Southsea Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix canariensis_CIDP seed germinated !!!

[Dave Brown]

Mark, thanks for the prompt. I have been meaning to repot Little SID this year, but not got around to it. After reading your post I went and repotted Little SID straight away thanks.

The clay pot is about 5 times the size of the last. I have gone for a more loam based soil than before as I think they prefer loam to peat. The compost is based on 3 parts loam, 1 part coarse sand, 1 part peat mp compost and 1 part horticultural grit

Anyway here is Little SID in his new pot There is a bit of leaflet damage due to drought and the -4C it was subjected to in the unheated coivered bit last winter.

[Darlo Mark]

thanks for the reply!

are you not tempted to put the pot in a tray of water to combat the drought?

looks like little SID is doing great!

[Dave Brown]

thanks for the reply!

are you not tempted to put the pot in a tray of water to combat the drought?

looks like little SID is doing great!

I may consider it next year, but there is is so much volume of soil, compared to root it is not going to dry out terribly quickly at the moment

Might grow a bit quicker now with good root room

[Darlo Mark]

lets hope it grows well in the new pot. Amazing to think a native Palm!!
look foward to more updates.

[jezza]

If it took -4 as a tiddler then there's hope it will be strong when it's alot bigger.

[dommers]

... any chance of an update on little SID DAve?

[Adrian]

I have one of its sisters and its spear pulled even being in a cold greenhouse.
I'll give it a chance but its a dead'un really

[Dave Brown]

You've murdered it

I had Little Sid, and a tray of 5 other Southsea siblings in my unheated covered bit, and another 8 in the the frost free poly. All sailed through and the smaller palms were all in trays of water all over winter, so what are you doing Ade . I suspect you have so much crammed in and no airflow which allows rot. my covered bit is drafty, and the poly has a 16 inch fan blowing all the time the doors are shut over winter.

I suggest you try to revive it as there do not seem to be any more seed reaching maturity now. It seems it was maybe the heatwave in 2006 that ripened the seed. At this stage it looks like a one off crop.

[Adrian]

Yes, it was turning into a nice little palm as well

[Nathan]

There are more fruits on the palms, but they are too high up to reach, will have to see if any drop under them...

[Dave Brown]

There are more fruits on the palms, but they are too high up to reach, will have to see if any drop under them...

I looked from 200u7 onward until last July, and the only ones at full size I saw were the unreachable ones from 2006/7. New ones had formed but did not seem to get to mature size.

The ones from 2006/7 seemed to have been on the tree for 3 years as there were 2 more sets of flowers with fruit set. Those just didn't seem to grow in the 3 years I was watching. Maybe they have just taken longer to grow in the cooler years.

You'll have to get down there with a ladder

[Conifers]

Or knock them off with a stick?

[Darlo Mark]

Any chance of an update Dave?

[Dave Brown]

That are doing well, in general, but Little Sid has not grown much.

I'll take some pics

[Adrian]

Mine didnt make it Dave, unheated greenhouse was just too much for it.