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Was I bored this morning? Trachycarpus stripped...

jonimic

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jonimic

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Hi everyone,

I woke up early this morning, it was only 5°C, so I decided I would warm myself up with a trachy...

Here is the result (took me two hours...)

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Jonimic

Bordeaux, France

Min. temps : -12°C (observed in the garden in 2007)

Max. temps : +42°C (observed in the summer of 2003)

Kailua_Krish Veteran

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Nice! I think these look really tropical when stripped. How did you do it?

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

jonimic Contributor

jonimic

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Pretty easy to do really. With a really sharp cutter, you just spilt in a half the leaf base, which is quite rough at first but becomes tender near the stem, then cut clean around the stem to set free the fibres. It becomes easier as you move towards the top of the stem.

I do believe they look much different when stripped....

Regards

Jonimic

Jonimic

Bordeaux, France

Min. temps : -12°C (observed in the garden in 2007)

Max. temps : +42°C (observed in the summer of 2003)

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear Jonimic :)

Do you have stills of this palm before you started the trimming work ? Just curious..as to how it looked.

Love,

kris :)

love conquers all..

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bahia

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I like the look! You are a lot faster at stripping a Trachycarpus fortunei than I am, it usually takes me about half a day with help of one additional guy, working on the trunk to strip about 5 to 6 feet of trunk. I typically use a carpet knife, in the way you suggest, and also find it much easier to work from bottom up. They do look like a completely different palm once cleaned, don't they?

FRITO Grand Master

FRITO

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beautiful palm! I like the look of the clean thin trunk, it gives it a more tropical appearance in my opinion! :)

that palm is a happy one, keep uo the good work. maybe give it comapany with two addional smaller trachys to simulate the 'grove look' then you will have staggered palm heights adding interest and appeal to the garden!

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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looks great! I guess you don't have Gliocladium Blight where you're at.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

jonimic Contributor

jonimic

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Funny thing about this palm is it is naturalized in the neighbourhood and this one was actually growing and a foot tall when we bought the house 9 years ago. You can see it is protected from wind and sun by a 20 feet wall which it is actually reaching now. That's 17 feet growth in 9 years... ! Here's a shot of the garden, making you realize I can't really add anything anymore.

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another shot I took this morning

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Jonimic

Bordeaux, France

Min. temps : -12°C (observed in the garden in 2007)

Max. temps : +42°C (observed in the summer of 2003)

Rusty on Pine Is. Mentor

Rusty on Pine Is.

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You have achieved a great look in your garden, looks very tropical, and kudos on the Trachy cleaning too...... Trachys were the first palms i ever grew, and i still like them a lot, but it's a bit warmer where i now live and they would languish.

Rusty

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

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iamjv

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Great looking garden.... very tropical in appearance. Nice trim on the trachy. Does anyone know if this affects the palm in any negative manner? Jv

Jv in San Antonio Texas / Zone 8/extremes past 29 yrs: 117F (47.2C) / 8F (-13.3C)

_Keith Grand Master

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Your stripped Trachy looks cool. Coincidentally, I saw my first 3 stripped Trachys today, each about 15 feet of stripped trunk. Unfortunately our high rains and humidity turned the trunks a fairly unattractive gray.

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Jonimic:

Great garden, and you have plenty of room, especially when you get some high canopy . . . .

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jonimic

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Thanks for the nice comments.

The stem turning an ugly color was my primary fear hen I decided to trim it. This palm grows in a very shady spot though, and barely gets sun besides the crown of leaves of course. I will of course take photos of how it ends up...

I don't think the fibers are actually protecting the plant against the cold. To kill a trachy, you really have to go down to ridiculous temperatures that would annihilate the whole garden anyway...!

Cheers

Jonimic

Bordeaux, France

Min. temps : -12°C (observed in the garden in 2007)

Max. temps : +42°C (observed in the summer of 2003)

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