Anyone Still Planting?

[joe_OC]

It's late October, but I am still putting palms in the ground here in SoCal.  Anyone else still planting?

Plantings in October:

1. Tri-bear x 2
2. Dypsis dicipiens
3. Dypsis pembana
4. Dypsis lanceolata cross
5. Dypsis leptochelios
6. Dypsis st. lucie

What have you planted?

[JubaeaMan138]

Planted out last week . 

Coccothrinax barbadensisn

cocothrinax cupularis

dypsis manajarensis 

dypsis malcomberi 

[joe_OC]

22 minutes ago, JubaeaMan138 said:

Planted out last week . 

Coccothrinax barbadensisn

cocothrinax cupularis

dypsis manajarensis 

dypsis malcomberi 

Very cool!  

How big was your mananjarensis?

 

Edited October 26, 2018 by joe_OC

[Fusca]

1 hour ago, joe_OC said:

It's late October, but I am still putting palms in the ground here in SoCal.  Anyone else still planting?

Plantings in October:

1. Tri-bear x 2
2. Dypsis dicipiens
3. Dypsis pembana
4. Dypsis lanceolata cross
5. Dypsis leptochelios
6. Dypsis st. lucie

What have you planted?

I just planted a "green" Butia odorata in the place of a trunking Phoenix dactylifera.  The Phoenix had not added any new growth this past summer and was really struggling with graphiola leaf spot in addition to being transplanted.  Didn't really grow much since the purchase 4 years ago and I got tired of babying it..  I've already got 3 other "blue" Butias in the yard, but I like them!  I'm hoping one of them will flower next year - I'm looking forward to trying some hybridizing. 

Jon

[Josue Diaz]

I was a bit hesitant, but just planted chamaedorea plumosa and a couple of macrozamia. I think I'll wait until spring for any further planting though. 

[GottmitAlex]

"Not I", said the blind man. 

After a month and a half of red mite infestation (which, since two days ago was eradicated). I'm just grateful my surviving palms are still there...  I'm pretty sure, now knowing what mites are, they are the ones who took out my fenestralis. Or in the words of Eliza Doolittle, "They done her in". So I have one plot available at the east end of the sliver. I'll probably plant one of the emerging Euterpe oleracea `Para Dwarf` I have in the greenhaus come next spring....

 

Good luck on the new plantings! 

Edited October 26, 2018 by GottmitAlex

[Palm Tree Jim]

3 hours ago, joe_OC said:

It's late October, but I am still putting palms in the ground here in SoCal.  Anyone else still planting?

Plantings in October:

1. Tri-bear x 2
2. Dypsis dicipiens
3. Dypsis pembana
4. Dypsis lanceolata cross
5. Dypsis leptochelios
6. Dypsis st. lucie

What have you planted?

Wow...lots going in the ground.

I have a foxy lady and some ti plants I will plant in the next week. After that, I’m done for the winter with palms.

Cycads are another story.......

[joe_OC]

20 minutes ago, GottmitAlex said:

"Not I", said the blind man. 

After a month and a half of red mite infestation (which, since two days ago was eradicated). I'm just grateful my surviving palms are still there...  I'm pretty sure, now knowing what mites are, they are the ones who took out my fenestralis. Or in the words of Eliza Doolittle, "They done her in". So I have one plot available at the east end of the sliver. I'll probably plant one of the emerging Euterpe oleracea `Para Dwarf` I have in the greenhaus come next spring....

 

Wow...!  How much space is that "sliver" of yours?

[JubaeaMan138]

4 hours ago, JubaeaMan138 said:

Planted out last week . 

Coccothrinax barbadensisn

cocothrinax cupularis

dypsis manajarensis 

dypsis malcomberi 

Mealy bug I planted is a big 5 gallon. It planted out about 4 foot tall. Got 2 more a little smaller I’m waiting to plant out . Maybe next spring . Or maybe I’ll plant one more out and hold onto the other for a trade . I know they are hard to find in our neck of the woods . 

[GottmitAlex]

1 hour ago, joe_OC said:

Wow...!  How much space is that "sliver" of yours?

Not much...

Kleine Garten sliver. But can potentially haus a palm. 

Gott willling, we'll see next year..

[Jim in Los Altos]

I’ve never hesitated to plant any time of the year. New in the ground this month is a nice plump Pinanga coronata, Dypsis lutescens, Pritchardia minor, Cocothrinax miarguama, Licuala spinosa, Burretiokentia hapala, Kentiopsis pyriformis, Cyphophoenix alba, an un-named Dypsis, and Dictosperma album. 

