The surgery... was a success

[DAVEinMB]

Well, probably. 

Super root bound 7g double head Livistona Chinensis gets the ol conjoined twins surgery. Hopefully the roots it lost aren't enough to kill it. 

 

[Allen]

Have you done this before?  I would be interested to see how root sensitive these are.  The roots look real healthy!

Edited February 11, 2021 by Allen

[Laaz]

They'll be fine.

[DAVEinMB]

4 minutes ago, Allen said:

Have you done this before?  I would be interested to see how root sensitive these are.

I've tried once before with a 7g. There were quite a few more in the pot tho, 8 iirc. Was a complete loss. 

[Allen]

It might be beneficial to trim off all fronds except a couple newest ones.  Maybe someone else can chime in.  I have come real close to planting one of these.

Edited February 11, 2021 by Allen

[DAVEinMB]

1 minute ago, Allen said:

It might be beneficial to trim off all fronds except a couple newest ones.  Maybe someone else can chime in.  I have come real close to planting one of these.

I was thinking the same thing, I ran out of time today but this weekend I'm planning on trimming it back

[Ben in Norcal]

8 minutes ago, DAVEinMB said:

I was thinking the same thing, I ran out of time today but this weekend I'm planning on trimming it back

The only scenario in which I would do this is if you lost a lot of roots.  If not, you're just stressing the palm further.  They certainly look to have retained most of them.

[DAVEinMB]

18 minutes ago, Ben in Norcal said:

The only scenario in which I would do this is if you lost a lot of roots.  If not, you're just stressing the palm further.  They certainly look to have retained most of them.

I'd say in total they lost around 15% each

[JLM]

I performed two surgeries, i had a double Majesty and a 4 clump Pygmy Date. The Pygmy's are ding fine, but the smaller Majesty is showing complications, one of the fronds had weakened and "collapsed" yesterday. But there is a ray of hope, because today i pulled on the little palm and it seems to be more locked into the soil now, so hopefully it is recovering root wise. I dont expect to see any top growth for a little while. The larger Majesty has slowed down but im not seeing any problems, so i think they are good! The Pygmy dates were a pain in the <insert word here>.

[Merlyn]

I did it a while back, and got a lot fewer roots than you did.  I left all the leaves in place, the plants "ate" them to grow new roots.  or at least that's how I interpreted it. 

 

[DAVEinMB]

23 hours ago, Merlyn said:

I did it a while back, and got a lot fewer roots than you did.  I left all the leaves in place, the plants "ate" them to grow new roots.  or at least that's how I interpreted it. 

 

I remember this thread, did they all make it?

[Merlyn]

1 minute ago, DAVEinMB said:

I remember this thread, did they all make it?

Two out of the seven died, one was definitely my fault for letting it dry out.  I am not sure why the second died, I think it got a rachis blight.  Ironically I planted all 5 of the survivors in a single spot on the NE side.  But I put them in about a 3 foot diameter area, so the trunks won't choke each other out.  All 5 seem to be adapted to full sun now, so I think they'll do well.

[DAVEinMB]

Good deal, I'll coddle these until I see some spear movement.

I have a large Chinensis that's planted in full sun but was previously shade grown so it's still somewhat acclimating. I have a very shady location for one of these new ones, gonna be nice to have multiple plants with different characteristics based on light exposure.