11 Years Timelapse of my Mexican fan palm @ Belgium 

Thanks for your comment. Yes, they grow well here too. But we have to protect & warm them well here during the winters. Unfortunately, this specimen from the video is currently on the verge of death. During the winter 2022 - 2023 it suffered heavy damage, from which it was very difficult to recover last year. It suffered spear rot again last winter, so I'm afraid it won't recover now. In any case, it is very weak now. Fingers crossed🤞

Sheesh, sorry to hear that. It's always tough to lose such an old plant. I had a echeveria for probably 20 years that I got since childhood, and in a matter of a year some type of white fungus took it out along with all of her pups; the leaves would shatter when touched. Leaf cuttings, new soil, repotting or nothing could help them. @@Dimi.Exotic.Garden

@carpy1252 Yes, it is very unfortunate indeed. I hope it survives because there is still some green on it...🤞 Also very sorry about your story, such things are always painful. 🫤🤷‍♂️

Thanks Stanley 👍

Indeed. Wow that's great 👏👍😊

Thank you so much John.😊 I do my best to get these palms, which are very unique in our country, as large as possible here in our cold climate. Much more fun to grow them from small to large instead of buying & planting a big tree right away... I am finishing a next video that will be online soon, the growth evolution of my Butyagrus which was already very spectacular... 👍

Hi Dave, Great to hear that I inspire you and that you like my videos. I also really appreciate the comment about the choice of music.👍 I will definitely keep making updates & videos. Thank you for the kind words. Many greetings from Belgium...where the weather seems to be similar to the weather in North London 😉

Thank you. 😊 Wow, that's a lot of Washingtonias. They grow very fast, it is faster than you think. It only takes a while in the first years because they first make roots in the ground. Once settled, it suddenly goes very quickly. Good luck.👍

Thanks 🙏😊

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@@JoseRamos-jn6ij Thank you very much, nice to hear.🙏😊 I saw your video too, very nice.👍 I have subscribed😉

Merci 😊👍

Merci Alex. Oui, le Washingtonia pousse très vite. Mais mon Butyagrus est bien plus rapide, vraiment dingue à voir...👍😎

Dziękuję Adam 🙏 😊 Pozdrawiam Dimi 👍

Thanks 😊

Dank je 😊

Thanks 😊

Nice to hear Simon, thanks for your kind message 👍😊

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden oh no problem we should all be kind

Yeah, they are crazy palms indeed. Fast growers also...😊 Nice collection Billy 👍

Merci beaucoup 😊👍

Thank you. You saw that very well. 👌 Fast growth indeed. That's why it wasn't so bad to prune so that I could protect better / easier.

Bedankt Eddy. Staat gewoon in volle grond hoor. Ik plaats nooit planten met potten in de grond... Binnenkort komt er nog een nieuwe soortgelijke video van mijn Butyagrus. 👍

Bedankt Niek 😊

Thanks 😊 Idd Norway to cold for this...🤷‍♂️

Thanks Adam 😊

No William, that's not sun protection. What you see is the winter protection, eventually it will be closed when it gets really cold. Sunburning of the leaves only occurs if the plant has not been exposed to UV light for a very long time (weeks/months). So, for example, if you overwinter them indoors, or if the plants have grown up in a greenhouse and then have to go outside in the sun, or sometimes those from the store too... Then you always have to let the plants get used to U.V., so to the sun. You do this by first placing them in full shade, and then slowly building up sunlight... This process takes several days/weeks. If you don't do that and immediately put it in full sun, the leaves will indeed burn immediately. It's like with ourselves, after the winter when it's warm and sunny again in the spring, we shouldn't go naked because then our skin burns too... If the plants are constantly left outside and always gets sun/U.V., then they will not burn. My winter protection is always open, I only close it at times when it really freezes. Then open again on frost-free days.

