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Old 10-31-2014, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tommy steam View Post
Just curious, why are you giving all this information on queen palms? When I talked to the master gardeners here, they told me not to plant those palms in this area because of all the problems associated with them.
If you go back to the beginning post, I stated why. Because there is a lot of mis-information floating around lately about Queen Palms. I base my posts here on my education and 40 years of experience, not someone else's opinion, most likely from another geographical zone.

So, how many master gardener's did you speak to? Out of curiosity. Though I know the Master Gardner's course is put on by UF, in Gainseville, zone what..8 or 7? Last time a mature Queen palm froze in this area, was back in the 80s after TWO 100 year/cycle freezes back to back. We lost about 1-2%. I am aplant guy, not a math guy though, so not sure on the odds of another 2- 100 year freezes hitting this area , 2 years in a row.