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Post Master! Mister!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Wai`anae Steve Veteran

Wai`anae Steve

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Don't know how I missed this back in 07.

Wow, great setup.

What's wrong w/your water that you need such a filtering system?

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

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The mains water here is extremely hard Steve. After you boil water from the tap a few times, the sides of the kettle have a nasty white chalky residue, this much calcium and minerals ends up doing real damage to sensitive palms. Dypsis Hawaiian Punch for example will have brown tips 1/3 way up all the leaflets. Palms that don't mind the salts end up with a "dishwater spotting" effect on all their leaves that is unappealing. All this mess is horrifically alkaline and as you know many of the plants we lust after prefer acidic or slightly acidic condition. That's why all the trouble with the filtration.

All that blah blah just to prove one more reason why April and I need to move to Hawaii to grow stuff! :winkie:

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The mains water here is extremely hard Steve. After you boil water from the tap a few times, the sides of the kettle have a nasty white chalky residue, this much calcium and minerals ends up doing real damage to sensitive palms. Dypsis Hawaiian Punch for example will have brown tips 1/3 way up all the leaflets. Palms that don't mind the salts end up with a "dishwater spotting" effect on all their leaves that is unappealing. All this mess is horrifically alkaline and as you know many of the plants we lust after prefer acidic or slightly acidic condition. That's why all the trouble with the filtration.

All that blah blah just to prove one more reason why April and I need to move to Hawaii to grow stuff! :winkie:

Thanks Bill, now I understand. Yup here in Wai`anae the water is GREAT.

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

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