Dypsis decipiens Modesto-Bye Bye

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Bye bye dyppy!

 

 

[Palm Tree Jim]

Glad to see it found a home!

[joe_OC]

Where is it going?

 

[Matt in OC]

Holy ****!

[Brett in Mission Viejo]

Talk about instant gratification!. I love when a palmy plan comes together.

 

[joe_OC]

From the area code on the truck, it's headed up to Northern California

 

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Gary Gragg was the only person with a serious interest in moving it. Gary is transplanting it to his home in williams Ca, north of sacramento .

 

 

Edited October 2, 2019 by JEFF IN MODESTO

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

1 hour ago, joe_OC said:

Where is it going?

 

north of sacramento

 

[joe_OC]

Jeff...You must be bummed.  Glad Gary is going to give it a home in Northern California.  That's gotta be a record for farthest North for a Dypsis.

Edited October 2, 2019 by joe_OC

[realarch]

Thankfully it found a home and was spared from the chainsaw. I agree, instant landscape.

Jeff, it's been interesting, over the years, watching this palm's progress. Thanks!

Tim

[Hillizard]

That's Gary Gragg of Golden Gate Palms Nursery? https://www.goldengatepalms.com/

[Dypsisdean]

Tricky time of year for a transplant like that.

Please give us an update when winter is over.

Wishing them Good Luck.

[JasonD]

3 hours ago, JEFF IN MODESTO said:

Gary Gragg was the only person with a serious interest in moving it. Gary is transplanting it to his home in williams Ca, north of sacramento .

 

 

Gary's place is in Winters, which is plenty hot in summer and somewhat drier in winter than Sacramento and maybe even Modesto.

 

[Albey]

13 hours ago, JEFF IN MODESTO said:

Bye bye dyppy!

 

 

Why on earth would you get rid of a Palm like that ?

[PalmatierMeg]

I've admired that stunning palm vicariously for years. I hope it does well in its new home.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Jeff, what's the story on your famous Dypsis? If I remember from an earlier post, you're moving and couldn't take the Palm to your new place right? Gary is lucky to get the decipiens. I'm sure he knows he's lucky as well. 

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

On 10/2/2019 at 5:22 PM, Dypsisdean said:

Tricky time of year for a transplant like that.

Please give us an update when winter is over.

Wishing them Good Luck.

Ive found that late sept to early oct to be best time to plant things here.  In spring our soil tends to be chilly, summer the air temps too hot and winter too cold. In the fall, the hottest summer temps are gone , our soil temps average 70f and air temps are around 80f. Last year I planted a mango in Oct and it never skipped a beat.

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

7 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Jeff, what's the story on your famous Dypsis? If I remember from an earlier post, you're moving and couldn't take the Palm to your new place right? Gary is lucky to get the decipiens. I'm sure he knows he's lucky as well. 

Yea we plan on putting house on market next spring. The palm was touching rain gutter and realtor said any potential buyer would look at this as a liability. Gary did a good job of removing it...all by himself!

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

On 10/2/2019 at 7:02 PM, JasonD said:

Gary's place is in Winters, which is plenty hot in summer and somewhat drier in winter than Sacramento and maybe even Modesto.

 

Id say winters gets almost twice the rain as modesto. Temps are about the same.

[Dypsisdean]

4 hours ago, JEFF IN MODESTO said:

Ive found that late sept to early oct to be best time to plant things here.  In spring our soil tends to be chilly, summer the air temps too hot and winter too cold. In the fall, the hottest summer temps are gone , our soil temps average 70f and air temps are around 80f. Last year I planted a mango in Oct and it never skipped a beat.

The reason I made my comment was that I have always transplanted palms in mid-spring when the palm can begin to experience slowly increasing temperatures and lengthening days for as many months in a row as possible - as a signal that it is time to "wake up" and get growing. Several months of decreasing temps and shortening days IMO are a signal for palms to slow down or even stop growing - not something I want to encourage a newly transplanted palm to do - again only my opinion.

[Rafael]

I hope we will be able to keep following this wonderfull palm’s  destiny 

[Tyrone]

I hope it lives. 

I wish I transplanted my much smaller one from my old place to my new. Instead I decided to leave it. I went past my old place on the weekend and it was gone. It was in the middle of my front lawn and they put new lawn in and removed it. 

You can never tell the future or what new owners would do to your prize collection of rare things.

At least this decipiens has a chance at survival. It likely would have been chopped down if left in the ground.

[akamu]

Thanks  for sharing this palms growth  rate with us over the years. Good call on moving it forward into good  hands. Good luck on your move. Cheers 

[DoomsDave]

@JEFF IN MODESTO rock on!

Wow.

[cbmnz]

I've been watching most of Gary Gragg's videos on youtube for some time. Live on almost identical latitude so anything I see him feature, good chance can grow it here.

Edited October 11, 2019 by cbmnz

[HtownPalms]

It always amazes me how small of a root ball palms need when being transplanted. 

[sonoranfans]

Great that it was saved, Ive followed Jeffs palm for many years, it is instant stunning landscape.  That palm must be almost 20 years old, some palms take longer but are all the more impressive, this is one of them.