How to Grow KILLER King Palms by Cody of Cassidy Street

[@palmdaddy]

this guy was just waiting for someone to come by and talk about his palm trees! haha

[@ivetteheredia1125]

Love this video for so many reasons: 1. Beautiful KING palms!!! 2. The enthusiasm to stop and record them 3. Great friendly dialog amongst strangers 4. The owners pride in growing those awesome KING Palms... priceless !!!!

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Thanks for making those wonderful and insightful points

[@beh4846]

Yes, exactly! Also, his daughter is beautiful, and she waited so politely. Great video.

[@alexgottmituns7049]

What a gentleman! So well mannered and articulate. The only question which was left out is: How long ago did he plant his first King palms?

[@cesaryaelmurillo4367]

I'll guess like 10 years ago from now

[@faltio69]

@@cesaryaelmurillo4367 why 10?

[@cesaryaelmurillo4367]

@@faltio69 I've hundreds of palms in my estate and I've planted all of them, I've Royals, Queens, Kings, Christmas, Arecas, and a lot of palmate-leaf types of palms and other little entire-leaf palms so I can almost bet their age by pure sight.

[@faltio69]

@@cesaryaelmurillo4367 my neighbor has king palms east facing some 10 and some 20 and they are the same height about 15 ft tall He also have 10 yr old south facing that’s no more than 5 ft tall. All king palms

[@irietropicals4255]

10 yrs sounds about right

[@centerconsoledre9928]

Great looking Kings! One of the few palms that we can actually grow up in NorCal, at least in the right micro climate.

[@irietropicals4255]

These palms can literally sit in water. I’ve grown 50 or more from seed and learned a small pin hole in bottom of pot is the trick. Thirsty palms

[@libgapper9761]

Yes they can grow in swamps !

[@RossIsBored]

We need an update on the palm height! Just planted two fan palms this Spring, we’ve had so much rain and they’re yellow but planted in sand, but insane the amount of rain this Spring, they love it really

[@Will_Grow_Plants]

Started this video out thinking it was in Northern California somewhere. Great trees!

[@vincenzecalzone8666]

Superb video Gary. I've got tiny seedlings of these growing. Very inspiring

[@RyanBrown01]

Great Video! Thanks for taking the time and posting it!

[@Salmagundiii]

Great video. He is exactly right about "miracle" gro LOL. Not good for many plants, but many palms are heavy feeders.

[@TropicalGardenGuy]

Lol , you get the same reaction i do when I shoot video… btw, good touch with the extros at the end!

[@oliverpurser489]

I'm from Australia and these grow like weeds in my backyard. I must have a couple of hundred, over watering is not a problem. We call them Bangalow Palms in Australia

[@MrRadical87]

You're very lucky! Bangalows will be made illegal in Auckland later this year =(

[@introtwerp]

Which part of aus? I'm in Sydney and I've seen these seeds scattered I tried to sprout them but nothing happened

[@zak6754]

Is this Bangalow Palm or Alexander Palm?

[@oliverpurser489]

Pretty sure they’re Bangalore’s.

[@mattpinder2656]

Great video and cool owner dude Cody is! Thanks

[@blueskymut]

Did he say when he planted them?

[@MrSnoopy38]

I literally have watched this video 5 times, lol...I had beautiful Kings growing up in Costa Mesa and Vista. Trying my luck in Menifee, Ca. (Which is Riverside County) which I've been told I'm nuts. 1 year in... looking Great...7 kings going good so far. Kentia's 1 out of 4 doing good in the year...Foxtails coming next....

[@ScaryHairyGary]

try roystonia regia, roystonia oleraceae, Beccariophoenix alfredii. I have these for sale in vista plus some really nice Queen Palm hybrids of 4 different types

[@alexr362]

Should you ever pull the browning old foliage or wait? I pulled one because I noticed a bunch of ants in it not sure if that was a good idea. Small amount of green exposed on trunk

[@BabsW-k7b]

I love this video!

