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Old 09-15-2013, 03:48 PM
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Do you know what kind of palm it is? Some transplant easier than others, and some don't like it at all.
A sabal palmetto's roots will die back all the way to the trunk, and so to balance out the rate of transpiration (water intake by the roots, and water evaporation through the leaves) it's important to remove almost all of the fronds until it can regrow its root system. That's why the new ones you see installed around TV don't have hardly any fronds when first planted. If by chance it's a bismarckia palm all I can say is "good luck", as they do not like having their roots disturbed at all. Very often this species will go into a slow decline & die. So, my point is whoever you choose to do the transplant make sure they are knowledgeable about palms in general as well as the palm you have & what it takes to do a successful transplant for that particular palm. It's usually much more than just digging a new hole and physically moving it.
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