I am having these weird "growths" on the trunk of a caryota palm. They aren't roots or anything like that. They "brush" off if you run your glove up the...
Barry, those are castings from some kind of burrowing insect inside your palm! If you want to save it, you will want to use a systemic insecticide ASAP. Jody ...
YIKES!!! Thanks! On it as we speak! It does look like the "castings" that an earthworm makes in the ground. But that kind of thing never crossed my mind! ...
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't remember seeing it of fishtails, but it looks like some genetic throw-back to the aerial root characteristic of palms and...
Well, it looks like it may be the ambrosia beetle, if they attack palms. When I brush off the sawdust "appendages", they slowly push back out of the...
I'd use a systemic soil drench pestacide or you'll likely loose the tree and the bugs will then colonize other trees nearby that are volunerable. To:...
Barry, Perhaps you can do what is being done here when a coconut is attacked by a stem-borer. A length of metal wire is heated till red-hot and then plunged...
I talked to a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture inspector who actually knew something about plants and diseases, this week. He said that a systemic treatment was...
I belive they are not gowths but a bug making a hole in the trunk and pushing out the removed material… If you take one of this “growths” in your hand,...
I think Merit and Marathon both have the same active ingredient and they are both systemics. But they are also both controlled pesticides, so I don't know if...
Yes, it is definitely "sawdust". Then I went across to the other side of the garden, and a large plumeria is the same way - - it has the holes all over it and...
If the pesticides are controlled you may need to get a commercial company to make the application(s). You may want to make some inquiries with other growers as...
Bayer Tree and Shrub Insect Control has the same active ingredient (Imidacloprid) as both Merit (outdoor use) and Marathon (greenhouse use) and is available(in...
I'm batting zero here! I just went out this morning to spray the caryota and the plumeria again......and was stunned to see the trunk of a bursera fagaroides...
Hello group, I am looking for sources of Chamadorea amablis. If anyone has plants or seed please e-mail me privately at haroh@... Thanks Harry Sent via...
Hi group, Does anyone know what the hell happened to the price of fertilizer? I just went to pick some up at home depot and the same 40lb bags that I bought...
Doug- Try Lowe's at 22nd Ave., S. I got a 50# bag of 8-2-10 with some micros and the N is in a slow release form and made by Sunniland. About $16 per bag....
I just bought a ton for $600 of 10-10-10 at local farm coop, which you should have in your area, about %10 for 50 lb bag, I have used all types high nitro,...
In a message dated 3/16/2009 11:40:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fnotropicals@... writes: Hi group, Does anyone know what the hell happened to the price...
Doug- Forgot to mention that the City of St. Pete is considering a ban on some nitrogen fertilizers during the rainy season. You'll have to check the...
Anyone know if it's worth, and even posible, to move a 25 year old Caryota mitis? It is still suckering and am not sure how old they even get. -Any aid is...
TIME TO START COMPOSTING. we compost everything. the truth is that you need some distance between yourself and your compost heap because it really does not...
What are you putting in your compost? I only put plant matter in and it always smells great, and is full of snake and skink eggs (and sometimes the adults). I...
tjwalters@...
Mar 18, 2009 1:40 am
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... Everything that is not plastic or metal. I seldom have leftover meat since i have dogs, but if I did have inedible scraps they would go in too. I figure...
I've read it's not a good idea to use any type of animal matter in the compost - especially if it is used on plants that are to be consumed by humans - due to...
tjwalters@...
Mar 18, 2009 7:22 pm
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Sorry Hermine, any animal material is a no-no for compost. Just use plant residues. LARRY _____ From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com...
Barry, In my opinion you need to fumigate with an insecticide that once in contact with air it turns to a gas, is the only way you will reach them. We use...
This is my largest Bismarkia nobilis, when the photo was taken it was almost exactly 9 years from planting the seed. It has flowered last year and is a male....
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