sandy0225

well, I can see both sides on the Queen Palm thing. It's a nice tree that would live if it was cared for properly. Then again, a pepper plant, a petunia basket, a tomato plant will also live for several years if cared for properly. One is just bigger and more expensive than the other.
As long as plants are seen as disposable commodities, then this is just going to go on. And now that's how many people see them, thanks to big box stores that sell them so cheaply and with such disrespect. When you see them marked down to 99c and/or half dead but it doesn't matter because they are on a consignment basis, and no one waters them or seems to care, people grow callused to the abuse of the plants and start thinking that they're not worth much.

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blownz281

Stores just write off any plants or fish at petstores that die on them,so no lose to them. Last X-Mas Lowes had a whole dumpster full of plants and lady said they tossed them cause they were wilted.

Abnshrek

Well if lowe's knew what viagra did for plants they would've been their newest largest account. :^)

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blownz281

WHAT? how is there anything benefical in that pill for plants?

Abnshrek

Someone posted a link to the article on the Curved leafs thread (Ice Cream). It say how long it lasted but said it helped with droopy leaves. I closed the pours on the leafs to retain moisture or something to that effect. :^)

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john_ny

Hey Palmtree. You and one other person remarked that one of the pictures that I posted of a palm at a New Jersey beach, was a coconut, rather than a queen as I had labeled it. I stand corrected. I'm no palm expert, and some growers in Florida told me that they usually use queens in this application. because they can be replaced cheaply. Usually, coconuts are much more expensive. The place in the picture is located in Point Pleasant beach, NJ. They must he gotten a special deal on the coconuts.

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palmtree

Usually they do plant queen palms instead of coconut palms since there cheaper, but coconuts look so much nicer and you can sometimes get good deals on them wholesale, so Im glad that they are planting some! Still a shame that they let them die every year! Thanks for the location of the beach! I think they plant coconut palms on the beaches of Long branch, NJ also. They make so much money from NY and NJ residents that they can probably afford the tropical look! Nice pics of them!
Thanks for sharing!

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