That video ends in 2020, a sequel will certainly follow. The plan is to take at least 5 years as a follow-up. So it's still a bit too early, we're only 3 years further now... I can say that the Phoenix has grown quite a bit in the meantime and is still doing very well. It came through the winter well again without damage. On my Facebook you will find recent photos, otherwise you should already have a look there. It is visible to everyone. facebook.com/Exotic.Hofke.Dimi

That must be great Simon 😊👍 Nice to know also jounger people like my videos. Thx & greetings from Belgium.

Hi, The coldest I've experienced here is -18,5°C. This Washingtonia also survived that with the necessary protection. The Washingtonia itself has never seen colder temperatures than -5°C of course. Further inland in our small country, the temperature had gone down to -22°C. That was extreme at the time, but -10°C to -15°C also happens here occasionally. Although that is also more of an exception than a fact... Temperatures of -5°C often happen here, down to -10°C also reasonable, but certainly not every year. The winters are always very wet here, which is the biggest problem in combination with the cold. The best protection for this Washintonia is to build a box around it, consisting of well-insulating polycarbonate plates. In case of severe frost, you then have to close the box and heat it inside so that the temperature inside remains just above freezing. Is that worth it? I think so of course, but that's everyone's own choice. That way the palm certainly remains beautiful and survives every winter here as you can see in the video. Be sure to watch my other video about my winter protection for more info... -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh7Xwm9frDI.html Greetings Dimi 👍

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden Thank you so much and I appreciate you a lot.

Danke Kevin. 🙏😊 Ich werde auf jeden Fall Tipps und Antworten auf Fragen geben, wenn Sie welche haben. Wenn Sie Facebook haben, können Sie dort auch viele Informationen auf meinem Profil finden. Ansonsten frag einfach... Grüße Dimi

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden fange gerade an 2 hoch zu ziehen die gucken auch schon raus sie sind jetzt ca zwischen 2 - 3 Wochen alt sollte ich die diesen Winter reinholen weil die noch so jung sind

@@kevinkroppen8654 Hallo Kevin, entschuldige meine späte Antwort. Ich war in den letzten Tagen beschäftigt... Sie meinen, Sie haben Washingtonia robusta-Setzlinge? Schön, sie wachsen schnell. Ja, im Winter sollten Sie sie tatsächlich kühl halten. Sie dürfen keinen Frost abbekommen. Stellen Sie es aber auch nicht in Innenräumen bei Hitze auf, da die Luft zu trocken ist und im Winter nicht genügend Licht zum Wachsen vorhanden ist. Also kühl und frostfrei überwintern. Halten Sie sie außerdem nicht zu nass, da sie sonst verrotten können. Viel Glück.

Merci Imran. 😊 Filifera peut tolérer un peu plus le froid mais moins bien contre l'humidité, ce qui est le plus gros problème chez nous. C'est pourquoi le robusta est généralement choisi car il résiste mieux à l'humidité. Si vous voulez le robusta en pleine terre, vous devez toujours bien le protéger en hiver. C'est-à-dire... garder au sec et à l'abri au moyen d'un grenier. Et en cas de gel modéré à sévère, vous devez opter pour le chauffage. La température ne doit jamais descendre en dessous de -5°C sur la paume. Les feuilles sont déjà abîmées dès -4°C... J'ai aussi une autre vidéo sur ma protection hivernale. Vous y trouverez encore plus de conseils...😉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh7Xwm9frDI.html

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden la classe merci bcp pour tes conseils

@@shishani-095 Pas de problème, vous êtes les bienvenus. Si vous avez des questions... n'hésitez pas. 👍

Thanks. Every year this Washingtonia gets a box around it as winter protection. But last year in the winter (2020 -> 2021) I could not have built this box around it because I was rehabilitating from an accident on my wrist/hand. So the palm was not protected and suddenly in February (2021) came an ice week with severe frost. (You can see that in my other video 'winter protection' -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh7Xwm9frDIh.htmlttps://ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh7Xwm9frDI.html ) Then I pruned all the leaves because I was sure that the leaves would freeze to death. So without leaves I was able to pack the palm quite easily and quickly with cloths and heat cable as a quick emergency solution. That was just doable then with my hand and help from my brother... Otherwise I never prune leaves, only if the leaves are brown/dead. Yes, I have protected this Washingtonia every winter from the beginning with a box around it and with heating if necessary.

