Transplanted Palms -HEAT-Help

20 years ago

Hi,
A week ago I moved 2 x 3mt Kentias ,2 x 2mt Alexanders and 1 x 3mt fishtail.I am in Sydney.
I was told when I moved them to give them HEAPS of water (about 40 lt per day) and Seasol once per week.The 2 Alexanders didn't like getting moved and after a 38Deg windy Saturday the leaves are wilted and brown, but there is new leaves that havn't opened .I have since sprayed them all with Stress Guard.
Should I cut all the wilted ones off and just leave the unopened ones.
Does this mean that the plant is almost dead or could the new leaves still open.
Also how long would I have to keep this much water up to them and should I let them almost dry out between watering.
Is is possible to use too much seasol ?
I use 25mm in 9 lts of water per palm per week.Any other advise to keep these alive as we are in for some Hot weather in the next few days.
Sorry for so many questions
TIA
Greg

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User
20 years ago
Hi Greg..I have moved plenty of trees in the hot weather in Brisbane and Townsville but never any Palms, and the only ones that did not survive were the Callistemons ( Bottle brushes). Just a couple of questions did you plant the palms in the soil that had been sprayed with roundup as I think there is a few weeks waiting period. When you dug the holes were they a bit bigger than the root ball and did you soak the hole and let the water seep away. And if not did you water around the inside edge of the hole. Did you plant the palm at the same level as it was growing before. Did you cut of 1/3 to 1/2 of the fonds if you answer yes to those you should not have any trouble. I would keep the water up but I dont know about 5 buckets a day it will get waterlogged. And I would not fertiise every week either even with seasol, I never fertlise till I see signs of new growth even on a healthy plant I do realise you are doing the seasol bit to aid in its transplant with the roots but it is better to under fertlise than over fertilise. Get on to the US Palms and Cycads forum you may find your answer there. Or type into Google "Palms transplant" there should be heaps of info there..I have added a link below have a look at that, and good luck .....Cheers..MM.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fertlising Palms
CoralCoast_Tropicals
20 years ago
I have transplanted palms before and it is not unusual for them to drop fronds. Sometimes they will go back to just the spear but once the roots are restablished will start growing new fronds. This 'shock period' can be as long as a year or 18 months. When transplanting I generally cut the fronds back to the newest 2 or 3 to reduce transpiration. Keep up the watering and personally I can't see any harm in using seasol as it is mild and is supposed to help shock when transplanting. As MM said don't fertilise until the palms are established, I would probably wait until next spring before fertilising them. Andrew.
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gregnw
Original Author
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Thanks for the replies. I made sure when we moved them that the hole was big enough (used an excavator) and I soaked it first.We didn't use any roundup in these areas.We cut probably more than half of the fonds off before we moved them but since have cut more off.Thanks for the link MM, I might just leave them go with the "spear" only at the moment.The Kentias look OK and 2 Trangles we moved have not even wilted. It just seems the 2 Alexanders didn't like it. Thanks Greg
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