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GottmitAlex

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GottmitAlex Grand Master

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Beccariophoenix alfredii: 

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

Tracy Grand Master

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25 minutes ago, GottmitAlex said:

Beccariophoenix alfredii: 

.... is going to get big for that space eventually.  What is the long term game plan Alex?

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

Billy Mentor

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It sure is! Look at this thing dwarfing my truck…

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I love these palms and I have a few (too many) myself but unfortunately what's done is done as I'm not willing to do anything about it at this stage. Nothing I can do but just watch 'em blow up and enjoy the big wavy frond. I guess worse things could happen.....

GottmitAlex Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Tracy said:

.... is going to get big for that space eventually.  What is the long term game plan Alex?

Crack cement just as as I did for the filibustas 10 years ago which were in its stead. 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

GottmitAlex Grand Master

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1 minute ago, GottmitAlex said:

Crack cement just as as I did for the filibustas 10 years ago which were in its stead. 

The weeds will be gone. 

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2 hours ago, Billy said:

Tout à fait! Regardez cette chose qui éclipse mon camion…

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Nice beccario ! How old is he ? 

Billeb Veteran

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5 hours ago, Tracy said:

.... is going to get big for that space eventually.  What is the long term game plan Alex?

The long term game plan is…….there is no long term game plan. As @Billysaid, roll with it. I have 1 or 2 that aren’t the best plantings knowing full well it will require removal. So stupid….. :crying:

 

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Tracy Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Billeb said:

The long term game plan is…….there is no long term game plan. As @Billysaid, roll with it. I have 1 or 2 that aren’t the best plantings knowing full well it will require removal. So stupid….. :crying:

 

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It is a bit like planting a Caryota.   You know it will eventually have to be extracted.  Enjoy while you can.

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yeah we all plant palms that end up having to be removed.  But a big one can be scary.  You can stunt it by limiting fertilizer and water and over trimming it.  But these are big palms if in full sun.IMG_9186.thumb.JPG.e26f4312837165675d670d57c37a6f19.JPG

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Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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An Alfie is not a cidp.

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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9 hours ago, sonoranfans said:

yeah we all plant palms that end up having to be removed.  But a big one can be scary.  You can stunt it by limiting fertilizer and water and over trimming it.  But these are big palms if in full sun.IMG_9186.thumb.JPG.e26f4312837165675d670d57c37a6f19.JPG

That kind of puts it in perspective….  @GottmitAlex, do you ever think about tossing in some of those Dypsis species the do well in Cali, but we can’t grow in Florida?   That’d be top of my list if I ever lived out that way.  

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Guys leave him alone, as he said, he is willing to break the concrete around when nessacary.

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13 hours ago, Little Tex said:

Guys leave him alone, as he said, he is willing to break the concrete around when nessacary.

Love @GottmitAlex! He makes me appear sane by comparison!

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You have no idea!

 

 

 

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

Billy Mentor

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On 3/20/2023 at 10:23 PM, Tommy83 said:

Nice beccario ! How old is he ? 

Not my palm but I asked and if I remember correctly it was planted 10 years ago. Not sure from what size it was planted out though.....

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