Bangalow Palm Separation - Triple Planted
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Comments (2)Thank you Fawnridge. Since some of the pots have very little soil, I will try soaking them in water and see if it will expose the roots more. If it seems like separating the roots will cause a lot of damage, I may just have to plant as is....See MoreSago palms are dividing
Comments (20)I'm so glad to have found this old thread on Sago Palms. There was one in the garden when we bought this place 4 years ago. I had never grown or been around these plants before. Original trunk was maybe 3" out of the ground with only 3-4 fronds struggling to stay alive in Texas full-blown August heat. The house flipper apparently didn't do anything to the yard for 9 months he worked on the interior of this place and when we bought the house, the Sago was on its last leg (the lawn as well). Fast forward...........with regular watering I revived this dying plant over our first year here, making sure it got water every 2-3 days. The 2nd year here, it finally put on some healthy fronds all the way around the main trunk. I was beginning to be hopeful. Those froze off the next winter and the new pup last year has done well and come through its first winter just fine. Original mother trunk has not put on any new fronds since those in year 2. In year 3 it put on its first pup, and since the main trunk quit leafing, I was pleased! Then this month, a new pup appeared! It's huge!! Almost bigger than the mother trunk was 4 years ago. I just went outside and found there is yet another pup with emerging 5" fronds coming out on the opposite side of the mother trunk, it appears. Looks like it is already turning into a 3-4 trunk Sago now. It's in a wide open garden space so I have the luxury of letting it grow naturally rather than try to cut off pups at all. I was worried leaving it to grow naturally was not good for Sagos, but this discussion proves that to be an incorrect. @ Roselee, I will take your suggestion above and cut off criss-crossing fronds competing for elbow room. That just makes good sense. I've decided I like Sago Palms. :)...See MoreIs this a ponytail palm? Any tips for proper care?
Comments (19)I assume one of my first steps is to get it into different soil. Yes? No? It doesn't necessarily need to be the first step, but it is an important step if you want your plant to thrive instead of just survive. If you think about it for a moment, you'll realize you get a sense of satisfaction from nurturing things. The better you become at nurturing, the greater the level of satisfaction. Very often, the soil your plants are in is the source of serious limitations. If your soil compacts and/or holds too much water, root function and health are impaired, which means your plant is limited in its ability to realize its potential. Root congestion (being root-bound) also limits plants' ability to grow and to function normally; it limits growth and saps a plant's vitality. We see living proof of this when we free a PT from its pot, remove the soil from its roots (I've seen them so rootbound a chisel was required to remove the calcified soil), and repot them into a larger pot and an appropriate soil. Something like this: As soon as the plant has recovered from the repot, it exhibits what most growers would consider to be a growth spurt; but it's not a growth spurt at all. What you see after repotting a root-bound plant or one suffering the limitations associated with a poor soil is the plant returning to a level of vitality (health) it might have been enjoying all along had the grower not neglected the root maintenance required for this plant to 'thrive' in a container. The effects of root congestion start to take a toll on growth rate and the plant's o/a level of vitality at the approximate point in time when the root/soil mass can be lifted from the soil intact, and progresses in a direct relationship with how congested the roots are allowed to become. So, you might think about moving toward a soil you won't have to fight for control of your plant's health in early summer - as in somewhere near the summer solstice (or Father's Day, in the N hemisphere). The one it's in now appears to be extremely water retentive and compacted, so you'll need to be extremely careful not to over-water - especially during the winter; whereas, if the plant was in the soil pictured above, the likelihood you would get into over-watering trouble would be only a tiny fraction of what it appears it would be in the soil your plant is presently in. And is the mossy substance growing on the caudex a bad omen? Any help is greatly appreciated! What happens when you dip a paper towel into a source of water? You can see the water rise up through the paper towel. That's capillary action. The surface of the soil your plant is in is remaining wet for longer than it should. This allows water in the soil to move upward on your plant's caudex and supply a water source that supports the algae or moss that's evident in the picture. While it can't be said with certainty that this evidence is a messenger of ill to come, it is hard evidence you need to be very careful about watering. There are many cases where someone will tell you to avoid watering all winter, because it's better to have your plant suffer the limitations associated with a water deficit than it is to chance over-watering, which can cause root rot. The better advice is to use a soil that eliminates the potential for root rot and allows you to water, so you're also avoiding drought stress. We find the same type of advice when it comes to fertilizing indoor plants in the winter, but that's a topic for another day. You might find this to be of value. Al...See MoreWill these palms survive with all fonds cut off?
Comments (5)Okay, I'm near Darwin. Earlier you mentioned you transplanted Golden Cane and Queen palms. In your photo neither of those look like Queens so assumed they were the Golden Canes. For the future, when moving larger palms it's a good idea to dig a trench around them then give them time to heal a bit before cutting through underneath. It greatly increases survival rate. That said, you can still get surprising results with less preparation. I moved a 3 metre Livistona palm that had fallen from erosion. Most of the roots had snapped off so negligible root ball. Put a hose up top and trickled water down the trunk for a couple of months. It took a few years to develop a full canopy, but it worked....See More- 10 years ago
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