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I don't like the merger because personally filifera and robusta are distinct. You can't get the specific traits of a pure filifera within a robusta grove at least I don't think you can and I feel like their tolerances to different environmental factors are also different. what do I know though 😂

I dread that day. It won't be the same but I'm trying to convince the rest of the fam that we need a younger dog around the house to be his buddy. He's lost a couple teeth and he's getting quite a few bald spots, but he's got his zoomies back again. I could never replace him, just - I guess supplement him. I think more for my mental health than anything else, really. I'm sorry for your loss and I... I just can't imagine.

Thank you very much, Than. They are really beautiful.

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My verschaffeltia splendida gaining size and opening a new leaf. and my Areca macrocalyx starting to show some nice colour.

Interesting , honestly , i'm not sure what the problem could be.

Nope. We're not that sophisticated here.

My schiedeanas saw 28F for several hours (more than 5-6) unprotected a month ago. Most leaves burnt but there are still sections of the aerial parts that remain green; it hasn't died back to the roots. I believe that if they were under canopy they would've escaped intact.

Plant other staff that you like looking at and caring for while the cocos is recovering. This way you'll keep your mind and eyes busy with smth else. However, even if it pulls through, this damage will happen again and again where you live. So if it pains you to see the cocos in a poor state, better get rid of it. A cocos that will go through your winters looking good is a chimera.

So I just saw this graphic that shows what kind of winter this has been, and it's pretty clear that mother nature has been trying to tap into some recent past years' storminess. Hopefully about done for the season.

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Looks like there's green in there. I would start it on hydrogen peroxide twice a week and add a stronger fungicide every 14 days. As it gets bigger, it will be harder to protect. If you replace it, look for something you can cage or box, like a Bottle palm.

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It looks like they have settled in nicely. The Dypsis Basilonga must be in a protected area because it looks unscathed . Mine has to be tied up or the delicate fronds break.Harry

I'm on your side man. Just a bit of levity. We had a 17 year old yorkie-poo we said goodbye to 2 years ago. Take good care of your friend.

Wind can be destructive to the garden . I hope yours survives without damage. We get offshore winds here that can break fronds and scatter debris throughout the yard. This year has been very windy . I lost a few fronds on my tallest Howea , which is rare . The gusts were well over 50mph. Glad you got rain . We finally got rain after a long dry spell. Water ain’t cheap! Harry

Nothing like having a collection of pinangas in a few containers! Pinanga sarawakensis Pinanga Pinanga crassipaes Pinanga disticha complete leaf Pinanga rumphianaPinanga densifloraPinanga coronata Pinanga ponapaepinanga Borneo sp

Wow I didn’t realise that kind of wind was that rare in Hawaii. We get gusts over that regularly. I wouldn’t describe today as a windy day, but we had gusts up to 57km/h (35.4km/h). I guess that’s one more reason why things look perfect in Hawaii, but I don’t often think of wind as a factor in climate.

Reached 30.8 today, first time even my home station which is sheltered and more often than not warmer than the nearest official site 15km away, had gone over 30 since once on Jan 7, and before that had to go back to Dec 11. Yet had an average max of 25.5 and 25.7 for Dec and Jan. After easily warmest November in last 20 years and 5 days in a row >30 in early Dec, was expecting a lot more >30 days this summer but today could quite possibly be the last. Not complaining, palms seem to like temps in the 20s as do people.

Some of the recent winter plantings are loving the summer heat, just add water! Wallichia disticha Carpoxylon macrospermum Dictyosperma album conjugatum Dypsis rosea Areca Laos dwarfChelyocarpus spVariegated lanonia dasyantha Marojejya darinii Nenga banaensisDypsis lantzeana Dypsis basilonga Dypsis spChambeyronia houalouensis Dypsis utilis Dypsis baby red stem Another couple of years and the garden will definitely have that tropical look!

Could have been worse a hurricane!

Another fix of some exotics for the garden! licuala triphylla var stenophylla with a couple of seeds licuala poonsakiilicuala Yaal Brawl Alpinia pumilla Microsorum whitheadiiZamia nesophillaPhilodendron golden erubescense The usual couple of winters to acclimatise and grow up a bit, then plant out!

I would check the color of that spear and also mark it to see if you notice any spread growth with the warmer weather. I have failed about a dozen times with coconuts here in Jax because I love them so much I couldn’t give up, but growing then is near impossible unless you can protect them and provide supplemental heat over winter. I’m down to one I have potted so I can move it inside when it gets cold. It’s still suffering, and I had another one die last winter that never saw frost or freezing temps, but just couldn’t handle sustained cool temps. Beccariophoenix alfredii is a cool palm that really looks a lot like a coconut and handles our climate much better. I’m not sure where to get them, but there was a guy that worked at Jax Palms who was selling them locally when I talked to him a couple years ago. He may be on here as well.

I know this is not warm for a lot of people , but this is a very warm winter night for us in february its currently. 48f at 12:02 here in needmore Pennsylvania

@kinzyjr Hey you’re a mod right. This comment above mine is completely unrelated to the topic and links a random gambling site. Acc only has 1 other comment, quite suspicious. They didn’t even try to fit in with the spanish 😂