Use this forum to help with identification issues and to show off your beautiful fat plants, one species, subspecies, and cultivar at a time.
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This section is dedicated toward maintaining one active thread for each fat plant species/subspecies/variety/cultivar. Please feel free to add information and/or photos to existing threads or start your own by adding Genus/species as the thread subject. Note that listings are displayed alphabetically. Enjoy!
Jkwinston
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by Jkwinston » Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:08 pm
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Geoff
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Location: Acton, California 93510
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by Geoff » Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:01 am
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mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:52 am
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Mine is grown as a Bonsai for obvious reasons.
Jkwinston
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by Jkwinston » Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:10 pm
Very nice caudex Mick. I have quite a few young plants, but the large plant, over six foot, I have outdoors in a pot and I do allow it to grow regularly, and trim it back every now and then. Last year it got to about eight feet. Jkw
Stan
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Location: Hayward ca/SF bay area
USDA Zone: 10a
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by Stan » Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:35 pm
The timeline for a very fat trunk ( not bulbous,but fat near round) in the bay area is 30 years. But at seven,everybody can see what's going on. Just avoid at all costs plants stunted..they will NEVER swell in the ground. I tried..just got taller..not wider. Gopher got it.
Hayward Ca. 75-80f summers,60f winters.
mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:17 am
I keep mine to about a metre tall.
Paul S
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by Paul S » Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:04 am
I've just planted one out. Supposed to have some hardiness to it.
Melt in the Sun
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Location: Tucson, AZ
USDA Zone: 9b
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by Melt in the Sun » Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:21 am
New leaves have an alien look to them!
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mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:54 am
Paul S wrote: ↑ Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:04 am
I've just planted one out. Supposed to have some hardiness to it.
How's it doing Paul?
Paul S
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by Paul S » Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:59 am
Just fine, Mike, although the two winters it has had have been mild.
mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:46 am
Not sure I’m brave enough to put mine out...
Paul S
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by Paul S » Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:13 pm
What else are you going to do with it?
mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:46 am
Cut it back to fit the greenhouse..
mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:49 am
Did it survive last winter Paul?
Paul S
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by Paul S » Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:54 am
Just. Sprouting from right near the base of the trunk, all the top growth and branches died.
anttisepp
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Location: Suomi - Finland
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by anttisepp » Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:59 am
Who has ever grow them from seeds? Any difficulties? I have some seeds to plant this year.
mickthecactus
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by mickthecactus » Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:28 am
I've just grown acerifolius without any difficulty.