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Bob comes to the conclusion that Cyrtostachys renda, the Ceiling Wax Palm, is NOT working out well as a good house plant...the wax is a constant mess and he just can't figure out how to keep the soil in the pot.

After the microwave experiment failed, Bob desperately tries to increase bottom heat to speed up his seed germination rates.

Learning that many seeds germinate more readily once passed through the GI tract, Bob decides to germinate his own seeds more efficiently.

Having ordered hundreds and hundreds of seeds from all over the globe, Bob, in his usual manic but haphazard manner, discovers he's having a little bit of an identification problem...

Bob wonders if, perhaps, he should not have used the Tollefson technique when planting his Jubaea...or at least not in a cast-iron pot...