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Bismarck in a 10 g pot

RainForestt Robert

By RainForestt Robert
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RainForestt Robert

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I sold a Bismarck plant to a customer about 5 yrs ago.  It was in a 1g pot that was eventually bumped up to a 10g pot.  Imagine my surprise when I saw this recently.

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The owner is about  5 feet tall.  Her son rears tropical fish and when he changes the water it is added to the plant pots.  Way better than beer based fertilizer I think.  The owner wants me to exchange the large palm for 2 or 3 smaller ones.   What do you think? :D  :D

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

ariscott Grand Master

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Fish water is the best to water any plants. We used to breed discus and we did a lot of water change, so we recycled the water back into the garden.

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Beautiful. But I wouldn't move it. It's feet are firmly in the ground and will resent disturbance.

regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

TikiRick Veteran

TikiRick

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Why didn't they plant the poor fish smelling thing???

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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That's in there for good.  Pile some rocks around it and add soil.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

oppalm Community Regular

oppalm

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that is an amazing pic.    There are clearly more Bizzie roots under that pot than in that pot.    I'd love to have a bismarckia nobilis like that on my patio.    I often wonder if my jealousy and palm envy shows in my writing.

Kent in Kansas.

Gowing palm trees in the middle of the country - Kansas.

It's hot in the summer (usually) and cold in the winter (always).

Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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Bismarckias resent having their roots disturbed.  My guess is that if it were dug up and moved it would have a slow decline and probably die.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

RainForestt Robert Mentor

RainForestt Robert

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That palm is actually not on soil but concrete.  There are some roots coming out of the pot, but no more than what I have removed from a number of other bizzies that I have repotted.  I have not actually lost a bismarck to root disturbance as yet and I am betting that there will not be a problem with this one.  Will keep you updated!!

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

RainForestt Robert Mentor

RainForestt Robert

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Rick sorry I did not answer your question.  The owner has 5 acres at another location that she intends to move to as her retirement home.  She was afraid that the palm would be stolen.  My advice to her is to plant the ones I will be trading to her.  By the time she moves to her new place they will be well established.

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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Oh!  Well in that case, picker up with a forklift and taker home.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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(MattyB @ Oct. 26 2007,18:40)

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Oh!  Well in that case, picker up with a forklift and taker home.

Correct-a-mondo, don't wait another second. Geez, it looks regal don't it  :P . I love palms, did you know that ?

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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