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when staking a Sabal palmetto goes overboard.......


Eric in Orlando

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This was spotted in a neighborhood near Lake Mary, FL (north of Orlando). This palm isn't going anywhere.

The sad reality is that it will be dead in a few weeks. Sabal palmetto do not successfully transplant at that size.

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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I don't care who you are......dat right der is funny

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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My boss texted me that photo.

In a few more days those boards will be propping a brown palm.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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This was spotted in a neighborhood near Lake Mary, FL (north of Orlando). This palm isn't going anywhere.

The sad reality is that it will be dead in a few weeks. Sabal palmetto do not successfully transplant at that size.

23i9xtt.jpg

It is too small to transplant??

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Yes.......I've killed about 80% trying to transplant around that size....20% might make it if your lucky.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Why the heck do Floridans do that brace thingy with their palms?

We don't do it in Cali and I've never seen it in Hawaii.

But everywhere in south Florida I saw it done to varied size palms.

Looks un natural to me.

Modesto, CA USDA 9b

July/August average 95f/63f

Dec/Jan average 55f/39f

Average lowest winter temp 27f

Record low temp 18f

Record high temp 113f

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They do it here with larger palms for stability. Our soil is extremely sandy and shifts easily. Combined with almost daily afternoon severe storms from late May until September with high winds it is a necessity. There is also the possibility of tropical storms/hurricanes in summer and fall.

In the past I have seen newly planted, trunked Sabals, Queens and Washingtonias unstaked and they toppled over following an afternoon storm. In commercial/public areas it would be a big litigious liability not to brace them.

I believe you leave them 4-6 months. But I have seen lazy, neglectful street depts leave them for 2-3 years.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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