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Nevermind my meet got cancelled.

First on my mind is bugs that are on the seeds, even bug eggs (palm weevil, etc) so I treat with whatever is your go-to pesticide that is safe on plants. After that, to me, it's a matter of drying the seeds. I'll put mine on a paper plate and dry indoors. Especially during winter season when your heater might be running. It'll dry them fast. Just my 2 cents. Not an expert by any means, but I have seen my share of palm specific pests. They are super small. Weevil eggs look like sesame seeds on Pindo palm seeds FYI. There are microscopic palm borers that target sabals. I think they are bruchid beetles.

How often are you guys watering your cold-damaged palms? @pj_orlando_z9b I don't want to overdo it, so I've only been doing so about once a week, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't be doing it 2-3x/week now that it's warming up some. I'm planning to wait another week or so before putting any fertilizer out.

The foxtails on 17-92 in Sanford are very bronze... hopefully they will make it because it was a bold move by whoever planted them to plant them in the median somewhere that's a little marginal for foxtails, and they looked great before this cold front. They should be planted in more medians in general, in my opinion. @Merlyn has probably already seen these depending on where he lives in Sanford, but thought I'd share for others not in the area.

I usually try to stay away from chemical warfare . My neighbor loves round up , I pull my weeds by hand . Having said that , when a certain gopher decided to make a meal out of my beloved Sabal Mauritiformis ( Marty ) , I was ready to deploy subterranean nuclear devices! I mean , I was so upset after taking weeks to slowly introduce the palm into the sun , then carefully picking a place on my hill so that I could see “ Marty “ from our deck , then watching it die , was enough to push me over the edge. Harry

You may surprise yourself with a few of them, pinanga sarawakensis I had dead and buried in summer after I purchased the original one, so confident it would die I donated it to the botanical gardens that had a climate controlled hothouse. Coronata would live and disticha in a container protected would live. Just because they are rare and super exotic looking doesn’t mean they are not tough! Richard

That’s the go John, humidity is the only issue indoors. Start with coronata it’s easy and should be available if you look in the right direction, a few of the others might be a bit more difficult and expensive to start with!

You grow palms, you finally get a hold of that holy grail palm or that one you have wanting all your eternity in palm collecting, you go through all the hoops off importing your seeds, you finally get a few to germinate and you pot them up, place them outside and then in one night all are eaten by the rats. So iam not sure if this product is a good alternative to trapping and killing them. But the Wurth company seem to make good quality products, there have been a lot of products over the years that will take your money and do nothing in return except take your money. So if it works it may be a great little thing for the nursery.

Did you see the YouTube video where the guy tried to grow in pure Osmocote? I mean, I don't think I need to give you any spoilers here but his theory is that it failed because there was nothing to retain moisture and so much of it just fell out the bottom of the pot. I've always gone with the "less is more" theory - you're right on the watering. I mean, if you've had a plant long enough you can basically tell if it's dry by how much it weighs when you pick it up. Osmocote is popular because it's a slow release and it's almost impossible to overuse. There's also the Jobes plant food spikes. They just break down into the soil over a few months and they tell you how many to use by pot size. Adding some fish emulsion and/or liquid kelp or liquid seaweed every other watering isn't a terrible idea - stuff like this activates the bacteria that allow the palms to absorb the fert more effectively. I do not reccomend you use it at full strength indoors, unless you don't have a nose or buy Febreeze by the case. The soil you use plays a role, too. Lots of soils have fert and food built in, and you don't wanna overdo it and most peat based soil just turns into worthless dried out crap over time, and palms are so stupid about not telling you there's a problem until it's too late..... I can't really tell you what's gonna work best for you. I've used Carl Pool, the Jobes spikes, liquid fert, Jobes palm food (the pelletized 🐔 💩 kind, my dog found it delicious), now I'm using some Dr Earth stuff in some plants and I'm just using some cheap 4-4-4 slow release in others, I keep forgetting I've got Osmocote. I mean, there really isn't a one size fits all with pots. I personally disagree with the idea that more nutrients get leached out of pots, I might be wrong here - but it seems to me and my simple mind that more of the nutrients would stay in the pot unless you're just flooding them regularly. However, this ain't my background and I'm - there's no manual for this, all we can do is ask the people that have been doing it longer than us, because we learn how to grow stuff by killing stuff. At least now I'm down to killing stuff I grew from seed while it's still small instead of killing $150 plants. So basically I just wrote 8 pages to not give you an answer to your question.

Love them Tyrone. I finally got a small one last year and it seems to be going well after one year in the ground.

I mean for the second larger palm this has been its 3rd winter but first with this new protective method so I have no idea what went wrong compared to the smaller one.

I had two of these already.

Some pictures from today mid summer. Going for 32C today and forecast overnight thunderstorms. It doesn’t get better than this.

Y.faxoniana is impressive. Z5 in the desert so derate it a little for wet winters.

I need to find out if they can actually kill them and reproduce. I’ll report back on this one.

This is a host! They will attack giant bird of paradise they are trying other species as CIDP is decreasing.

It’s been confirmed in Lake Forest, Newport, Mission Viejo and was just told one was found off the 74 in Rancho Mission Viejo. It’s here for good yall!

Good shot! There’s about 5-7 infested ones in the area, maybe more (that’s all I could see). Also, just up the road I’m seeing some in decline alone the 5. They are the ones hacked back from the utility lines. Plus there’s a private community with a road lined with Canaries. They should inspect them asap.

We are incredibly excited to be able to offer these very limited availability Sabals. Nearly extinct, and ripped out of the jaws of extinction we have a few available to us, and periodically will receive some more. Seeds from harvested in habitat, and grown here in the US. Feel free to ask if you have any questions or need something! https://sabalkingoftexas.etsy.com/listing/4457406898/sabal-antillensis-ultra-rare-caribbean https://sabalkingoftexas.etsy.com/listing/4457400029/sabal-lougheediana-extremely-rare

yea the second one is golden try to figure out what was different. That temp sensor can let you catch if something is wrong with the lights/thermocube/temps. Leave any green parts of fronds. As cold as you are you may have to carefully integrate some C7/C9 bulbs to hit temps

About the temp sensor, I had a thermocube that turned on and off at 35-45 degrees Fahrenheit. I think this was a moisture infiltration problem. Also, here are the pics of the smaller palm. Same protection method with chickenwjre and reflective bubble wrap.

go ahead and treat as above

Want to edit my mistake, the spear did not pull. So far it’s just horrible mold but I assume once it gets warmer the spear will pull.

Going for 31C today and thunderstorms tonight. Models are saying around 20mm overnight but thunderstorms can be incredibly hard to predict. It doesn’t get any better than this down here.

Osmocote plus has all slow release ingredients and will tell you how much based on pot size. https://amazon.com/dp/B0B9Q4J758 https://youtu.be/2dsWuIg3LkI?t=183