first stilt root

[User00]

Edited December 6, 2016 by User00

[Pedro 65]

Ahamed, Im no expert,    but imho , I think its best to keep the stilts covered with organic matter and food till they get some size and a chunkier palm will be produced. Its only my humble opinion but thats what I like to do to any stilt roots palms here. All best with it..  Pete

[realarch]

Ahamed, you might stake your little palm until it develops additional stilt roots. I've had a few with only one root and they are susceptible to being snapped off by a strong

wind or something knocking it over. 

I've got one that has come up on it's own and it already has a healthy, stable, multi root system.

Here are a few photos. 

Tim

 

 

[User00]

21 hours ago, realarch said:

Ahamed, you might stake your little palm until it develops additional stilt roots. I've had a few with only one root and they are susceptible to being snapped off by a strong

wind or something knocking it over. 

I've got one that has come up on it's own and it already has a healthy, stable, multi root system.

Here are a few photos. 

Tim

 

 

 

 

how old is this

[Pedro 65]

Ahamed   and  Tim, if you "cover the stilts till some size there will be no need for staking as it will have a much healthier and larger root system.

Tim, I noticed here that D/caryums I left stilting early became very skinny  Also , have any of your D/caryums got good size stilts ?

I recently planted a Socratea ex and it was wobbly as hell  as  it had stilts a good foot long ,     so     , I  dug a deep hole to keep the stilts covered and its very much locked in, rooted in..  The S/cloth is there to stop wildlife digging it up as the have claws and its a simple cheap method for our native Bandicoots as they dont like to get their claws tangled , if you look closely its already after 1 month trying to push out a stilt. I'll add a tad more Nutricote and compost to it ..   Pete

 

 

 

[PalmTreeDude]

Cool

[User00]

On 12/7/2016, 10:34:37, Pedro 65 said:

Ahamed   and  Tim, if you "cover the stilts till some size there will be no need for staking as it will have a much healthier and larger root system.

Tim, I noticed here that D/caryums I left stilting early became very skinny  Also , have any of your D/caryums got good size stilts ?

I recently planted a Socrates ex and it was wobbly as hell  as  it had stilts a good foot long ,     so     , I  dug a deep hole to keep the stilts covered and its very much locked in, rooted in..  The S/cloth is there to stop wildlife digging it up as the have claws and its a simple cheap method for our native Bandicoots as they dont like to get their claws tangled , if you look closely its already after 1 month trying to push out a stilt. I'll add a tad more Nutricote and compost to it ..   Pete

 

 

 

 there is a blue crown shaft form  of socratea exorrhiza

[Pedro 65]

I thought all Socratea exor's get a  blueish C/shaft as they age, like us getting grey hair   Pete