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Why thank you!

[@sarkisw85]

What an awesome video!

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Glad you liked it!

[@michaelneuendorff3749]

I live in Redlands California and I have probably 60 king plams, they range from 10’ to 40’ tall, trunk sizes ranging 6” to 12” and I have seedlings growing like weeds.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

And I bet it is gorgeous

[@Peekcasso]

Amazing palms! I wish I could grow them here in central europe

[@officialanneboonchuy180]

I have a question, do you know anything about growing ash trees from seed to sapling. I tried looking for sources online but not many information is found how to grow them. I tried growing them my self but they haven’t grown, i don’t know if i’m doing it wrong. I was wondering if you can make a video about that soon because the seeds are now in season this time of year.

[@Ethaneman]

Great video especially since the owner came out for the interview. One thing people don’t realize is that there are 6 different species of King palm. Those look like they may be the maxima species which have the largest truck diameter and a large green crown. I have 3 clusters of these but mine were only planted about 3 years ago so much smaller than these. I have used some miracle grow in them but I may make it a regular watering routine now that I have seen this. Either way these in the video are very healthy looking king palms. Thanks for sharing. I’ll add that one of the features of the maximas that make them different from the much more common cunninghamiana is the Leaves tend to be more rigid and don’t droop down toward ground as much. A feature you can see in this video.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

nice observations

[@Salmagundiii]

I think the difference between palms probably has something to do with the genus. Washingtonia robusta comes from a dry desert climate and is known for forming very extensive root systems. The King palms come from a wet tropical one with at least 1000 mm of rainfall per year, year round. Although these look pretty good, they look better in wetter places like Sydney - I know because I've seen them there. As for 'moisture capture' - look what is on either side of the sidewalk. Watered lawns! If SoCal had its entire water supply shut off, even the Washingtonias would only persist in riparian areas like swales, creek beds, spring fed oasis...as is true in the native range of both species of Washingtonia.

[@introtwerp]

I live in Sydney and yes they look gorgeous here

[@RalphVenton]

Gary you need to check out the Oceanside Civic Center, they have an amazing collection of mature palms, including Rhopalotsylus bauerii, Howea forsteriana, and Phoenix reclinatas.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

OK, I’m on it. Look for a video in the next several weeks. Thanks for the tip

[@ceugantful]

are twin planted king palms getting the same size as planted solo?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Multiples do grow a bit slower

[@rootsnrecipes]

O'side love

[@PureSwank]

Cold Hardiness?

[@kandeefurst5809]

Question... sometimes I get red seeds and sometimes I get the white "medusa" things.... Which is the seed I use to start the tree? The red round seeds or the seeds off the white medusa flower?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

red

[@marty1392]

Can these survive 19F briefly with frost, or freezing rain, once big?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Anything can survive a 19 degree 1 minute pass through a freezer and back out to balmy weather. Just depends on how long and a million other variables.

[@marty1392]

Hahaha okay 19F for 5 hours with moderate frost in upper 9a humid Florida, possible precipitation involved (this happens about twice a decade). If not that then a 2-day freeze under the same conditions in the upper 20s and low 30s. Basically routine 5-year scares! I was about to try raising a 'good handful' of kings from seed for the heck of it, but thought twice about it and the probable disappointment. Instead I'm going to try a bunch of beccariophoenix alfredii instead. What are your thoughts on beccario? Palm places around here have been selling them the last 5 years or so. Apparently they survive, but the same people selling beccario are saying syagrus romanzoff is not long term here..?! They must not be 'too' informed because I see a massive queen that has been in the ground here 15 years. What are your experiences with beccario in a marginal climate, are they as hardy as queens??

[@ACDC4LIFE]

👍🏽Simply Beautiful

[@sybille2998]

very misleading title!!!!!!

[@westlabanuelos4990]

So he uses miracle grow

[@ScaryHairyGary]

yep

[@BENBRUTUS]

Loved living in Oceanside. USMC! OORAH!