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Man, London/Paris 10 day forecasts are as warm or warmer than much of southern Europe! Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Palermo, and many other locations much further south look a tad cooler... truly remarkable April, may be the warmest ever April up there.... geez

And what about a liquid version? I have dogs that will eat anything, so I prefer a quick application. They were so attracted to the rose and flower fertilizer that I used. It's dog safe, but I still don't want them eating it. For some reason they wanted to eat all of it.

Is there a specific product/brand you use?

For Bananas, something w/ a Fertilizer NPK %'age ratio similar to this: 8 - 2 - 12 ( 8% Nitrogen, 2% Phosphorus, and 12% ..or higher Potassium < K > ) is optimal.. Organic is my choice, but, a slow release, Chemical fert is ok too.. Liquid stuff like Miracle Gro? Avoid it like the plague.. Horrible for plants, ..and your soil. That same fertilizer ratio is perfect for Palms, and plants like Gingers / Heliconia, Plumeria, Hibiscus, etc. as well.

What fertilizer is the best for banana plants? I just got some small ones, 4" and 18". Can't wait to see them shoot up!

At least with the dwarf variety you won’t have your compost heap full of leaves. Think of all the time you will have spare on a Sunday now not picking up them leaves. The problem is with golden cane palms is they are absolutely perfect for any type of gardening making them so popular. I could sell hundreds of them all year long. But I don’t like growing them unfortunately I have to or I lose a sale, number one question I get asked is got any golden cane palms yes I do but wouldnt you prefer a baronii or even better a Joey. Richard

I know you love clumping palms peachy. I thought of you straight away wanting a row of them out the front yard as a nice little border. Richard

Faint variegation but variegated nonetheless a real winner and worth a few bucks too I bet.

I do believe you have one as well in Melbourne. You could swap an arm and a leg for one later if you don’t have one when I take a few clones.

We are lucky it exists in Australia thanks to Colin. Unfortunately I can’t see myself getting any seeds of it. But knowing you gyuseppe you would attempt to cross it for sure.

A good sign of a healthy mature palm tree.

Yep 👍

😂🤣🤪classic peachy love it. Good old temu to the rescue hey. And cheap as well should fit into the budget well.

I don't think you're too cold for Trithrinax - it must be some other reason if they don't do well in your area. The Oblate School in San Antonio has a Trithrinax acanthacoma that survived 10°F in 2021 and @Jubaea_James760 has a beautiful Trithrinax campestris in his zone 8b (I think?) yard.

I agree - not a good choice for that location. I hate to think what they'll look like in late September after limited irrigation.

So these Trachys were recently planted at the site of a public pool-water park that’s currently under construction. There are a lot of them, and they’re big. I can’t believe the city went with Trachycarpus. What I imagine happening is that somebody is in full panic mode over 2021 and demanded whatever is the most cold hardy (trunking) palm. Well….they got it, and I don’t have anything against Windmill palm, but this isn’t the climate where they look their best, especially not in full blazing sun like that. I expect they’ll survive just fine, it’s not sand in that location so I don’t think nematodes will be a problem. But they’ll never have the full, beautiful, large crown they deserve. Especially in full sun and on the cities (non) watering schedule. You know what does look it’s best here? And is invulnerable to cold? And heat? Sabal mexicana is native and invincible here. It’s used quite a bit around town, so it isn’t an uncommon choice. Just say’n that if the city was looking for something invincible, that would have been a better choice, along with quite a few other things. Anyway……..

@Jubilation Eureka farms and will ship to you.

I cut away the boots on a few of my larger Pindo palms and many seedlings fell out. They’re in a container together and they seem to be adjusting. There are also seedlings growing in the ground around the canopies.

Toasty 86F under wall to wall sunshine... Sizzle-fest Take #1 ..on the way for the rest of the week.. We'll see if the current temps anticipated for the peak of this heatwave are under ..or over.. done.. Regardless, 104-107F readings at the neighborhood WX station level are certainly possible both days.. Unless things change by the end of the week, heat should back off -a little- by the weekend. No matter what, Great weather for getting the box of Canna Rhizomes on my doorstep, in the ground..

Close by on Harrison ave almost at 77. It was in front of a gym and a Buffalo Wild Wings

INTERNATIONAL PALM DAY APRIL 17 In 1963 Dr. P. B. Tomlinson, a research scientist at the Fairchild Tropical (Botanical) Garden (clickable) conceived of the International Palm Year. This included funding for palm seed collecting, an “intensification” of the distribution of palm seeds and the measurement of palm growth rates worldwide. (1) Later, a consortium of palm botanists and conservationists created International Palm Day which honors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (clickable), Professor of Botany and director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Munich. The date chosen was Martius’ birthday, April 17 (1794). Professor Matius was acclaimed for his landmark three volume reference: Natural History of Palms, published between 1823 and 1853. In fact his renown was of such magnitude that he has been acknowledged as the Father of Palms (2). Upon his death in 1868, his coffin was strewn with fresh palm fronds. International Palm Day was organized to achieve global recognition for not only palm species in jeopardy but also the fragility of palm habitats worldwide. AI indicates over half of palm species at risk of extinction | Kew Principes 7(1), 1963 pp. 4-7. Principes, 23(4), 1979, pp. 158-170

It seems they conform and grow around hard objects. This one was also in Harlingen and grew around both the house and also up to the sidewalk and stopped. No apparent damage to either. It was removed by the new owners is what I was told.

Is this off the Lincoln exit? Cause if not there's another monster cluster of them in that vicinity also. I consider these a near-native.

I am just seeing this now. I don't know what it is about. If there is still an issue, let me know via PM.

Thanks Tim, but I’m afraid I’m not going to remember that one! 😂