Wow, that is great growth! Im sure it's loving the heat now! Seems like yesterday when you were posting the pic of it in March, now it's almost August! The summer is going by fast!
Thanks for sharing!
-Alex

I bet your wheels are spinning with how you're going to protect them as they get bigger.

wow! that amazing growth, i think the most leaves my fastest washy ever had in a year was 12.
they really love your humidity & heat, we just got the heat. how are you going to protect it when it gets 10+ ft.?& how tall is it now?

nvm, i just seen that u said 6 ft. lol!

great, i forgot how many fronds they can push up in a summer and we're not even half way through it.

Thanks you guys......

You know,you always read* about how fast they can grow(-:

Nice to see it doing* and the many days of 90s-100s has definitely been to its liking!

While banana leaves a burning,other plants are smoking and some are just charred or disappeared!..........

The Washy just eats it up!

I am not kidding(except about the plants smoking:),I have seen plants disappear that were beautiful/healthy and the heat just wasted them!

Set a new record in the shade in the center of the cactus garden of 123F,the extra water to the cactus has helped or
some would be dead-its been that hot and dry.

HOW will I cover it and what happens when it gets big?
I planted it next to the house for a reason but I think at
15' or so I may not be able to cover it.

I always love seeing pictures of your Washys doing so well in Iowa. They look great. Reminds me of another Washy grower that had a Mex Fan in Iowa a few years back. Not sure on the fate of his palm though. Same thing with Blondeboy47, some of the veteran posters might remember him, he had a 6 foot Mexican Fan palm in Toronto.

I'm sure they're loving the Iowa reset heat. Nice as always.

Thanks

Ryan,the other guy was Iowapalmz5,he posted some pics
that you can find by looking up that name or palms in Iowa.

I remember seeing(pics) his in May(memorial day) and it already
had a nice crown going but when I saw it the following
year,it had the same amount of fronds it did the previous May.

Don't know if he is still doing it but I asked him about his
Washy possibly going into decline but never heard back....

He used to hurricane cut every year-I wonder if it went in to decline...

Anyway,rather than start a new thread.....

Check out the Fiddle leaf fig-you guys may remember I got this a Wally world for $5

its already growing(-:

Also...look what this is doing-buds,branches!?

and...last but not least a new monster for the cactus garden.

Looks tough doesn't he-it will need to be(-;