Everything looks fantastic! The windmill palms are getting some great growth! How many leaves have they made so far this year? I think mine are both on there 3rd leaf with the smaller one growing a little faster than the larger one. Your staghorn fern is looking very good too. Mine has some burn but its not as bad as it could be. I hope your pindo does well in the ground. My ground pindo palm is finally growing again! It is growing much slower than all my other palms including my sabal minor! Love the agaves too! Your dog is very cute. Does she like taking a bath? Mine hates water so much.

Thanks for updating us! Everything looks really great!!
Good luck!
-Alex

Everything looks like it growing good for you greg.I want a agave americana also.They are suppost to be cold hardy to zone 7b mabey 7a.Looks like your potted pindos are very healthy.What kind of potting mix do you use,and what type of fertilizer?I have 2 new pindos I planted in may,they looked good till the last couple weeks.Just about all the tips of the fronds are brown.I havent changed anything I have always done,so I dont know what's going on.Why I ask about your potted palms is my potted palms are doing the same thing,tips turning brown.I've never had this problem with palms before,I've tried to look up palm diseases but I couldent find anything that looks like mine does.I hope the agaves do well for you.Your Trachycarpus fortunei looks like it's doing good also.I hear its been very hot up there.It has been 95 degrees and above for the past three weeks,103 yesterday.Hope everything keeps growing well for you.cute little dog also :)

Hi Alex, the tracky has taken off. It has added 3 going on four new leaves and the leaves are huge. Next time I will place something in there for scale (size). You know my pindo in the ground is doing well but growing slower as well. Her trunk base is getting wider so I think she is "establishing". She is looking stronger and growing new leaves. Maybe try some time-release palm fertilzer if you haven't done so already. I sprinkle about three table spoons around the base in the early Spring and in July in the Summer.

Hi Butiaman. How are you? I am at work and want to take more time answering your inquiry best I can. So I will start now but kindly check the blog later for more imput:) First, when my palm leaves do not look right I check the new ones coming in and wait until they grow out (its takes time) and if they look OK then I know its a passing problem. My first thought is are you watering enough and allowing a day or two to dry out. I use time release fertilizer and I try not to use too much. As a side note, my palm mix is approx 40% topsoil, 30-35% pine bark(the more fine variety), and some peat moss or plain sand(whatever is on hand). Pine bark is essential and helps the soil to drain well. Another tip is I do not let them sit in a water and remove the bottom water catch basins. Hope that helps.

Ive tried a lot of things for my pindo palm (miracle gro earlier in the year, fish emultion afew weeks ago, and now Im thinking of trying some palm food). The spear was already about 1/2 way grown when winter was over and the spear has maybe grown about 3 maybe 4 inches since march (so thats about an inch per month of SPEAR growth!). Very slow this year. Im hoping for some good growth next year since its already too late to get too much growth this year. I think mine is also establishing itself but next year it has no excuse! Thanks for the advice! Good luck!
-Alex

Does it look healthy and does it get direct sunlight for 4-6 hours a day?

I will re-examine my pindo palm in the ground to see how slow it is... I thought it was growing faster - 2-3 leaves so far. However it did seem slower than I expected and the base is widening.

As you know, fertilizers take a month to see any difference in a palm. Maybe send her photo again and focus on the center bud. I bet she's fine:)

TZ, where is your Pindo growing? Pot?, Ground?, Sun exposure and water? I have three Pindo. Two are in containers, one is in the ground. All are growing quickly. The two containerized ones I got from a seller on eBay. They were not expensive, arrived in February and I had them in the basement under florescent light. They were growing in the winter in the basement, I put them into bigger pots in April when they went out--growing vigorously! I'll take a pic in a couple of days. I am in the middle of a mini project in the front of the house. Ripping out the grass on a portion of front lawn and putting down mulch--Pindo's in the middle. These are not really slow palms though so something's up.

Everything looks great Greg,you've got a green thumb to match your dogs green eyes(-;

You have a nice spot there,very tropical looking area!

Nj, I have 3 pindo palms also. The slow one Im talking about is in the ground. It was growing fast but after this winter it has really slowed down. But the thing that gets me is that it had no winter damage at all. Ive checked for spear pull and if it did have spear pull, Im sure it would be brown by now. Its condition has not worsened at all and it remains green (the spear is also green).
The other 2 pindos I have are in pots and are growing pretty well. Im going to look at some old pictures of it from this spring and see how much the spear has grown.

Thanks for helping! Good luck!
-Alex

Thanks Jim.

I was hoping that the way the camera cought Penny'e eyes did not look sinister:)

Butiaman,

I gave you the the methods I use. I also remain open to new and effective tips everyone shares here and use them. Your questions were good ones. The pine bark is a real key. If you have a chance, post some pictures if the problem continues and include the new spears.

