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TRANSPLANT DAY PIX

Ken Johnson
Ken Johnson
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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I have been working on this one for some months now. It was dug a little at a time incorporating all my tricks. The "ball" is +- solid lime stone.

First a glamor shot. I set the camera on the ball with delay since I was solo today. Do my colors match? You know how it is with us Gators sometimes. :unsure:

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I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

305-345-8918

https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms

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    I have been working on this one for some months now. It was dug a little at a time incorporating all my tricks. The "ball" is +- solid lime stone.

    First a glamor shot. I set the camera on the ball with delay since I was solo today. Do my colors match? You know how it is with us Gators sometimes. :unsure:

    Ken,

    Your colors look great but why are you wearing a jacket and not smiling?

    Dick

    Richard Douglas
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    Dick, It was cool and I have a cold. Smiles were hard to come by tody. Also installed 2 Rhapis multifida 6' in a house today. Talk about working with high quality. Tomorrow I will have more smiles off shore hooking sailfish and tuna!

    BTW Transplanting Copernicia in the middle of a cold winter is not SOP but this one went so well that the entire ouside of the rock ball was covered in new roots.

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms

    I see you wore your lucky chain Ken, bet that helped... :D

    seriously, that's a monster palm, and a "rock ball" over here is a dance for the over 50s with music by Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry etc.

    Happy Gardening

    Cheers,

    Wal

    Queensland, Australia.

    Woah! You're doing that by yourself? Ken you are crazy!

    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)

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    Wal, I'm all about the rock balls. Sounds great.

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms
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    Matty, I am also all about DIY. There was a crane operator and a semitractor trailer driver. They had lots of advice :rolleyes: . LOL

    To the rest of you I will show more pix. Just had to clear the snarkers first. Paul is running late so I may wait for him.

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

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    Woah! You're doing that by yourself? Ken you are crazy!

    That's how I roll, just me n the trusty pontiacstractor.

    Matt in Temecula, CA

    Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

    Hey Ken,

    Your colors are the perfect matching two,, Orange and blue!! God smiles on the Gators,, he made the sun orange and the sky blue!!! :D I will say though that you had quite a task w/ moving that monster, no snarkiness here!!

    I am happy i don't have to deal w/ rock/coral up here, but i would rather deal w/ that then the cold!!!

    Orlando, Florida

    zone 9b

    The Pollen Poacher!!

    GO DOLPHINS!!

    GO GATORS!!!

     

    Palms, Sex, Money and horsepower,,,, you may have more than you can handle,,

    but too much is never enough!!

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    OK Paul may be running late so here's the centerfold shot. Note how it's strapped so that the palm rides at an angle? This is very important for "picking" it and laying it down. The ball is covered in wood and plastic. The leaves were pulled in with a tarp to reduce breakage from ropes.

    The ball is more or less flat on the bottom. We dig it so it will "pop" off the rock. It bahaved perfectly. The rock ball may be better than a soil ball because it is durable. Soil has a tendency to squish! :(

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    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

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    Is that this palm that you showed us on our trip, Ken? Isn't there another one down the property line as well?

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    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)

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    That's it Matty. In fact in the photo you posted you can see me chastising Paul for putting expectorant from the night before on the ball. I have known the owner and his family for 46 years. The place is amazing!

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

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    That was coconut juice.

    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)

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    Don't let Zeeth know we were eating fertilized seed! :lol:

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

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    :lol:

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    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)

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    Is that Pee Wee Herman?

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms

    Don't let Zeeth know we were eating fertilizes seed! :lol:

    Every coconut you eat is equivalent to one dead baby palmie!

    Keith 

    Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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    Boing! :greenthumb:

    Would you look at that thing!?

    Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

    "The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

    -George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

    I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

    sorry i got held up,had to pack a buncha blasted mittens & scarves & knit caps & thermals!!! :angry:

    i remember when we saw that palm.matt was hung over. B)

    the "prince of snarkness."

     

    still "warning-free."

     

    san diego,california,left coast.

    I was hung over the entire trip, so that includes every palm we saw.

    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)

    sorry i got held up,had to pack a buncha blasted mittens & scarves & knit caps & thermals!!! :angry:

    i remember when we saw that palm.matt was hung over. B)

    Mittens, scarves, knit caps & thermals............are you helping the BSman pack for South Florida???

    "If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

    Zeeth,

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    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)

    Very nice!

    Zone 9 Central Florida

    Looks good Ken!

    Do my colors match?

    NOPE! the colors really don't do anyone any favors :lol::rolleyes:

    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/

    these are some better colors :drool: :

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    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/

    Zeeth,

    :sick:

    Keith 

    Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

    Ken pours out the juice, replaces it with Miller High Life and drinks it strait out the coconut!

    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)

    Ken, you transplanted that!!!!!!!!. Your THE MAN. Wow. It was strapped up really nice on the truck too. I've never seen such a well done job. If I have any transplanting queries I'm asking you.

    Best regards

    Tyrone

    Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

     

     

    Looks awesome Ken.

    Nice job.

    Is that who's International truck I think it is?

    Bayside Tree Farms is located in Homestead Florida USA
    (305) 245-9544

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    Yep Mike thats him. He still does a few jobs here and there.

    A big part of doing these special trees is getting the crane guy to put pressure on the tree in just the right way. He knows how to do it. With this one I had the skid steer too and once we had lift pressure on it I tapped it up high with the jackhammer blade against a leaf base and "pop" the rock broke perfectly.

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms

    coconut baby killer lol :lol:

    i love florida...............and palm trees!

    See , its easy just a crane, jackhammer and a skid steer that's all.

    Oh and some really experienced guys.

    Bayside Tree Farms is located in Homestead Florida USA
    (305) 245-9544

    wow only ken can do that great job

    Okay nice work & great palm visuals...but where is the recent still or updates in its new location ? :hmm:

    Iam very curious to look at that still..By the way very little visuals of the operation,i came running to see more but hardly 2 stills from ken's work.

    Hope to see more..

    Thanks & Love,

    kris :)

    love conquers all..

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    New home

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    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms
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    Inside out!

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    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms

    First class work!!

    Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

    "The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

    -George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

    I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

    Spectacular! It looks like it has been there for the past 30 years.

    El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

    Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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