Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Oil Palm

African oil palm today has become an international oil crop in tropical countries. Palm oil is the best vegetable oil to use for frying food.
Palm oil is produced from the pulp of the fruit. The oil is light yellow to in color and is rich in carotenes (vitamin A) and Vitamin E.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Windmill palm


A Windmill palm is an extremely cold hardy palmt tree which is one of the easiest palms to grow even in north. This palm is drought and salt tolerant. it is very adaptable to a range of climates and soils.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Usage


A Sago palm is the most popular cycad in the world. It is often planted as a single landscape item or in clusters. It looks very nice in a container or in a bonsai pot. If grown in a container or in a bonsai pot it stays very small.A Sago palm is a nice gift to anyone who loves plants.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Die Sago Palm maintenance

A Sago palm is not difficult to grow. It requires apple root for growth, full sun and moderate watering. This cydas perefers well-drained soils. A Sago palm is hardy to 12 F. It is a perfect landscape item for USDA zones 8 to 10. A sago palm is quite free from pests, but sometimes gets scale and mealybug. A cycad needs feed with microelements during growing season.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Sago-Palme


Sago palm is a prehistorical living fossil. It dominated in plant world 150 million years ago.It is native to Japan. The botanical name is the Cycas revoluta. It is a cone-bearing plant which is related to conifers. It is a slow growing fern palm tree. It makes a perfect bonsai composition. This graceful plant is a perfect indoor palm tree and landscape plant. It looks great as a shrub or an accent specimen.

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