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Should I stake?

xoRudy

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I recently planted my Bismarckia in August, it was planted straight and doing well. But, The wind has been really bad here in Maricopa all winter. It only blows in one direction as well. It’s now made my Bismarck lean. Should I stake? Or should I not worry about it because it’ll straighten itself up later on? 

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JLM Grand Master

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Seems if a strong enough gust of wind came through it would uproot it, and it would die if that happened. Would definitely stake it just in case! Leave it staked for up to 6 months then check and see if it still wobbles, if so then leave for another 6 months.

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I agree. It would be too bad to loose the palm since you can still easily stake it. Two wooden sticks a bit apart from the root zone plus a third one as a cross-bar should do it. (It is standard procedure in typhoony Okinawa and doesn't hurt.) 

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Yes, until its root growth catches up to its crown.

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Having been there and done that so many times, I concur with @PalmatierMeg and @Darold Petty and recommend both: (a) staking; and (b) either digging and re-planting in warm weather (hard) or getting some of those scalloped concrete thingies (or something like them) and putting them around the trunk and dumping in more dirt.

 

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15 hours ago, xoRudy said:

I recently planted my Bismarckia in August, it was planted straight and doing well. But, The wind has been really bad here in Maricopa all winter. It only blows in one direction as well. It’s now made my Bismarck lean. Should I stake? Or should I not worry about it because it’ll straighten itself up later on? 

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Maybe im wrong but it looks pretty stretched Which probably made it susceptible to lean .  Atleast mine have never had that long of petioles with that size base . I would imagine alot of that foliage is going to fry in your climate until it is acclimated . Luckily these guys grow so fast that it’ll be grown out of that stage very quickly haha you May not even notice it . 

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