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Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, smithgn said:

Ahh and yes, youre in the sandhills region. You'll have some sand/sandy loam. From what I've read Trachy's dont do well in coastal sand (nematodes effect it I think, which is why you don't see a lot of Trachy's in Florida).  Although, with that said, Columbia lies in the sandhill region as well and Trachy's do just fine. 

I do live in the sand hills and it makes planting terrible but weeds love it :floor: I hope I don't have any nematodes, I know a couple beefy trachys in my area with huge fan like fronds and I hope mine ends up exactly like those and hopefully me amending the area I picked with some good stuff will get me there :greenthumb:

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4 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

I do live in the sand hills and it makes planting terrible but weeds love it :floor: I hope I don't have any nematodes, I know a couple beefy trachys in my area with huge fan like fronds and I hope mine ends up exactly like those and hopefully me amending the area I picked with some good stuff will get me there :greenthumb:

I've always thought there's a beauty in having some sand in the soil. It certainly helps drainage. In the piedmont it's just that stiff hard clay. Either way though, your Trachy will do just fine. It'll be a steady grower for you. 

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3 minutes ago, smithgn said:

I've always thought there's a beauty in having some sand in the soil. It certainly helps drainage. In the piedmont it's just that stiff hard clay. Either way though, your Trachy will do just fine. It'll be a steady grower for you. 

I agree, though I do wish it was perfect and ready to plant soil from the start and I didn't have to add anything to it, Thanks I'm excited to watch it grow! :lol:

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Since I have sandy soil, I was gonna add cedar mulch but I don't know if thats a good idea because idk if it decomposing under the soil would cause harm and root rot so i'm gonna use leaves and the bag of tree and shrub soil and mix it in the backfill since the ground drains ok as is, Idk why I'm so nervous to plant and mess up

I filled the hole up again just to get it all ready but it’s taking much longer to drain but I don’t know if that has to do with the tiny bit of rain we had yesterday??

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It took 1 hour and 47 minutes to completely drain, I’m so anxious to plant it, but I worry it will get root rot, or the soil becoming too heavy, or I burn the roots, or it doesn’t drain well. I don't know why I think so hard and worry about messing up planting.

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12 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

It took 1 hour and 47 minutes to completely drain, I’m so anxious to plant it, but I worry it will get root rot, or the soil becoming too heavy, or I burn the roots, or it doesn’t drain well. I don't know why I think so hard and worry about messing up planting.

I don't think any of those things will be much of an issue with your current plan

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6 minutes ago, spike said:

I don't think any of those things will be much of an issue with your current plan

just leaves and tree and bush soil? It’s not gonna burn the roots? I’m not using any manure or anything

It just looks so mucky

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2 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

just leaves and tree and bush soil? It’s not gonna burn the roots? I’m not using any manure or anything

It just looks so mucky

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I think your palm will be fine 

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8 minutes ago, spike said:

I think your palm will be fine 

I hope so, I guess I won't know unless I plant it and see what happens :wacko:

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Trachycarpus do not seem to mind wet feet.  If you're familiar with Banana Joe, he has hundreds(?) of seeds that he distributed in a wet-weather stream, and they germinated, and now he has tons of small Trachycarpus that live part of the year in standing water.  I think they're several years old, maybe 5, just guessing.  

Chamaerops would not like that soil.  I would build a raised bed with rocky soil for Chamaerops.  

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10 minutes ago, Jesse PNW said:

Trachycarpus do not seem to mind wet feet.  If you're familiar with Banana Joe, he has hundreds(?) of seeds that he distributed in a wet-weather stream, and they germinated, and now he has tons of small Trachycarpus that live part of the year in standing water.  I think they're several years old, maybe 5, just guessing.  

Chamaerops would not like that soil.  I would build a raised bed with rocky soil for Chamaerops.  

I do watch banana joe occasionally, I've never heard of trachys sitting in standing water, that's interesting I think I'll plant and just see what happens, I doubt anything terrible will happen, probably me being a perfectionist is probably making me anxious for wanting the best of the best perfect soil conditions :unsure:

I thought Chamerops like sandy types of soils with rocks and stuff? Theirs plenty of rocks around here for me to fill into a hole

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Chamaerops do not like wet feet. 

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1 minute ago, Jesse PNW said:

Chamaerops do not like wet feet. 

I don't know if this is decent or slow draining because the last time I filled the hole up it took 44 mins to drain but today it took 1 hour and 47 mins but it did rain the day before so I don't know if that slowed the drainage down

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On 3/21/2022 at 8:51 PM, Jesse PNW said:

In my limited experience, I don't think any of those palms are cold sensitive.  The only palms I've lost to above-freezing temperature dips are more exotic palms like Archontophoenix and Dypsis.   I'm planting Trachycarpus seedlings and 1gal Butias at this time, although we're not past the tentative last frost date.  They're practically bulletproof and even if we get a mild freeze or two, I don't believe they'll even notice.   I even planted two Mules and 2 queens in the ground this past weekend.   

Maybe someone else has some different experience and can share. 

How old was the Archontophoenix you lost and how cold did it get?

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@Breaktheory You just jogged my memory- I was wrong, I still have the Archontophoenix, it was the Ptychospermas that died when temps dropped into the 40s and high 30s in the greenhouse.  They were seedlings. Sorry. 

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25 minutes ago, Jesse PNW said:

@Breaktheory You just jogged my memory- I was wrong, I still have the Archontophoenix, it was the Ptychospermas that died when temps dropped into the 40s and high 30s in the greenhouse.  They were seedlings. Sorry. 

Good to know - it occasionally drops to the mid 30s in the middle of a winter night here and I just planted a king.

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Finally done it lol 

Flooding the area out, I started to experience a lot of run off so I put mulch but a lot of the water rather pool away than soak quickly into the soil but I put that stone boarder to help trap most of the water so it has nowhere to go but down :indifferent:

but I’m just gonna assume it’s because the soil already has moisture but idk :indifferent:

The rot the spears was experiencing is all grown out so I’m hoping everything is all good with my planting and I did everything the best I could and it will grow and flourish

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Photos in the daytime, I really love the spot I chose and I hope it thrives here :wub:

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On 4/19/2022 at 8:29 PM, ZPalms said:

I do watch banana joe occasionally, I've never heard of trachys sitting in standing water, that's interesting I think I'll plant and just see what happens, ......

I so wish I had a stream on my property.  

Posted
2 minutes ago, Jesse PNW said:

I so wish I had a stream on my property.  

I wonder if because the water in that area is in constant motion?

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It has been 2 months and it has settled in and this is it's progress, I love that the new leaf petiole is spread out :wub:

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Didn't realize how tiny it was when I first put it in the ground but I guess it enjoys its spot, especially since when I planted it I had no idea what I was doing and honestly I still don't know how to amend soil but it's moving quick!

 

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Really bulking up!

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