Edited October 27, 2018 by Jim in Los Altos

[JubaeaMan138]

55 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

I’ve never hesitated to plant any time of the year. New in the ground this month is a nice plump Pinanga coronata, Dypsis lutescens, Pritchardia minor, Cocothrinax miarguama, Licuala spinosa, Burretiokentia hapala, Kentiopsis pyriformis, Cyphophoenix alba, an un-named Dypsis, and Dictosperma album. 

I’m with jim it don’t matter what time of the year I plant all year long .i will probably plant a couple more around thanksgiving weekend. 

[Stevetoad]

Yesterday I planted 

livistona Victoriae 

dioon edule

and a few dwarf silver lady ferns. 

 

Hope I don’t regret this. 

[JubaeaMan138]

I will admitt the rarer stuff I don’t plant kutbduring the tough winter but wait till spring but everything else game on . 

[Hilo Jason]

Exciting to hear about the new plantings!  Let's see some pictures! 

 

[Hilo Jason]

9 hours ago, joe_OC said:

It's late October, but I am still putting palms in the ground here in SoCal.  Anyone else still planting?

Plantings in October:

1. Tri-bear x 2
2. Dypsis dicipiens
3. Dypsis pembana
4. Dypsis lanceolata cross
5. Dypsis leptochelios
6. Dypsis st. lucie

What have you planted?

Great list of new plantings Joe. What is the Lanceolata cross you mentioned?  Do you know what it's crossed with?  Pictures?

[joe_OC]

7 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Great list of new plantings Joe. What is the Lanceolata cross you mentioned?  Do you know what it's crossed with?  Pictures?

Hi Jason!

It's a seedling from Larry Black's tree.  He doesn't think it's a true lanceolata, and I agree with him.  Too robust to be one.  The spathe stays right at the rachis and the inflos do not extend and open like any other lanceolata I see.  Have no idea what it is crossed with.  Will take some pics later today.

[Hilo Jason]

4 hours ago, joe_OC said:

Hi Jason!

It's a seedling from Larry Black's tree.  He doesn't think it's a true lanceolata, and I agree with him.  Too robust to be one.  The spathe stays right at the rachis and the inflos do not extend and open like any other lanceolata I see.  Have no idea what it is crossed with.  Will take some pics later today.

Sounds cool. Looking forward to seeing pics. Thanks Joe 

[Josue Diaz]

On 10/26/2018, 10:59:47, Hilo Jason said:

Exciting to hear about the new plantings!  Let's see some pictures! 

 

This thread does lack pictures. Here is my cham plumosa. 

[joe_OC]

Will post some today.   Was son's birthday weekend, so no playing with palms over the weekend.

[Hilo Jason]

Here are my latest plantings from about 2 weeks ago.  I posted these on my Hilo Garden thread, but it's getting a bit long now, so thought I would include here too.  

Dypsis Mystery (Robusta hybrid of some sort)

Areca Oxycarpa:

Pinanga Sp Thai Mottled:

Ptychosperma Sp Woto Boto:

[joe_OC]

Here are some of the palms planted this month...I don't think I got them all though.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

I threw a few spare l. Nitida liners in the ground yesterday. 

[DoomsDave]

And you don't stop planting palms . . .

You plant Parajube

Dypsis too,

Trachycarpus and areca catechu, and you keep on planting palms . . . .

And, then, when you're done planting palms, you'll rip out palms and plant more palms . . . . .

 

MUAHH HA HA HA A

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yimoQM6tIaA

[DoomsDave]

Jokes aside, I'm getting ready to plant my Final Frontier, with Dypsis heteromorpha, among many others. El Nino, warm. Yahoo.

[GottmitAlex]

2 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

Jokes aside, I'm getting ready to plant my Final Frontier, with Dypsis heteromorpha, among many others. El Nino, warm. Yahoo.

I concur. Seems it's going to be a warmer winter than usual in these here parts.

[joe_OC]

3 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

Jokes aside, I'm getting ready to plant my Final Frontier, with Dypsis heteromorpha, among many others. El Nino, warm. Yahoo.

You have D heteromorpha?

[DoomsDave]

Just now, joe_OC said:

You have D heteromorpha?

YEAH, tried to pimp some on you . . . .

They're a little small, but not for long, ho-no-no-no . . .

[joe_OC]

7 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

YEAH, tried to pimp some on you . . . .

They're a little small, but not for long, ho-no-no-no . . .

I have a large 5 gal ready to go in the ground.  I must have brain farted when you did that...

[DoomsDave]

22 minutes ago, joe_OC said:

I have a large 5 gal ready to go in the ground.  I must have brain farted when you did that...

You did mention, as a marrafact

I have a bunch of babies, ready to do the Rosemary thing across the Southland.

