I have a 48" boxed Bismarcki 'Nobilis" that I need taken out of my front yard. Its about 9'-10' tall x 9' wide x 7' deep. The ladder in the pic is 8' tall. It is very healthy. I need to move it out for maintenance reasons. I'm in Palm Springs, Southern California

 

5 hours ago, William1088 said:

I have a 48" boxed Bismarcki 'Nobilis" that I need taken out of my front yard. Its about 9'-10' tall x 9' wide x 7' deep. The ladder in the pic is 8' tall. It is very healthy. I need to move it out for maintenance reasons. I'm in Palm Springs, Southern California

 

I can come remove? I'm located in Sky Valley.

Out of curiosity, what’s the issue?  

Bizzies are notorious for being root sensitive. The likely hood of a successful move is slim. Hopefully you can find another way. 

T J 

I went and pulled this out around May 20 /2012 and literally pulled in out of the ground with my truck. Winched it to a trailer.  Took it home just to be pulled off and dragged with a tractor. And to top the off I cut every frond off to give it a better chance of survival. Now its Oct 7 /2021 five months later and its still alive.

Looks a lot different but its slowly coming around.

Well done ! Congrats!

I am shocked yet glad I was wrong haha these palms are much tougher then we give credit =) 

T J 

On 10/7/2021 at 5:00 PM, mydateplams said:

I went and pulled this out around May 20 /2012 and literally pulled in out of the ground with my truck. Winched it to a trailer.  Took it home just to be pulled off and dragged with a tractor. And to top the off I cut every frond off to give it a better chance of survival. Now its Oct 7 /2021 five months later and its still alive.

Looks a lot different but its slowly coming around.

This palm deserves its own thread in the main forum!  I've read so many times that Bismarcks are super root sensitive and will die if you transplant them.  Maybe you've hit on the solution: treat it like a Sabal Palmetto and lop off 90% of the leaves? 

I actually thought that I killed it once already.  When I moved it the center spare was about open and I left that in place but cut everything else off. Well I couldn't wait so I helped it open up. I know, I know that was the worst thing. The frond dried up in two days from a lush green to a brown thin paper like. What I think added to it the temp here was about 119 degrees. So it survived the transplant and me opening up the center spare.

When I planted it the base was really loose almost like I broke it at the root ball so I planted it deeper then it was when I pulled it out and I was concerned I was going to suffocate it.

My soil is really sandy and drains fast. I used a mix of compost around the root ball and sand. I deep water it maybe once a week and let it dry out really good before watering again.

The idea of cutting the fronds off came from what I do to my Medjool palms and I will not transplant one with out cutting them off its a must and allows it to recover and sends energy to root growth.

I have 100 Bismarck seedling growing now and I used a community bed and when I pull them to place them in pots I'm fairly rough with those to and they seem not to care.

How ever I could see these having a hard time in most, muddy, continuously damp soil that doesn't dry out as my seedling seem no to like being damp.

Here it is the day I transplanted it.

I had to use t-stake to keep it from falling over from the wind.

 

  

On 10/21/2021 at 6:08 AM, Merlyn said:

This palm deserves its own thread in the main forum!  I've read so many times that Bismarcks are super root sensitive and will die if you transplant them.  Maybe you've hit on the solution: treat it like a Sabal Palmetto and lop off 90% of the leaves? 

Seriously @mydateplams, please make a thread and update it periodically for us all to see how it goes. Super curious over here…..

 

-dale

I missed a few water cycles and the palm kicked the can down the road.  It was doing ok but I think it was in major shock as I pulled it out of the ground with a chain and my truck and it didn't like that. Missing the water cycles pushed it.

 

R.I.P.

On 3/17/2022 at 5:03 AM, mydateplams said:

R.I.P

Well I guess we will never know how in shock this palm got. Worthy attempt imo. 

T J 

Ah…yes. All the stories of sensitivity turned out to be true after all. Suck big time. Good try. 
 

-dale

If I took a huge root ball it might have taken. I wouldn't attempt a transplant of this palm again and only way I would do it would be to have them rooted in containers.