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I'm still awaiting my first summer here. Yikes. Also, I have to deal with the dreaded hoa situation. Still, a happy adonidia triple and a covert dwarf maypan in the backyard are all I need. Excuse me, sir, is that a coconut palm on your property? No sir, that's.... Uhhh.... A beccariophoenix alfredii Mr. Hoa Guy.

This is an incredible platform that truly unites all of us crazies around the world. I know you miss your San Diego paradise but am very happy that you have continued palmy life in sunny Florida (and humid)!

Hello, When I install winter boxes for my palms, I always put a thick layer of mulch on the bottom, say 6", maybe a little less. After removing the winter boxes, should I also remove this layer of mulch for summer season or it's fine to leave it (and save myself some work)?

I would pull it away from the trunk. Don't have six inches piled up at the base of the Palm. Also watch the growth this spring. Be sure the roots don't suffocate.

They wander around and as you walk around the garden you come across them, they just look at you and go back to eating. Not worried about you at all. I don’t have dogs so that’s one reason why they are in the garden they feel safe. You get to give them names and you recognise them as to who is who by name. The last Joey we discovered the other day we called rosea after the dypsis rosea! Richard

Chamaerops Humilis Cerifera SOLD OUT ONLY 2 BUTIA LEFT both Chamaedorea Hooperianna and Costaricana overgrown 5 gallons still a couple available they are over 48 inch from soil

Here is an update photo for some reason the bottom 3 frawnds have crisped up but the main spear has grown so much and I have a new spear forming

My Puya venusta blooms are now opening! I suppose it was worth the multi-year wait to get them to this stage!

Totally agree with this, planted three all from the same seed batch two languished for years, but the third is very robust and has been seeding for several years. Full coastal sun for them all.

Hi there, looking out of one of the living room's windows... All the best from Okinawa - Lars

Red latania & cranberry acetosella hibiscus

A colorful couple in the morning sun. Pinanga insignis, and orange Areca vestiaria. Tim

Here it is today.

Hello everyone. So after years of hard work, I have been able to harvest my first crop and have fresh dates for sale - Desert Sun Dates

Hello for those who are following along here is an update. I'm now at a 164 trees planted and about 100 are fruiting this season and have been cleaned, dethroned, pollinated. You can see the flowers go from green before they open up to a yellow then to a orange. It has been really windy this year and I wish I had paper bagged the bunches to protect the fruit. The wind has knocked off a lot. When they blow around and hit the fronds it weakens them and they full off. Next step is to bag them. I have bags made just for this its like a cheesecloth withdrawal strings.

Picture update. I had my tree cleaned and pollinated and de-throned. I planted 50 more Medjools. I have 150 Medjools, 40 zahedi , 5 Barhi. About 1500 pounds of Medjool are on the way. Just to give an idea. ita $400 one gal of pollen and $12 each tree to clean, 20240420_090247.mp4

Pretty much all palms benefit from tall/deep type pots, as do cycads. Pindos are pretty tough and tolerant of mistreatment, but they can die from excessive moisture and root rot. They are pretty drought tolerant in the ground, and would probably want a relatively dry soil in a pot too. I had some problems with a Jubaea x Butia hybrid in too rich of a soil, my mix was MG potting soil, coarse sand and perlite. It was growing with very light colored (almost white) spear, which is a clear sign of mucky soil and likely root rot. I repotted it with about 50% perlite and only about 25% MG potting soil and it's much, much happier! I'm not a potted palm expert, but I'd agree with Rickybobby...Pindos are slow growers and going up to 15g seems like a big jump in 1 year. A big percentage of inorganics that don't hold a lot of water is probably a good idea. Perlite, expanded clay, expanded shale, etc.

I feel like going from a 5g to a 15g in a year is too fast to plant up. I’m sure a lot will chime in on soil. Miracle grow is too wet and not well draining. One thing I like is coco perlite. It drains awesome plus it’s so light weight moving a 15g palm around is easy peezy