Palms

My guess is that they are all landscape, but your camera is marking some as "auto turn" (which is only recognised by "some" software).

If I open then on my PC, and save them (e.g. reduced size) then I don't have a problem with anything else knowing if they are portrait or landscape.

 

That pic was taken as portrait, ie camera on its side.
But its come out landscape when I up loaded it, it was also portrait on my PC.
I've only had this problem since using the new laptop.

 

mowgley,
I would plant them in the ground now.
If the soil is decent, they will grow a lot quicker than in the pots.

 

Sorry, that's what I meant. In olden-olden days they would all upload Landscape, and you would have to Turn them (and resave). Then gyroscope (or somesuch) was added to camera, and now the photo has a "Rotate this" attribute associated with it, and your PC is honouring that - so when you upload a Portrait photo the PC automatically displays it like that. But ... underneath it all ... the photo is still Landscape plus "Turn me" attribute. I don't suppose the Forum can handle the Turn-Me attribute ... so only solution (that I know of) would be to deliberately "turn" it - probably just open, and re-save, and then upload should do the trick.

 

@Sirius haven't got anywhere for them to go yet?
Thus keeping them in pots for a few years

 

What about in the bed behind where the pots are?
Even for short term, I think they will grow quicker.

 

I have loads of plants ready in the GH ready for that bed cannas, gingers, ricinus, echiums
Has anyone use Epsom salts for greening up palms?

 

Not tried epsom salts, but occasionally my old friend sequestrene.

 

I've read that Palms can have difficulty taking up various metal elements on alkaline soils, so I think it might. Acidifying the soil might help too - with some Sulphur, and a mulch is good so Pine needles would be ideal

Nitrogen during growing season helps (stop Nitrogen in August so as not to create soft leaves prior to Winter), and I use Palm Booster too.

 

Never done this myself.
I mulch with manure in the spring, and that's it.

 

Brought a bottle of palm booster the other day with the waggys.
palmbooster is not a fertilizer it's a rooting hormone so I believe, should brought a specific palm fertilizer with my growing collection
But i think I'll just use either chicken poop or seaweed extract for this year

 

I've heard about palm booster, does it really work?
I know its expensive, and people swear by it, or is that swear at it?

 

@£16 a bottle I hope it does
But a 500ml bottle goes a long way 5ml (teaspoon) per 5l of water once every 2 week
I'll tell you in a few years

 

Think I'll stick with a bit of blood fish and bone.