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RE: Transplanting palms

Hi Tim,

Seems a rather drastic way of treating the roots
I'd be more worried about torching myself while down the hole.
Palms are pretty tough, though I'm no expert on these spp.

but as you mentioned that they were to be moved some distance
make sure that they wrap up the leaves to prevent them from 
being blasted to death by the wind on the journey.
So often I see people take their newly purchased palm
home with the leaves flapping in the breeze out the window
and I can bet you anything you like they'll all kark it over the next
few weeks.
Even the huge palms (30 foot plus,  probably 5  tonnes each plant )
they transplanted recently here on the Perth river foreshore
were protected with canvas while on the back of the huge lowloaders
and the root balls wrapped in canvas as well and kept moist the whole
way.

rod

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> ----------
> From: 	tim@eddy.u-net.com
> Reply To: 	tim@eddy.u-net.com
> Sent: 	Sunday, 20 September 1998 5:30 AM
> To: 	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 	Transplanting palms
> 
> I wonder if any of the palm-growers on the list can help with a pretty
> unusual query from the UK. This is not a query from me personally (I
> should be so lucky) but from me on behalf of a friend. 
> 
> The friend looks after a large garden in one of the most sheltered
> areas of Cornwall and has just been offered two large palms for it - a
> Brahea x brandegii (12' tall) and a Brahea edulis (16'). These were
> planted in the ground but under glass, in a palm house - and were
> threatening to take off the roof! 
> 
> So far he's dug around the roots and, following advice he found in
> some manual, has scorched the severed roots with a blow-torch, as
> preliminary steps towards an attempt to lift them next year. He said
> he could barely bring himself to treat them like that and is hoping
> like hell he hasn't simply been cruel rather than being cruel to be
> kind. 
> 
> So my query on his behalf simply is: Has he done the right thing? 
> 
> With the subsidiary query: Is there anything else he can do to improve
> his chances of transplanting these monsters successfully - anything,
> that is, either while they're still in their original site, while
> they're being moved, or once they've reached and been planted in his
> own garden? (They have to be moved around 100 miles.)
> 
> I suppose I should add, too, that if what he's done so far is an
> absolute no-no, has he any chance of being able to convert it into a
> yes-yes or at least a maybe-maybe?
> 
> TIA for any help anyone can give, which I'll rapidly pass on to
> Terrified of Cornwall .
> Tim Longville
>
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