[beliz1985]

I'm gonna do my planting this weekend. I hope it's not too late here. My house is overcrowded with plants. Just finishing establishing my front yard :) 

[Jubaea]

I have a 15 gal Dypsis decaryi that I would like to plant.  Unfortunately I have to decide what to remove in order to plant it.  I am thinking about removing a 10 year old Dracaena draco that I grew from seed in order to make space.  This would be my second attempt with Dypsis after I lost my seedling Dypsis decipiens several years ago.  I am not sure if i should plant it soon or wait until Spring.  There are not many Dypsis around in Santa Barbara at least from what I have seen in public areas.  Should I plant it or keep in in a pot to protect it from our annual freezes that we always get in this cold micro climate?

[DoomsDave]

7 hours ago, Jubaea said:

I have a 15 gal Dypsis decaryi that I would like to plant.  Unfortunately I have to decide what to remove in order to plant it.  I am thinking about removing a 10 year old Dracaena draco that I grew from seed in order to make space.  This would be my second attempt with Dypsis after I lost my seedling Dypsis decipiens several years ago.  I am not sure if i should plant it soon or wait until Spring.  There are not many Dypsis around in Santa Barbara at least from what I have seen in public areas.  Should I plant it or keep in in a pot to protect it from our annual freezes that we always get in this cold micro climate?

I'd be inclined to wait, though D. decaryi is relatively hardy, if I recall correctly.

[Vari805]

11 hours ago, Jubaea said:

I have a 15 gal Dypsis decaryi that I would like to plant.  Unfortunately I have to decide what to remove in order to plant it.  I am thinking about removing a 10 year old Dracaena draco that I grew from seed in order to make space.  This would be my second attempt with Dypsis after I lost my seedling Dypsis decipiens several years ago.  I am not sure if i should plant it soon or wait until Spring.  There are not many Dypsis around in Santa Barbara at least from what I have seen in public areas.  Should I plant it or keep in in a pot to protect it from our annual freezes that we always get in this cold micro climate?

Jubaea, sent you a PM.  Maybe I can share some local knowledge, and my success as well has others growing Dypsis here in Santa Barbara 

[James B]

Great reading the insights especially those living inland in SoCal. I had planned to plant 2 Archontophoenix Maxima next week. 2 years ago I planted a 5 gal Alexander King in November and it has done quite well. Anyone else had success planting Archontophoenix in November?

[LJG]

On 10/27/2018, 6:58:29, joe_OC said:

Hi Jason!

It's a seedling from Larry Black's tree.  He doesn't think it's a true lanceolata, and I agree with him.  Too robust to be one.  The spathe stays right at the rachis and the inflos do not extend and open like any other lanceolata I see.  Have no idea what it is crossed with.  Will take some pics later today.

I don’t think it’s a hybrid. I have like 10 Dypsis hybrids in my yard and none set viable seed (yet). I have this Lanceolata you describe and I agree the inflorescence is different as you described.  It I still think it’s a Lanceolata. Fruit, seed and flower match. I attached photos below of mine  

Oddly, my other Lanceolata with hanging inflorescence don’t set seed (yet). 

 

[joe_OC]

It's a very robust form, which is what I wanted.  Crazy how they look so different.

 

[DoomsDave]

@LJG your plant looks like Larry Black’s

I don’t think either yours or his is a Lancie

[Tom in Tucson]

On 10/26/2018, 10:15:22, Stevetoad said:

Yesterday I planted 

livistona Victoriae 

dioon edule

and a few dwarf silver lady ferns. 

 

Hope I don’t regret this. 

When I read your reply, I initially thought your decision to plant Livistona victoriae at this time of year was crazy for two reasons:

1. It is very difficult to locate this species for sale, and it would be foolish to take the risk now.

2. After reading many posts about this species on PalmTalk I realize that growing this species successfully in California requires supplying them with as much heat as possible.

Today I realized I might be wrong. Last summer I bought some seeds of this species from rarepalmseeds.com after having great success sprouting a lot of seeds of Livistona mariae. I received the seed in late August and did not get as quick a response as L. mariae. So the leftover seed was left out in the garage without any supplemental heat. This afternoon I discovered 2 more seeds that sprouted!

Maybe what this species requires is heat for the leaves to grow, but the roots don't need it. For the last couple weeks our temperatures have been in the 40s at night and the 70s during the day. The garage is averaging around 55°.

Good luck with yours!

Hi 76°, Lo 39°

[Josue Diaz]

I did a thing... 

 

dypsis "super" decipiens. planted on a mound about 12" above grade. filled the hole with crushed cement chunks, gravel, perlite and organic material mixed with our native sandy soil.

Edited November 20, 2018 by Josue Diaz