 use my contact details incase i dont see it here in time. i posted my fotos right way up, dont know why the site is displaying them sideways

@gyuseppe, here are close ups of the spines in my female roebelenii. Do you copy, how strongly radiating they are arranged? Usually greenhouse grown specimens (offered in the market) and used as indoor plants have a thinner, longer and parallel arranged spines, but outdoors in full sun is a different story.

Trachycarpus fortunei

Mine do NOT look happy 😑 I potted them into 1g with coco coir and perlite just like everything else, watered them in nice and deep, and they're all shrivelling up now. What can I do to save them? Is this because of the roots that got broken in the unpacking? I honestly thought it was minimal. Now they look like something that hasn't been watered in 3 months. That's like $50 down the toilet if I killed them.

Bismarkia in the rain

https://a.co/d/99XgaSS This is my favorite brand, I've tried.... A few. I've paid twice this much for these bricks. They're good stuff. $12.39 for 10 pounds as I write this. I just bought 2, if I had the funds I'd buy a pallet. https://a.co/d/egOhvVa And a 100 pack of 1g pots for $19.99. These are flexible standard run of the mill nursery pots and they come with tags and.... Well they include gloves but they're kinda small for my hands, but whatever. Bend but don't break plastic.

YouTube is begging for you to start a channel, man.

I really wanna get my hands on one of these things... I missed out by one freaking day.

Ohhhh...! Thanks a lot!

Here's where it gets fun. You're not gonna know how big of a pot you're gonna need until you get it out of the ground. These things also are known for throwing some really deep tap roots, so - it's honestly a guessing game until the shovel comes out. You want to get as much of the root ball as you can, at that size it shouldn't be too bad but - you're not gonna know until the shovel comes out. I love the idea of digging these out of the ground though! Apparently they're like weeds out there and pop up in sidewalk cracks and there's a famous one growing in a storm sewer in LA. Personally I'd have a bigger pot on deck ready just in case - it doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to hold dirt and let water drain out. For a beginner, I'd start off with some cactus and palm soil and add some extra perlite or small gravel or something to help with drainage. Washies aren't picky, I personally hate Miracle Grow with a passion but if it's what's available, it's what's available. Don't freak out if it starts to sulk a little after being potted up, just give it some time to adapt and adjust to it's new home. Take your time digging it up, it's ok if some of the smaller roots break off but be careful with the big tap root. Get it potted up and try to keep the dirt at the same line it's at right now, then just pack your soil gently around it. You want it compressed but not compacted if that makes sense - just pat it in gently with your hands, make sure there's no air pockets in there. And make sure it drains well. Root rot will kill a plant faster than anything. It doesn't look terribly huge right now but the roots are what's important, and... Dead horse and all but you're not gonna know until you dig it out. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

It has survived two times shutdown of irrigation timer and three times damage of roots having penetrated in to the soil of the larger pot. In coming spring it will be donated to the only decent botanical garden in Athens (together with a Sabal maritima and two Sabal blackburniana)

I'll probably keep them as house plants. Soil change in Spring time if they survive. Maybe even to plant one next summer under thick canopy.

Lord Jesus help me. Y'all told me not to do this yet, but I did it anyway. I mean, on paper it's a great idea, I designed it all for perfect drainage and it works exactly like I built it to do. But if that bulb has grown that much in what, 3 days in a pot plus 2 days in here? And there's 12 in there? And it's not even Christmas yet?

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong trying to root out crowns? I twist it off, I cut and cut and cut and cut some more until I'm confident I've got all of the fruit off, I peel off layer after layer of leaves and stick it in a shallow cup with barely any water and a squirt of H2O2 in it, and - I've got one more to cut up, the first one rotted, the second one hasn't rotted yet but it doesn't smell very pleasant - are they supposed to stink? It smells like an "I had several pitchers of draft beer and peanuts for dinner" fart. I'm keeping it out of direct light, I change the water, I make sure it's not drowning - but it just smells like beer farts.

It came from a company that specialises in bulbs. From a new release batch. A nice brilliant yellow one you have there!

From what I know they are very similar. Arenarum will split rather than sucker. That’s the main way to tell them apart. The inflorescence is different as well.

Where all a little crazy some of us more than others! (Lewis Carroll)

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for help on this but I've recently been getting into palms ever since I moved to California a few months ago and I’d really like to learn how to grow and care for my own. I recently spotted this W. robusta growing next to the sidewalk by my house and I want to transfer it into a pot and keep it outside. I've always wanted to grow my own palms so I figured this was a good opportunity. It's not too big, I think it's 9 - 11 inches tall. However, I've never done this before so I would hate to accidentally kill or damage it during the process. At the time of me writing this, I watered it a few hours ago and I'm letting it sit until tomorrow when I can hopefully get it out of the ground. I've already dug around it by removing the rocks and wood chips that had mostly buried it, plus I went ahead and cut off the dead fronds as seen in the pictures. What I'm mainly concerned with is the procedure of transplanting it into a pot. What steps do I take to get it out of the ground and into my pot? Is the area that I dug around big enough and how deep do I need to dig? Will my 7 inch pot be good enough for it as seen in the pictures? Also what kind of soil/fertilizer should I get for it? I apologize if I sound like a complete noob, I want to be as careful as I can so I don't mess anything up or cause any permanent damage to the palm. I've been getting mixed info about how to transplant it from the online searches I've been doing so I'm just unsure what the best way to proceed is. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! ^^

Not many get to see the house collection except for the pics on palmtalk. Theres some good ones in there and a couple of common ones as well, with the added bonus of the cicadas as background sound affects! IMG_7782.mov Enjoy I know I do, most will be planted in the ground over the years, a few will be part of the permanent container collection. My collection is relatively new as far as only starting to collect plants again about 5 years ago. There was a few plants leftover from the old collection but most of that got planted some years back. IMG_7781.mov IMG_7780.mov IMG_7782.mov

Kentiopsis piersonorium It may be too hot to plant in the ground, but it’s perfect summer heat for repotting palms. Calyptrocalyx doxanthus Sabal mauritiformis and a nice Stangeria eriopsis

Temps in the high 30s I can live with, not knowing when any decent rains are forecast is the problem, it could get drier and drier for the next 3 months it’s difficult to tell and with summer in full swing already, I have enough to water as it is. So no knew plantings for a while unless it’s in a heavily watered area under irrigation. Richard

These are great plants. Got one from Matt years ago & it’s way overhead and been flowering for at least 5 years. I honestly don’t know whether it’s male or female. I’d love to get another couple in the ground, it’s not like they take up much space..

Amazing. I must try it here in Pervolia, Larnaca (200 m from sea).