Palm tree is here

[ChicagoPalma]

It is here and it is 4-5ft tall and we saved 215 buckaroos!

[Allen]

Looks really great and forming it's full size trunk 

[SeanK]

A Waggie?

[ChicagoPalma]

A Bulgaria 

[Las Palmas Norte]

16 hours ago, ChicagoPalma said:

A Bulgaria 

Gift wrapped too. Nice passport photo for that Bulgarian import.

[jwitt]

Nice looking palm!

[ChicagoPalma]

Anyways, here is the final outcome!!’ Five tedious hours of work later!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2023 by ChicagoPalma

[Allen]

That looks awesome!  Nice spot to sit this summer!

[teddytn]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤙🏻

[GregVirginia7]

Everything looks great! I think I’ll light up my Chamaerops once it recovers from the winter damage…your lighting is very nice.

[ChicagoPalma]

More photos in the sun!

 

 

Edited June 17, 2023 by ChicagoPalma

[DTS]

i like it a lot ngl

[ChicagoPalma]

It’s very nice.

[ChicagoPalma]

On 6/15/2023 at 10:01 PM, Allen said:

That looks awesome!  Nice spot to sit this summer!

Maybe a year or two later and it will be a shady spot to sit!

[Las Palmas Norte]

3 minutes ago, ChicagoPalma said:

Maybe a year or two later and it will be a shady spot to sit!

A year or two? Well one can dream I suppose.

[jwitt]

23 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

A year or two? Well one can dream I suppose.

Lay...sit....

Lay, yeah!

[BeyondTheGarden]

45 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

A year or two? Well one can dream I suppose.

Fertilize it appropriately, water the piss out of it, and see what that midwest heat and humidity can do.  And don't prune any fronds until they die.  

[ChicagoPalma]

The midwestern heat and humidity can make a palm tree grow fast but out last one was a 3 gallon that was tiny and planted in July, 5-6 inches of growth. But that tiny palm died in February from sever spear pull, hopefully with finally proper protection and a larger more mature and older palm, it should survive, and even it being planted two days ago there is still spear movement, but small amount, but  trying to find time to water it for a large amount of time.

[BeyondTheGarden]

Trachycarpus will certainly need protected where you are.  Palms can be slow their first year, sometimes even 2 years if they are rootbound or nutrient deficient.  From what I have seen, once they get established, it's like they wake up suddenly and try to make up for lost time.  You'll just find yourself walking by them and thinking, that thing is bigger, it's moving.  

[ChicagoPalma]

Yes.

[Than]

I think I thaw an alocathia in Thicago!

[MarcusH]

On 6/18/2023 at 12:37 AM, Jesse PNW said:

Trachycarpus will certainly need protected where you are.  Palms can be slow their first year, sometimes even 2 years if they are rootbound or nutrient deficient.  From what I have seen, once they get established, it's like they wake up suddenly and try to make up for lost time.  You'll just find yourself walking by them and thinking, that thing is bigger, it's moving.  

I agree it takes a while for a palm to establish and patience is all you need.  I do see some quick growth with my Wash.Robusta that I planted last year in March (3g) .  The new fronds already reach chest height.  Some palms in our yard take longer to establish. So far I've planted 5 palms since last year in March . I would say Robustas grow as fast as weeds . 

[MarcusH]

From March 2021 to today . We had a severe artic blast in December that completely defoliated the Washies and Queen we have.  For being in the ground for over a year it recovered well . I had to cut 3 healthy old fronds because they were touching the ground which made it hard for me to trim around . But that's how fast it grew. 

[Las Palmas Norte]

Interesting note unrelated to palms (which BTW look to have recovered nicely). Lawns here green up in the fall and winter with the increased rainfall, and get drought stricken and turn brown in the summer. Opposite to what appears in your pics.

[MarcusH]

5 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Interesting note unrelated to palms (which BTW look to have recovered nicely). Lawns here green up in the fall and winter with the increased rainfall, and get drought stricken and turn brown in the summer. Opposite to what appears in your pics.

It's mostly St Augustine grass mixed with some other unknown grass that I can't identify.  My wife's ex added some other grass type to it but the backyard is all St Augustine.  It goes dormant in cold weather and turns brown immediately after the first freeze. It's kind of heat and drought tolerent but for good looks add 1 to 1½ inch of water every week 2x/3x to avoid too much stress.  For better results keep the grass about 3 to 4 inches tall and fertilize it. It's a high maintenance grass type and vulnerable to a lot of diseases but this and Bermuda grass are the only types that do well here if maintenance properly.  San Antonio kooks pretty ugly in winter grass is all brown everywhere and burns in summer again if you don't water it regularly.  

[Las Palmas Norte]

Lawns really are a high maintenance feature in the landscape. 

[Foxpalms]

5 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Interesting note unrelated to palms (which BTW look to have recovered nicely). Lawns here green up in the fall and winter with the increased rainfall, and get drought stricken and turn brown in the summer. Opposite to what appears in your pics.

