Just what I needed.

[jackb]

Ava is back from Disney World and brought me just what I needed, a palm tree. She worked really hard planting the tomatoes, so she must be rested after her vacation.

Jack B

 

[897tgigvib]

Can't quite make out what kind of Palm tree it is, but I bet you can give it the right conditions and zone indoors in winter. Some are good for a good zone 7.

Keeping those Cantaloupes in nice hot, good day to go to the beach conditions?

I was just reading about a variety of Date Palm brought back from extinction because they found some 2,000 year old seeds. They got one started in 2005, and it should be producing dates and seeds now.

 

[jackb]

Marshall,

It is something called Neanthe Bella which is supposed grow to a maximum of 4 to 5 feet. The cantaloupe are struggling so I am going to up pot them to 4" pots.

Jack B

 

[digitS']

Jack, everyone . .

needs a palm tree or two.

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Jack, your little Ava is getting tall! And she changed her hairstyle too!

Oh, nice palm by the way.

 

[jackb]

Jack, your little Ava is getting tall! And she changed her hairstyle too!

Oh, nice palm by the way.

Thistlebloom, you are correct on both. She got her hair cut for the trip to Florida, however, it just about took an act of God to get her to do it though. I can almost watch her change from visit to visit she is growing so fast. Thank goodness she still likes to cuddle with Pop, share a bag of popcorn and watch Yo Gaba Gaba.

Jack B

 

[897tgigvib]

Parlor Palm.

They make nice houseplants. Brightly lit area, but little if any actual sun, morning sun if any at all. It'll like humidity, but will tolerate normal air.

 

[lesa]

What a sweet and appropriate gift she brought back to you! Much better than a t-shirt or key chain. You guys are growing a lot of wonderful memories in that greenhouse....

 

[jackb]

She has decided that each plant has to have a name, so she made up a unique name for each tomato plant. The look of concentration is priceless. Where do they come up with these ideas?

Jack B

 

[897tgigvib]

Wellp, ya know, I have 2 ideas that may both work together, about where she got the idea to name the plants.

Seeing plants get labelled, wellp, labeling is naming them ya know. So she's gonna do it too.

The other thing is some smart persons started categorizing things, general to specific, and even decided to use latin names. But those dummies, they got to species and then barely subspecies, oh and then most folks named varieties, BUT THEN THEY STOPPED THERE!

Whatever for did they stop there? Ya mean this tomato plant can't be Harriet and this one George? Can't Lupe the Cantaloupe grow next to Sweety the Cantaloupe? This way you know one from the other. How can you tell one from the other if they don't have names. Besides, dumb old me, I don't even know the right names she named them!

Ava is absolutely right! Let's call the bigshots in charge at some royal horticultural academy of naming plants and find out why they ended at variety! We need to fix this problem!!!