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Digging Dioon spinulosum

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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I have a couple of Dioon spinulosum that have been under the utility pole guy wires and want to dig them and put them in pots.

Caudexes are about 10” (25 cm) across with leaves about 6 feet (2 M) long.

Do these make a deep taproot I have to preserve when digging?

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Anyone have thoughts on Dioon spinulosum anatomy?

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I don’t see any reason why these shouldn’t be an easy dig. In my limited experience, the only fussy cycad transplants have been Macrozamia and they don’t die as much as sulk for a bit. Of course there are some Encephalartos that hate root disturbance (e.g. E. lanatus). Dioons seem to dig well and I have a bunch of edules that dug fine and the one miserable spinulosum I dug did well. It always seems like Phil Bergman has a collection for sale that includes D. spinulosum, so my guess would be it should be easy. 

 

I would just dig a foot around and aim for two feet down. There shouldn’t be an eight foot deep tap root and whatever damage is caused should not be lethal. 

 

 

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These should be super easy. Dioon are the easiest cycads to transplant in my experience.  (Califanoi, edule, merolae, rzedowskii, purpusii)

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10 hours ago, msporty said:

I don’t see any reason why these shouldn’t be an easy dig. In my limited experience, the only fussy cycad transplants have been Macrozamia and they don’t die as much as sulk for a bit. Of course there are some Encephalartos that hate root disturbance (e.g. E. lanatus). Dioons seem to dig well and I have a bunch of edules that dug fine and the one miserable spinulosum I dug did well. It always seems like Phil Bergman has a collection for sale that includes D. spinulosum, so my guess would be it should be easy. 

 

I would just dig a foot around and aim for two feet down. There shouldn’t be an eight foot deep tap root and whatever damage is caused should not be lethal. 

 

 

Two feet is pushing it, but the potted specimens I have didn't seem to have taproots; very different from Encephalartos.

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