Washingtonia robusta hanging on in there

[Dave Brown]

Here is an update with me for scale

[eddie]

Impressive ! Looks nice and healthy too !

It's going to take some time for mine to get that big

[flounder]

First cursory glance at the photo...............I thought it was suckering!!!! (sorry Dave ) a bit more sun required on those legs

[Darlo Mark]

Good to see it doing well! That palm is pretty much the forum mascot!

[Conifers]

Any reason why the stem tapers so much? Could it be that loss of photosynthesis from leaf damage in 3 cold winters has reduced its ability to put down a thick trunk at the top?

[Dave Brown]

Any reason why the stem tapers so much? Could it be that loss of photosynthesis from leaf damage in 3 cold winters has reduced its ability to put down a thick trunk at the top?

That is the way that they grow. You can't normally see it if leaves have not been removed

[redsquirrel]

well done you
so pleased to see it like that,soon be back to its former glory

[jimhardy]

Beautiful Dave.


How many leaves do you get in a season?

[medjool]

Dave your tree is starting to look more like Filifera!X

[Ste]

[quote="Dave Brown[/quote]

More to the point, was it outside My small double was in a frost free 3.5m x 2m poly, with a 16" fan blowing while the doors were shut. Air movement is as important as heating if your palms are cooped up for more than a day or so at a time. Almost all plants come through better with fans. Discussions with Will Giles about his overwintering techniques revealed he also thinks air movement is vitally important for successful overwintering of most plants.

You can run a greenhouse cooler without losses if there is plenty of airflow, alternatively you have to heat to the point of reducing humidity dramatically, and fans are much cheaper to run than heaters [/quote]

So if a few plants/palms are kept in a greenhouse for during the winter, should a heater not be used all the time? Does a normal fan have to be used aswell, even if its freezing outside?

[Dave Brown]

This is not really the topic for talking about fans in greenhouses, but the air movement stops fungal attacks. My 16 inch fan was used all the time the doors were shut. It was blowing into the back of the heater giving better thermal control and the warmed air was blown around so no cold spots.

Medjool, Where the seed was collected there were no W fllifera, so it is unlikely to be a hybrid, but can't be sure. Everything on this palm looks robusta, but palms grown in cooler climates seem to produce more chunky trunks as the growth rate is much slower.

Jim, it usually produces between 15 and 20 leaves a year.

[cordyman]

Any end of season pics of the washy Dave?

How soon are you getting the protection on this year

[Dave Brown]

Any end of season pics of the washy Dave?

How soon are you getting the protection on this year

Not end of season yet, it grows to about mid November in most years, but depends how cold it gets. Lastest pic

Protection is thought about when they forecast serious cold, or heavy snow

[cordyman]

Any end of season pics of the washy Dave?

How soon are you getting the protection on this year

Not end of season yet, it grows to about mid November in most years, but depends how cold it gets. Lastest pic

Protection is thought about when they forecast serious cold, or heavy snow

its looking great

[Exotic Life]

Medjool, Where the seed was collected there were no W fllifera, so it is unlikely to be a hybrid, but can't be sure. Everything on this palm looks robusta, but palms grown in cooler climates seem to produce more chunky trunks as the growth rate is much slower.

I Agree. Mine has also quite a thick trunc already and it's just over one meter and it is defitnely a robusta.

Great and easy palms when you can overwinter it well