That's what happens here, all the grass goes brown in the summer.  @MarcusHI changed my grass over to Bermuda grass and St Augustine as they are the only grass that looks decent in the summer here. The usual British grass just goes brown even with irrigation. For me Bermuda and st Augustine never go brown in the winter but stop growing.

Edited June 20, 2023 by Foxpalms

[MarcusH]

32 minutes ago, Foxpalms said:

That's what happens here, all the grass goes brown in the summer.  @MarcusHI changed my grass over to Bermuda grass and St Augustine as they are the only grass that looks decent in the summer here. The usual British grass just goes brown even with irrigation. For me Bermuda and st Augustine never go brown in the winter but stop growing.

We had an artic blast with lows of 16,21,24,28F and what was left were just the runners that were also fried . It took a long time to recover .  I've been doing some research and now with the little bit more knowledge about grass I hope I can prevent the ugly looks in winter or summer. Right now our heat index is 117F that's tough to keep it that green.  

[Foxpalms]

32 minutes ago, MarcusH said:

We had an artic blast with lows of 16,21,24,28F and what was left were just the runners that were also fried . It took a long time to recover .  I've been doing some research and now with the little bit more knowledge about grass I hope I can prevent the ugly looks in winter or summer. Right now our heat index is 117F that's tough to keep it that green.  

Here the Bermuda and St Augustine grass are fairly easy to keep green with daily irrigation in the summer as our summers are dry, but the native British grass even with irrigation suffers and never looks good. Its also nice that it doesn't grow during the winter as it doesn't need mowing. On hot days San Antonio always seems to have fairly high humidity so that probably helps.

[ChicagoPalma]

We have some miracle geo soft grass or whatever all around the neighborhood. But it’s like resistant to everything except drought

[amh]

As a barefoot aficionado, I like St. Augustine. Unfortunately, it requires irrigation during drought.

[ChicagoPalma]

Why are we talking about grass..

[Las Palmas Norte]

3 hours ago, ChicagoPalma said:

Why are we talking about grass..

Well, I made an off topic comment about lawns, in an off topic post on Washingtonia, and somehow the focus shifted again (as it often does in threads). I apologize and will stay on topic in the future. 

BTW.  Any new growth on your palm or is it still settling in?

 

[MarcusH]

5 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Well, I made an off topic comment about lawns, in an off topic post on Washingtonia, and somehow the focus shifted again (as it often does in threads). I apologize and will stay on topic in the future. 

BTW.  Any new growth on your palm or is it still settling in?

 

Hey no need to apologize I enjoyed talking about grass lol 😆.  Anytime again 

[RJ]

18 hours ago, amh said:

As a barefoot aficionado, I like St. Augustine. Unfortunately, it requires irrigation during drought.

I was under the impression st. Augustine stayed green during the winter, one reason I was considering it over other warm season grasses. 🤷‍♂️

[amh]

39 minutes ago, RJ said:

I was under the impression st. Augustine stayed green during the winter, one reason I was considering it over other warm season grasses. 🤷‍♂️

St. Augustine usually stays green in the zone 8 and there are hardy varieties as well. I have lost mine due to drought and shade. It really is a good grass to grow around your house, with native grasses further out.

[RJ]

1 hour ago, amh said:

St. Augustine usually stays green in the zone 8 and there are hardy varieties as well. I have lost mine due to drought and shade. It really is a good grass to grow around your house, with native grasses further out.

Okay thanks, it also the most shade tolerant of the warm season grasses IIRC.  Definitely leaning towards it in the side and back yard, mucho sun. South and west respectively. 

[MarcusH]

Yes St Augustine is drought tolerent and is best suitable in warm regions .  For best looks regular irrigation and fertilization is essential.  It's also shade tolerent unlike Bermuda grass. As I mentioned earlier it's a high maintenance grass if you want the perfect looking grass . Crabgrass invasion is common and a pain to get rid of . Crabgrass preventer should be applied regularly plus other weed control .  I like to each " The Lawn Care Nut" on YouTube.  He knows everything about grass especially St Augustine.  I've learned a lot from him and I see the results . Our lawn is far from being perfect . 

[ahosey01]

I grew up in the Chicago area but left after working the late shift in a lumber yard in 2009.  I was driving an open cab forklift and it got down to almost -30F.  You gonna need some real serious protection when you get one of those again!

I live in Arizona now, so this isn’t a problem anymore.

[ChicagoPalma]

22 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Well, I made an off topic comment about lawns, in an off topic post on Washingtonia, and somehow the focus shifted again (as it often does in threads). I apologize and will stay on topic in the future. 

BTW.  Any new growth on your palm or is it still settling in?

 

It’s settled in as the main spear is spreading out and my robusta seedlings have their second leaf out. All I had to do was water every evening and it started to grow.

Edited June 22, 2023 by ChicagoPalma