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bodave2
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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Location: Sanford, FL
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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject: Transplant of a Sable palm |
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About 3 months ago I was clearing out brush in my back yeard and found a sable palm with about 1 foot of trunk right on my fense line. I wanted to transplant it over by my pool so I dug her up. I trimmed all the fronds exept 1 near the top by the heart. I planted it by the pool and 3 months later it has not grown at all. the leaves on the single frond I left on I tied together to prevent water loss and the color is a lighter green than normal but it looks ok still. I want to know if this is normal for transplanting a Sable. I thought it would be easy given this type of plam is transplanted all the time I thought it would not take so long to recover.
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Larry - Tarpon Springs
Joined: 19 Dec 2005
Posts: 779
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL USA
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David-
Transplanting Sabals that are that small can be very tricky. The general rule Ive heard is that they should be transplanted when they have 3 ft of trunk or more to have a good chance of success.
I had three Sabal yapas that were transplanted that had about a foot of trunk each and none survived.
This doesnt mean yours wont make it, just that you can expect there is a good chance it might not.
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Tarpon Springs, FL
1.5 miles from the Gulf
Elevation 23 ft
9b/10a
Avg annual high 82.6F
Avg annual low 62.7F
Avg annual rainfall 52" |
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