There's a "fine line" between potting up too early and too late.
Finally had some time to get it done.
7 Brahea nitida, germinated 3 months ago in a 4 litre ice cream pail:
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No root competition now:
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Next was the T. princeps from Garry...and here's what it looks like when you wait too long to pot up from community pots:
Unlike many palms, these had fibrous roots right at the top of the soil line.
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A bit of delicate untangling of lots of fibrous fleshy roots, and they're potted up:
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Leaving the toughest job to last, the P. dactylifera "Deglet Noor" from dates, germinated this winter:
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Knew these would have long roots, but holy cow, 12 to 16 inches long, all tangled up: 😐
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I always think plants will get hurt when I separate them from community pots.......most do fine after separation......good thing! 😀
I just separated some Y. arkansana v freemanii x reverchonii-thompsoniana seedlings and here's what they looked like after I pulled them apart.
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yeah, Tim, it's so tough to know when...some people say wait until there's two leaves on palms.
Then we struggle with separating roots....aaaargh!
Those yucca are fabulous Tim...great looking root development.
Good work.
Barb
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I was separating Eucalyptus yesterday.....boy.....I didn't like doing that.....too many seedings planted too close together. For some reason I need to keep every seedling alive even if I have too many! 😉
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That must've been a delicate job, Tim.
For some reason I need to keep every seedling alive even if I have too many! icon_wink.gif
I've got that same disease. 😆
Barb
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