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The Tale of the Two Chambeyronia 'hookeri"


joe_OC

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I planted out two C. 'hookeri' about two years apart.  The oldest palm is about 10 years old.  One was in a tree pot liner while the other was a 15 gal plant.  Guess which is which:

 

 

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Edited by joe_OC

Huntington Beach, CA

USDA Zone 10a/10b

Sunset Zone 24

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Images aren't working, but my guess is the tree pot is larger.

5gs are the sweet spot for me...anything I plant at that size generally overtakes the same species that I plant larger.

Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

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I’ve noticed the same thing in my palms & in the landscape industry in general. The tree pot / 5 gal size really seems to really get its feet under it sooner and within a season or two is bigger / better looking palm. I’m a big fan of the tree pots / deep pots the palms generally have better girth & are as big if not bigger then their 5 gal counterpart. When I worked in the landscape industry I would see it all the time; clients would spend huge sums of $ to crane in 60” box & larger trees and the ones that were planted as 24” or 36” always looked better were healthier and had caught up in size by a few seasons. 

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Get us the pictures Joe!

So we can give it a go . . . . .

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