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Not possible to transplant King Palm?

Sandy Loam

By Sandy Loam
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I have heard that King Palms (archontophoenix cunninghamiana) cannot be transplanted, once established, due to their sensitive root systems.  I just transplanted two of them, but they were only planted six months ago as juvenile three gallon size trees.  Unfortunately, I wasn't as gentle with the roots as I could have been.  I may have snipped the tap rood and much of the soil fell off the football during transplanting.  Will my two little King Palms survive?


I have also just transplanted two queen palms (Syagrus Romanzoffiana) of a similar size and age.  Those transplants were more successful today, but I don't know whether this particular species transplants well, in general.  Do they? 

 

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Jubaea Rising Star

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I have successfully dug small 2-3 year old King palm seedlings before.  At least half of them survived the trauma.  It was hard for me to get much root as they were growing at the base of other King palms.  If they are given some shade and they did not lose too many roots they should recover.  When I dug my palms up I cut off all but 1 leaf and the healthy spears.  This may or may not be needed but I did it as the humidity is low here.

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Archontophoenix will move as large plants but they're often very slow to recover.

Smaller ones seem to do a lot better 

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