Greg,thanks for the tips.We have had good afternoon thunderstorms for the past two days.We dident get any rain for about three weeks,with temps.in the high 90s and a couple 100 plus days.Mabey this rain will help,but I never stoped watering the two pindos in the ground,that's the ones I'm worried about most.How I water them is I took a three gallon bucket and drilled a 1/8 inch hole in the bottom near the edge,filled it up with water and added Neptunes Harvest Fertilizer.I did this once a week for each palm.Why I water this way is so the water soaks deep into the soil instead of running off.The spears look good,there putting out new growth,but I notice the new growth has smaller stems and the new fronds on one are weak and droopy looking.The older fronds have grey tips also.One pindo looks worse than the other.The potted palms that have brown tips,are a Washingtonia robusta and the other is a Phoenix Sylvestris.There growing like crazy,they just have brown tips.I think I know what's wrong with them,not good enough drainage.If the two pindos keep looking the same,I will take some pictures.Thanks Greg

Very nice. Your butias put on some very noticeable growth for you! What kind of puppy is that? Looks like a poodle cross??

Hey Greg,

Great Pictures!!! Everything looks great up in Brooklyn!!!
Pindos and everything in your garden is so healthy and thriving...great job!!!

The Agaves look great...maybe repot soon in a slightly larger pot and center them up at the same time...remember they like to dry out before they get water again...They should really take off for you this summer...(you are very welcome!!!)

Hope this "hot" weather calms down a little...can't seem to adjust to these scorching temps here in the east/northeast.

Some of my palnts/trees are showing signs of leaf burn...so I have had to move plants around to help them adjust!!! We did have some heavy downpours last week...I collected 60 gallons of water with my new barrells...but now it's all gone with these temps!!! Oh well..this is what we love....rain...sun...heat...it's all a great recipe!!!!

Take care everyone!!!

Laura in VB

Everyone thanks for the kinds words.

Hi Laura, I'll re-pot soon as the agaves get adjusted a bit more and thanks for the watering tip:)

Hi Butiaman, may I suggest you stop ferlizing for a while and let the pindos and other dry tolerant palms dry-out a little before each watering. How close is the water whole you drilled in the ground to the pindo trunk? Some people allow a garden hose to trickle by the palm for a few hours.

Hi Islandbreeze, the puppy is actually a bichon frise and she is 6 years old. They have a great history originating from ancient Phoenician trade routes to becoming popular in France until the 1800s revolution and finally WWI and WWII soldiers brought them back from Europe as pets:)

With a name like Penny.......

I wasn't to scared(-:

:))) Jim. My wife had named her Penny Puppy Sweetheart! So now you're really scared.. lol.

BTW, I always owned big dogs like Shepards and friendly mixed breed like labs etc.. when I got married in 2008 my dogs were aging and died:( So we're are content with Penny for now and she's very ez to maintain. Wow I really am off the palm tract... lol

Greg, I dident drill a hole in the ground,I drilled a hole in the bucket.I have a soaker hose for trees,but it's to big for the small pindos.I set the buckets about 1 foot from the trunks of the palms planted in the ground.I ment to say when I mix in the fertilizer with the water,I only fertilize every 2 weeks.I give them water every week,three gallons every saturday.I read on that e-how website that the proper way to water palms is if the palm is a 1 gallon you give it 1 gallon of water a week,if it's a 3 gallon you give it 3 gallons a week and so on.That's only for palms planted in the ground and only the first year.My 2 queen palms love it.I'm starting to think I might have them planted to deep.See I went by what the southeastern palm society said about planting palms.They said to plant them 1/2 inch to 1 inch deeper than they were growing in the pots you bought them in.They said the roots were the most vunerable part of palms to cold temps.and cold damage.They went on to say by planting them a little deep it would help insulate the roots from freezing temps.The dry climate palms in pots only get watered once the soil is dry to about 3 inches down in the pots.I do the same thing for my 4 mule palms in pots and there growing like crazy,so are my 3 phoenix Theo seedlings in pots.That's why I think the pindos are planted to deep.Plus I think they have some type of disease on them.I checked the pindos today and it looks like the last two thunder storms with all there rain has helped them.

Hi Butiaman,

Thanks for all the details. It helps. I hope the pindo palms do not have a disease and I really do not think they do. It would be highly unlikely. You have a great collection. Maybe when you have time you can post some pictures:)

I would like to suggest to stop fertilizing immediately because they have enough. The palm society sometimes may not know cold weather palms as much as us growing them.

Thanks for getting back to me.
If you only planted them an inch or two deeper that should fine too. Pindos like to be a little dry between waterings so I would keep that in mind and water little less often.

