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Another SSI Palm Transplant (picture)

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:22 am
by Jay-Admin
Here's a pic of the trachy that is going to be moved that Joe sent me. :D

Image

Regards,
Jay

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:52 pm
by PhilMusa
Holy **** that is big! :shock: . I can't believe someone wants to get rid of it!

Big Palms

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:54 pm
by banana joe
A good friend of mine planted that big palm 25 years ago and added the other years later. I have to move both of them. My friend sold the house and the new home owners don't like palms. Personally I think they are crazy! It will be a big job to move those two palms, not to mention big bucks! I'm going there at 10 am tommorrow to take a look at them and see where I have to move them to. Joe

Joe

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:23 pm
by Wes North Van
Nice trachy!
It looks to be about the same size as my largest one but this one looks much greener.
What is the best way to green up my trachies.

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:36 am
by DesertZone
How could someone not like palms :roll: I guess each to their own :) Like they say "there out there" :|

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:06 am
by yuccaman
I had a palm that big in florida and it sucked alot of water out of my well. We had a well because i lived in middle of florida with hardly any lakes. I had to get rid of mine for a reason. Then after that the only palm I had was small date palm.In trenton its far colder so I wont get a palm like the one in BC. Anyway very nice palm :D

Green palms

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:45 am
by banana joe
Those palms are growing in very good soil and they proabably have been regularly top dressed each year and given good amounts of fert. I knew the gal that lived there and she probably used Miracle Grow or 20-20-20 . Cheers, Joe

SSI Palm

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:55 pm
by banana joe
I went to check out that palm this morning. It has 18'ft of trunk and the other beside it has 7'ft of trunk. I will transplant them in 3 weeks from today. I will use and excavator and a flat deck crane truck to transport the largest one. They will look good in the new area where they will be planted. Cheers, Joe

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:39 pm
by Okanagan desert-palms
Joe that Trachy looks extremely happy where it is. Lets hope it will find its new spot as nice.
John 8)

Palm move

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:29 pm
by banana joe
John, Those palms are extremely happy where they are growing and when ever I get hired to do a job like this I have to ask why on earth would someone want it removed. They are giving the two palms away for free! That's even more insane. The transpanting job will cost the guy several hundred bucks, but well worth it. I would take them in a second. The tallest of the two palms was planted in 1981. The spot where I will plant then isn't to far away. I have already picked out the site where they are to be planted. Cheers, Joe