Canary Island Date Palm Sprouts - progression thread (College Station 8b/9a)

[Fallen Munk]

1 hour ago, palmne3rd said:

 

Hi Fallen Monk, your plants look great.  What soil mixture are you using to obtain these great results?  THank you!

 

Thanks!  It's just kitchen compost with perlite added.  I started putting rocks on top to keep the squirrels from digging them up and the growth really skyrocketed.  They store the heat from the day and release it slowly at night.   Now if I could just figure out a way to keep the weeds down.  Really hard to weed with the rocks in there.

[palmne3rd]

Wow, that's great!  I love the rock concept as the squirrels love my pots and the added heat is a bonus!  Thanks!

 

[Teegurr]

Starting to go pinnate on their eighth leaves.

[oasis371]

 

These Canary Island palms were started by me a number of years ago.  Unfortunately, I lost some when I was moving to a new location. I have only every really experimented with P. canariensis and Washingtonia, both are easy from seed.

[MSX]

On 8/18/2021 at 10:35 PM, Fallen Munk said:

I started putting rocks on top to keep the squirrels from digging them up and the growth really skyrocketed.  They store the heat from the day and release it slowly at night.

That's very interesting and smart thing to mulch the seedlings with stones that accumulate/release heat, I have seedlings so I think I should do the same, too

Edited May 11, 2022 by MSX

[KsLouisiana]

On 5/10/2022 at 3:41 PM, oasis371 said:

 

These Canary Island palms were started by me a number of years ago.  Unfortunately, I lost some when I was moving to a new location. I have only every really experimented with P. canariensis and Washingtonia, both are easy from seed.

How old do you guess they are? They look awesome!

[Teegurr]

2 year update:

 

[Teegurr]

Update before the big freeze: 

 

[ChrisA]

Good luck! Are you leaving them outside??

[Teegurr]

10 hours ago, ChrisA said:

Good luck! Are you leaving them outside??

Thank you! No, I'm taking them into the garage.

[Las Palmas Norte]

 

There's some nice CIDP's (and Washingtonia) in this video. It's a bit distracting with these kids goofing around.