Palm Maintenance Work !

[Kris]

Dear Friends  

Here is one of 3 Corypha umbraculifera seedlings,which was raised from Seeds from RPS.Out of 10 seeds around 3 germinated placed in a dark room.No heat assistance were given to the seeds..rest of the seeds are sleeping.but the condition still look okay.hope they geriminate in our summer season.

And if you all like to see more and know more about these palms here are the links..

http://palmtalk.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboar...t=ST;f=1;t=8418

http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/shop/CorUmb.shtml

As always i will show you step by step of the repotting work of one of the talipot palms growing in our roof top garden..

thanks & love to you all,

Kris  

[Kris]

Lets see the palm in discussion and its around 6 months old Approx,and what is most stricking is that these Corypha's are not much realised by the local squrieals,they heardly come close to this seedling..?

i think mother nature has some parameters set in place,since these palms fruit & seed only once in its lifetime and that too 50 to 60 years time for each tree !

And once the seed was germinated,and a green visible spear came out of the potting soil,i immedietly placed the mineral water bottle in which this palm was in full & direct sunlight where the temperatures flucuated from 78 to 84 degrees farenheat..at present its getting hotter..

by doing so i realised they do not need any seasoning or hardening period.and it started growing like crazy in just 3 months time..

here is the still of that little giant(and i must tell you that next to CIDP..the Corypha's are my very favouriates)..

[Kris]

here are few close-ups of that Talipot palm..

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This is what was left after the palmdoc's surgery..but i must tell you that some roots did get cut while removing the plastic shell..but the palm did not seem to mind that minor root damage..since i assumed that these are slow growers and i never checked for roots comming out of the drain holes..

And the soil medium used was pure washed river sandy soil course grade with rock chips used to cover the drain holes..

the palm seems to be a very simple to establish type...till now !  

[Kris]

Now lets see how it has seetle in its new home...?  ???

[Kris]

Now a long shot of the little giant in that big barrel !  

[Kris]

Dear friends...

that's all visuals i got of this operation..since my assistant had gone to his home town to celeberate pongal festival very popular in south india..and Anitha was cooking.so all the cutting to repotting work was done single handedly my me.so i found it difficult to take stills of the operation quite often since i had soiled my hands & finding it difficult to wash & dry my hands before touching my camera..! so my apologies for keeping this lovely thread shot..!  

so the barrel labelling work & flooding of well water into the barrel are all missing..

Don't worry i will soon post the progress & the condition of this little giant..even today i went to the roof top terrace to see our palms,they are all doing just fine...

thanks & love,

Kris  

[ariscott]

Hi Kris,

I planted my C. utan straight in the ground once it got to that size. I cheated though, I didn't grow it from seeds. I got it from Top End native society. Very hardy!!! It likes sun and water. I wish it wasn't that slow though.

Regards, Ari

[FRITO]

nice work Kris, you will have a lot of large palms on your hands before long.  the rooftop terrace getting pretty full I bet!

how much yard or ground do you have for planting at your home? Since I dont know if you live in towards the city where im guessing large yard space is rare?

Luke

[Chuck B]

Nice seedlings you have there Kris.I was given 3 C.umbraculiferas maybe 4 yrs ago.They were slightly bigger than years.I still have them ,and now they're in 10 gal pots.They would be much bigger by now,if they had been put in the grouind.Nonetheless they are now once again too big for their pots,so I'm thinking to donate them to the botanical gardens here.great looking palms,but definitely short term for pot plant culture/

[Kris]

Dear ariscott  

i usually ground my plants only when the roots are full in the barrel of that size ! and i had to do this because of 3 reasons..

1.Nasty Squrieals..

2.Field Rat (Big sized Rodents).

3.My pets(2 Dogs).

i cover that barrel with a small metal mesh till a decent sized fronds are formed.

the rats damage the roots of young plants,so don't want to risk.

My pets 2 female boxers always at play in our garden with their doggie play tools like hardened rubber ball & Rubber dumbles..they watch our diggig work and planting the palm etc..then when we have left the place,they take over..first they place the ball very close to the palm stem and then they start wrestling and jumping over each other..eventually one of the dog will fall over the new potted plant or palm ! and with their front 2 legs they start banging the palm...believe me its a very painful site to see  

Dear Luke  

our's is 4 ground house property..and space alloted for plants are merely one ground.if you want to see more of it kindly visit my thread Kris gardens welcomes you !you will get a clear idea.and the roads are preety bussy like Ny or tokyo..and empty land is scarce,since its a commercial zone..

Dear Chuck B  

i hope even mine grows so big & fast ! and donating palms is a great gesture and i have observed that giant palms out last our human life expecetency or duration.and those properties that we posses now..what our children or grandchildren will do with it or with our palms nobody knows so gifting plants to socities & horticultural units is one best bet is that no one will cut those palms,if they don't like it !

So the gifted or donated palm race will inverabely bless us for given that variety a new lease of life !

thanks to everybody for your time,

lots of love,

Kris  

[Kris]

Updates as of Feb'08  

[Kris]

Some Updates !

[Walter John]

Oh my Kris, that is looking a treat, very happy indeed, can I have it please ?

[Kris]

Dear Wal

If you are visitng my place,you can take it along with you to your home....

lots of love,

Kris

[Kris]

Some Updates as of Nov 2008

And by the way now all my palms are all being treated with coconut tree fertilizer which has some micronutrients mixed already in it.And the results are there before you..

That was a sharp shift from D.A.P Fertz to Coconut palm fertz.And it really works wonders for our climate here,the palms seem to enjoy and i do not see any leaf burn either !

Lots of love,

Kris

[Kris]

update !

Love,

Kris

[Kris]

Updates !

Love,

Kris

[Al in Kona]

It looks like that Corypha is about ready to be repotted again as fast as it is growing! HA! How does it compare in growth to your Corypha lecomtei? That is a slow grower for me.

[Kris]

Dear Al

You are right,the growth rate of talipot is far higher than the C.Lecomtei,and Since i have planted one Talipot & one C.L.Iam surprised that both are not growing or moving ground,they are sitting their without old leaves drying or pushing out new leaves..I do not know,wheather this is due to less heat these palms now get due to mild shade from the dicot trees around or is it due to lack of fertz usage,since its summer time here in south india,i thought i will give these palms a year of total rest from any chemical feed.but only alternate day of watering..

But they are healthy & alive,but no new growth at all in both the palms that you have mentioned...?

I will certainly keep you updated on their progress !

Thanks & Love,

Kris

[Kris]

Here's an update and of all the Coryphas the Talipots are the fastest growers and very unique to our zone as its a native to my land.Hence grows like crazy...

Love,

kris

[Kris]

Here's a video update !

Love,

kris.

[Lowey]

Nice video Kris, thinking about planting one of mine out

[Kris]

This baby was gifted to a park nearby..and the visuals of it is seen below...

Love,

Kris.