Dypsis Fine Leaf AKA Ambositrae Fakey

[Dan OKeeffe]

So I placed my 5 gallon Dypsis Fine Leaf in the ground tonight, but the planting process was sub optimal. The soil was very wet and when I tried getting the plant out soil came out with out the palm. Essentially this processed caused the plant to be bare rooted. No apparent root damage was caused.

Does anyone know if Dypsis Fine Leaf can handle bare rooting?

thanks

Dan

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Don't know for certain, haven't done it, but this palm seems to be one tough mutha. I would bet it pulls thru just fine.

[bgl]

Bare rooting shouldn't be a problem. Have transplanted quite a few and never lost a single one.

[Palm Hound]

I manhandled a small one during transplantation with no problems.

[DoomsDave]

They look fragile and wimpy, but, like ballerinas, they're tough and supple . . . . .

[Walter John]

[Dan OKeeffe]

Thanks for your knowledge!

Bo, The palm was potted up in soil with a good amount of silt, that created a pretty good mud/crumpy consistently. Fortunately, my ground soil is very sandy. I hope it will get used to its new home.

Thanks again

Dan

[osideterry]

I've had that happen with palms that must have just been potted up, and as with yours, all the dirt fell off the roots in planting. I was left trying to hold the stem in place with one hand while packing dirt in with the other. In both cases the palms didn't seem to notice. I was sure both (Parajubaea torallyi and Arenga engleri) were goners.

[Tyrone]

You'll have no probs at all. I planted a fineleaf in the ground once and snapped a large section of root off accidentally as the roots were connected to a heavy gluggy piece of soil that fell away too quick. It just kept growing without a hitch.

Best regards

Tyrone

[MattyB]

Just to add to the toughness of D. fine leaf: I potted one in an hourglass shaped metal pot where it was smaller at the top than at the bottom. Very stupid I know. When I ripped it out I had to wash all the soil off with a high pressure hose and still rip tons of roots. It never flinched. Very tough palm.

[Dan OKeeffe]

Wow it is tough. Maybe it can handle a oxy-acetylene torch to cut that metal. ha

[BS Man about Palms]

Just as an aside, at our latest Palm auction, Don Tollefson, correctly or incorrectly (PC or not PC) called it the "Obama Palm". I had pointed out just prior it was soon to probably named Dypsis plumosa and I'm not sure he understood. So, I think as a spoof or nod to "Slick Willy and Dypsis Al Gore", he called it the "Obama palm". That was a new one!