Syagrus Coronata transplant

[Rafael]

In this thread

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/3123-syagrus-coronata/

we have a report of not good reaction to transplant.

Anybody had this experience before? To dig the palm and to transplant it without or with mimimal shock.

Thanks in advance

[Ken Johnson]

Syagrus roots are plenty thick the the base of the tree and tend to stay that way for some distance. They transplant easily but dont let them get dry at any time during the transplant and transport to new location. Root pruning always help ease the stress but keep it moist during the rest period of 5 weeks or so. Have time? Pictures? New location distance?

[Rafael]

Thank you Ken! This is an adult palm, 2 mts tall. It is growing in the ground, inside a greenhouse, in South of Spain.

It will be digged the next days and brought to Portugal, 1000km north.

How much root prunning do you mean. Are you talking about the thick roots?

[Ken Johnson]

Picture? Root pruning involves digging up the palm a little. I like to dig about 75% around a palm like that and not under it then wait 5 weeks or so/

[Rafael]

I still dont have a picture and i wont have the chance to dig partially and wait 5 weeks. I must bring it this week. But i havent decide yet about purchasing this one.

[Rafael]

This story ended with me buying this palm from Hans Maier (a german agronomist engineer living, for decades, in south of Spain, owning "Viveros Maier"), who had it growing, for the last 20 years, in a ridiculously small pot, inside greenhouse and with many roots already in the ground.

The palm was carefully dug from the soil, despite some broken roots, and the main rootball was preserved, as the pot, full of strong roots. While i stayed in Spain (2 days) the roots were kept with enough moisture, inside a bag.

When i came back home i had a couple of choices about what and how to do with this palm, but i decided to plant it immediately, in full sun, from 8am to 15pm, with abundant water and root growing stimulant.

It is in the ground for a month and started to grow a couple of days after being planted.

Here's the palm, with my younger daughter for scale

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

Good luck with that. I also bought a syagrus coronata from JD Andersen's greenhouse in Fallbrook, 350 miles south of here. Since last Summer, not much growth at all. These need lots of heat, not sure it's worth growing in a cooler climate.

[sergiskan]

good luck!

...beauty glaucous color!!

[Phoenikakias]

As far as I have understood having read all the posts, this palm was growing inside a greenhouse and only this spring got outplanted. We have to see how it will look like after its first winter outdoors. Hopefully next winter will be mild to normal and I recommend for the first couple of years some winter protection. I had also one growing in pot side by side with a picrophylla as well. Both palms were equally glaucous and showed more or less similiar winter tolerance, with the exception that picrophylla had a far better regeneration ability after each winter. So I kept picrophylla and donated the coronata to be outplanted in one of the warmest and winter mildest places in Greece (Myrtos, Crete). That was 5 years ago, I think I have to find out how it fared there and whether it is still alive...

[dalmatiansoap]

Beautiful color Rafael!!!

[Rafael]

Good luck with that. I also bought a syagrus coronata from JD Andersen's greenhouse in Fallbrook, 350 miles south of here. Since last Summer, not much growth at all. These need lots of heat, not sure it's worth growing in a cooler climate.

As far as I have understood having read all the posts, this palm was growing inside a greenhouse and only this spring got outplanted. We have to see how it will look like after its first winter outdoors. Hopefully next winter will be mild to normal and I recommend for the first couple of years some winter protection. I had also one growing in pot side by side with a picrophylla as well. Both palms were equally glaucous and showed more or less similiar winter tolerance, with the exception that picrophylla had a far better regeneration ability after each winter. So I kept picrophylla and donated the coronata to be outplanted in one of the warmest and winter mildest places in Greece (Myrtos, Crete). That was 5 years ago, I think I have to find out how it fared there and whether it is still alive...

Thank you Axel. I think this one will handle the cool winter here, its in a protected spot and receives enough heat during the growing season. Anyhow, as other stuff i have been trying, its an attempt, for now.

You understood correctly Konstantinos.

I am still afraid until its complete stablishment and acclimation. The winter issue is the following step.

Right now i am keeping the rootball moist, but i know long-term it will need less moisture and good drainage. Not easy in this clayish (but sandy too) soil.

You need to check about your former coronata and share how it is

Thank you Sergi and Ante