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    Idea on the Newport Beach coco.

    Why would you want to be healed from such a curse? :)
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    Idea on the Newport Beach coco.

    Dean I made two trips to SE Asia. In both trips hotels I was staying at were chopping down coconuts. They are liabilities now days because lawyers are now no longer just in the first world. Most other resorts they climb up and cut flowers before fruit can develop. Oh and don't get me wrong. I...
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    Idea on the Newport Beach coco.

    Those things are not "thriving" and I never said they were clinging to life. In order to "thrive" you mature and reproduce. The warmest winters in history the last two years and they still drop the fruit. Just like in Mardy Darians greenhouse where it hardly drops into 50s. Why I find most...
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    Idea on the Newport Beach coco.

    I can no longer go to that ridiculous thread on PT. The OP playing games and even quoting himself is so childish it is annoying. Glad to see others finally were annoyed enough to comment to get that thread back on track. The amazing interest in it with long-winded opinions on why it is growing...
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    Idea on the Newport Beach coco.

    Looks like B. madagascariensis to me Dean. As far as the Newport coconut, I was glad we could move on from the "coconuts can grow here cause look at the one in Newport" comments we always heard. Coconuts have attempted to be grown here in San Diego for over a century and you don't see any. Why...
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    The great Dypsis mystique dead in California?

    So I found the post you are talking about and it turns out it was Kent that said that. An Agave guy. LOL. I love Kent - he is a well respected plantsman but not someone I would call an expert in Dypsis. In fact I don't see him growing any. I am surprised he said this actually because some...
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    The great Dypsis mystique dead in California?

    Should probably put "Northern California" in your title because nothing you stated is remotely close to being true in SoCal. Many Dypsis do very well here and have since the beginning - as many gardens show. The Dypsis fever here is even stronger now then it was back then - and this is talking...
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    Pseudophoenix Planter - The Reveal

    Damn Matt, that is sweet you got the PE to that stage. I opened mine up to the sun way to fast. I should have waited like you. Some Licuala like Dolomitic lime. Ramsyii for example. That and K.
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    Dark Knight

    That's great. Need to see if mine has these. This version has wider, more tropical leaves and does well,here. The very common Black Ribbon doesn't grow as nice.
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    Dark Knight

    Are you sure it was Dark Knight? HD usually sells the more common Black Ribbon.
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    Wodyetia x Veitchia 'Foxy Lady'

    Dean, actually it was an accidental cross noticed and named by Rich Trapnell in Australia.
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    Do Crotons come true from seed?

    Hi Anna. Thank you for your comments. I appreciate it :)
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    Do Crotons come true from seed?

    Back to the naming as I would like to clear it up if I can. Here are two close ups of the plant. It did have a Roosevelt label. But of course that could have been wrong.
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    Do Crotons come true from seed?

    Thanks Phil, so just to confirm what I am reading. Rooting hormone, place into a pot and that pot then gets a plastic bag hat? A makeshift hothouse? Size of cuttings matter? Yes Jeff. They certainly get asked about often.
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    Do Crotons come true from seed?

    The ragbag mostly faded. I saw "Roosevelt" for sure. Are there other Roosevelt's that would match? Remember too my dry climate might play in a little.
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    Do Crotons come true from seed?

    Thanks Tim and Randy. Figured as much. It can never be easy :) I tried cuttings but even in my greenhouse it is too dry for them to take. I think I need a misting house. Randy, I have some others I bought from Jeff that trip that do awesome too. Stoplight is my favorite. I have General...
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    Do Crotons come true from seed?

    I have a croton that is not a real popular one in FL but for here in SoCal I think it could be a real winner. I got it from Searle back in 2008 and have to cut it back each year it grows so fast. It also sets seed and germinates in my garden pretty profusely. I would like to start digging these...
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    The Use Of Ti In The Landscape

    Dean cut those Willy's Gold man. I notice not many Hawaiians cut their Ti's to force branching. Why is that? Bad luck? Miss Andrea looks like something I have from Soledad. Grows great in summer but brown tips and drops old leaves quickly in winter. Because it does branch profusely the snails...
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    Hibiscus Feeding

    Potassium is key.
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    Nina's flat hibiscus

    Come on Dean. Admit it. That was hard for you. You hate Hibiscus. You told me yourself once :eek: ;)
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