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden Wow fair play its come a long way! What is the minimum temperature you get there?

@@swarvalous Every winter -5°C happens, -8°C happens occasionally and -10° to -15°C happens rarely but certainly also... In my 15 years with exotics, the coldest temperature here in my garden has been -16°C. 🥶

Malheureusement, l'hivernage sera très difficile sans chauffage supplémentaire. Le Washingtonia subit déjà des dommages aux feuilles de -3°C à -4°C, et à -5°C un petit spécimen est déjà mort. 🤷‍♂️ Et un simple toit ne permet pas vraiment de garder le palmier suffisamment sec. Je ne le recommanderais donc pas, il y a de fortes chances que le palmier soit endommagé ou dans le pire des cas, qu'il perde le palmier...

In normal winter here -8°C as lowest, but colder happens to. Coldest ever here was -18°C about 10 years ago...🥶

Thanks Dimi, about the same here in the U.K., but it’s been mild so far without any severe frosts.

@@bloggalot4718 Yes, it is indeed very mild again this winter. Here we only had 1 night of frost this winter, then it was -4°C at the coldest moment in the morning... So definitely no complaining 😇 Still anxiously waiting for February but the first predictions look very good In the middle of March I will remove all protections.

Our forecast is frost free for the next seven to ten days,looking promising. Wishing you well for this season, stay safe.

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden Do you have any protection when its about a few degree minus for 1-2 days?

Merci. Je ne lui donne pas beaucoup d'engrais, mais beaucoup d'eau. Quand je donne de l'engrais c'est de l'engrais organique pour palmiers de DCM.

Hi Bram, no that's just perfect, they love much water so 👍👌 If you plant it out next year, full sun, they love heat and a lot of water.

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden Thx a lot.

A que profundidad pusiste esa palmerita disculpa

It's good if the seeds sink to the bottom. Leave in the water for a few days, changing the water every day. Then simply sow in an airy substrate. And then keep slightly moist and around 30°C.

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden what kind of airy substrate do you mean? Can I use a wet paper towel and put the seed inside of it and close it and wait until it sprouts?

Doesn't matter, as long as it's airy. You can even buy special seed potting soil. That wet paper towel can also idd 👍

Merci Jordan. J'habite à 'Sint-Niklaas', qui se situe en Flandre orientale. A environ 100 km de la côte. 😊

Zone 8b... Most often average -5°C a -6°C Occasionally -10°C Rarely but it does happen once -15°C

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden impressive. do you protect the palm when there is frost? i am in zone 8a and in doubt if my washingtonia will survive outside

@@SMARTEARMIN you can, if you protect well. Check my other video of my protection ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh7Xwm9frDI.html 👍

Qui, c'est un Parajubaea torallyi var. torallyi.

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden il est très très beau

Vous l'avez acheter déjà grand ? Non en fait il a grandit aussi vite que le robusta, impressionnant

@@tontarelli7542 Merci beaucoup. Le Parajubaea est également planté petit. Je vais aussi faire une vidéo sur l'évolution de la croissance des Parajubées. 👍

@@Dimi.Exotic.Garden ouai j'aimerai bien svo

Country: Belgium (Europe) Province: East Flanders City: Sint-Niklaas (zone 8b)

Yes, I understand your reaction @hebneh. It is indeed a sin for the palms that they cannot grow up in ideal conditions. But because it is just as unique here, they luckily get a lot of extra love and care here, as you can see on my videos, so that they usually live in top condition. Sometimes better & more than in some (sub)tropical places... And with the exception of the winters, the conditions here are still very good for most species. But I understand your point...👍

@@cosmo_mosy First, plants are NOT "inanimate objects". They are alive; that's how they grow. And they eventually die as well, just like animals. Second, while you can claim European winters are "not that harsh", the video shows that this palm has gone through three winters in which it was cold enough to have killed most of the fronds. For this palm, yes, that is harsh.

@@cosmo_mosy Plants may not have feelings like animals do, but they certainly aren't "inanimate".

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