Hey Greg,I hope everything is well with you.Here are some pictures of my two little pindos and a big one I bought last month. {{gwi:1149220}}{{gwi:1149222}}{{gwi:1149224}}{{gwi:1149225}} {{gwi:1149226}}

Greg

Seems like everybody's downsizing these days!(-;

I miss my big dogs. Brutis is certainly a palm-protector..lol. He looks serious.

Nice palms Butiaman. They look fine too me:)

PS. How much was the larger Jelly palm?

Greg,Rocky is my biggest dog,I have 5 of them,Rocky is the Alpha dog.I have to keep Brutis on a logging chain and a dog harness.He broke every chain and dog collar I tried on him.I had to drive a 6ft rod in the ground to hook his chain to.He pulled every tie down rod out of the ground,the ones you can buy at pet stores with wing like things on them,that's suppost to make them impossible to pull up,he pulled them up like it was nothing.I breed Pitbulls,I use to breed Boxers also,that's how I got Rocky,his mother is a pit and his dad is a boxer.It was a accidental cross,now I only breed pits.Now back to palms,the big palm would have been $150 dollars installed.I traded a dog for it.Jay got the best end of the deal,because brutis is a 3 time chamion of the ADBA.I traded one of his pups for the palm,plus I still made money.I sell them for $500 dollars a piece with all there papers.

You got a great deal. Thanks for filling me in. I thinking trading is better than buying. It keeps Uncle Sam's sticky tax fingers away from free enterprise.

Maybe you dog is too big now, but I heard those invisible electric fenses work well. Are you dogs friendly - they seem so.

Rocky is a big puppy to people he knows,or if your with me,he thinks he's a lap dog.Brutis is not as friendly to strangers,that's why he's on a logging chain.He has never bit anybody,I dont let but a few people near him.He is my guard dog,about a month ago two guys was trying to steal the copper from my central air unit and they dident know brutis could reach up to the units.It was about 3am when I heard the dogs barking,and I can tell when there barking at a person or some animal,the barks different.When I went outside to see what was going on,brutis had the two guys pinned in the corner of the fence.He dident try to bite them but he wouldent let them move.He sat there holding them in the corner,if one moved he would growl and they stoped moving.I called the cops and they came out and locked the two guys up.The cops told me,now that's a good guard dog.Some of the cops now want a pup of his,they were scared of brutis,they said that dog has strange eyes,they look straight through you.Brutis is a very smart dog,he knows about 10 commands.I run all my dogs 5 miles a day on a dog treadmill.They love it,the vet said my dogs were very healthy and happy dogs.Times have gotten so bad people will still anything they can get there hands on to make money.It's been going on far a long time in Atlanta,there stilling manhole covers from the streets,stilling from churches.They showed on the news where somebody had stolen all the central air units from a apartment complex.There is a small palm nursery in the next town over that I go to often.Last time I was there billy(the owner) told me someone stold three 25 gallon pindo palms during the night.He knows I sell pitbull puppies,and now he wants one of my dogs.I might trade for another big palm,I love the barter system.Your so right about keeping Uncle Sam out of the picture,they tax me to death already.I have to register my dogs with the city,but not the puppies :)

I like that story. Here these guys are trying to harm you financially and they got caught by Brutis. He deserves some fresh burgers in my book. He is a great watch dog and knows what to do! He watches over your palms too!

Yes, its a shame the US economy is faltering and I have hope we may see another recovery but it feels like to good old days may over. All the over spending by Government and if you think you have high taxes you should see New York City and the metro area. Many suburbs around the city charge $20,000 a year on property tax and the houses aren't even real luxury in some cases. We have three layers of tax here, Fed, State, and City. Now I know why I focus on palms as an escape... lol.

Hey Randy,

Great story.....Way to go Brutis!!!!

Greg,

I meant to post earlier, Penny looks like a wonderful dog!! So how spoiled is she? I would guess she rules the house!!! LOL... She is a great looking Sweetie!!!

We should all post pictures of our best friends with our palms of course!!!

If you think of how much time we spend taking care of our palms...I would guess that we all have some really spoiled dogs (and other animals :) ) That is the way it's supposed to be!!!....Well, got to go and give my little weiners a treat!!! LOL....

Take care everybody...heat here yesterday was 98....today the heat indecies are to reach 107...ugggg....!!!

Laura in VB

That is a great story. My dog doesnt like anyone who is working on the house or any home nearby, but really likes anyone else. I feel like they can really sense who's good and who isnt. She's a really good dog! I also think someone should start a dog thread! Dogs with palms!

Penny is surely spoiled. She sleeps on my chest when I watch TV... something my big dogs couldn't do... LOL. She is a good alarm system and barks at the hint of strangers and even if someone on a TV show knocks on a door - she goes balistic with her cute self:)

Just a note, I'll be away next week on vacation. Going to costal New Hampshire and then to the Jersey Shore.