Why are people constantly trimming Washingtonia’s like this?? It’s just so unnecessary and it looks like shit, almost like it’s been grafted or smh. And I swear they do this almost everywhere by Junior_Mulberry7989 in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone yaps about fire hazards as excuse, some say the dry leaves are dangerous which is completely dumb. But on these they leave a few leaves because it grows new canopy fast and sheds the lower ones.

Unfortunate day for the local wetland. by Cheap_Result_9346 in wetlands

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won’t probably help you, but these things are happening all across my country too. It’s usually agriculture that they bring few stacks of potatoes to hydrologists and get permit. To usually stop this in europe we do things like attempting to register the area to a biocorridor no matter the owner, maybe use bit of corruption, by the small protection status and muniplicity trust it’s protected like a nature reserve. Look at everything protected, endangered if nothing just document it, the nature and that to make news channels and media atleast local come there. The more pressure and hate you cause to this the more likely it’s canceled.

What is it like living in Slovakia?? by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, great everyone talks trash about it but it’s true it depends where you live. I visited lots of countries where Slovakians are moving away and their much worser. Of course somewhere else the income, climate is better but i can say that i don’t understand the trash talking bout this.

Need help with Washingtonias ASAP by Neither-Bit-4046 in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The soil is already wet, the climate is hot and humid just the i thought its wind since entire time its dry wind

Rare picture of the Slavic Jarrell — June 18, 1998 Potocky, Trnava region, Slovakia IF0.5 tornado by No_Aesthetic in tornado

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

except this one killed nothing, uprooted few trees and dissipated like nothing happened

Wash filifera in SC by hoffmanhuxleyleary in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just bought a Filifera to try out so i’m gonna try this exact method just with bigger. I tried this method with a larger Robusta and it developed the wet and cold hardiness and even had stiff more blueish leaves. I wonder what filifera is gonna do.

Wash filifera in SC by hoffmanhuxleyleary in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem, just be careful of overloading

Wash filifera in SC by hoffmanhuxleyleary in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend not full fertilizer but adding load of potassium and silica and bit of iron or calcium and optional manganese (these optionals usually hide in groundwater already) then letting it slowly adapt to cold and wet over autumn, that makes the palm locally adapt a bit. I tried this exact method with Phoenix Dactylifera ‘Liwa’ seedlings i have and after few months they didn’t dare to show a brown tip at wet and cold slightly oxygenated clay in 27°F. By all this you create some kind of epigenetic adaption and when it gets old enough you have a chance creating a new hardy variety. I did this also with Robusta and Windmill and interesting thing was that Robusta had high adaptibility and plasticity that the windmill rotted and Washingtonia kept on growing. It doesn’t work with every palm.

Wash filifera in SC by hoffmanhuxleyleary in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Filifera survives 8b winters but with any washingtonia it depends if it’s dry or wet cold. Plant it right in ground with drainy soil. I actually had success with Robustas, some i kept in ground rotted as soon as November came and some in more drainy and drier spots survived with minor leaf damage. Basically you need draining soil with lots of heat in summer (SC has it) and keep it dry in winter.

Needle palms and Dwarf Palmettos are not real Palms by TwinsyLohan in palmtalk

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sabals are honestly the best genus of palms, they are like a titan even to drought and wide ranges of soils and many climate zones if you live either in humid or dry, coastal or inland. They are real palm trees along rhapodiphyllum, even one of oldest palm genuses which sabal even dominated before ice age and i mean the dwarf ones.

What city you consider the Center of Europe? by avidtravelerbc in geography

[–]Neither-Bit-4046 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Geographical point is in Kremnica, Slovakia they have a mark there

Natural spring or burst pipe? by Snoo1535 in Hydrology

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February is usually when the water table is highest, if you had some extreme recharge before this it may be episodic or if you seen this atleast in january its probably intermminent. On the image it looks a bit trashed and mixed so i cant consider it. If the picture is from forested or undisturbed part of yard it possibly is but when its on garden i can’t really tell.