Tried transplanting a Copernicia sp.

[tiburcio]

On 10/19/2022 at 5:35 PM, JubaeaMan138 said:

So this is funny was pulling weeds in the front property and pulled back a bunch of spurge grass and this guy was underneath Bailey I moved last year that spear pulled on and all the leaves died back looks good now . 

are your copernicias still  growing ?

[aztropic]

On 12/1/2022 at 7:13 PM, tiburcio said:

are your copernicias still  growing ?

Did any of your Copernicia's survive the transplant? The world wants to know. 🌴

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[tiburcio]

hi, all dead within a year. they ended up very shaded by a nearby tree that i was supposed to keep trimming. never did. i believe they would have survived in a bright spot. cheerios. will repeat the experiment somewhat again but with potted copernicias in the same spot and try and trim the trees this time. what could possibly go wrong !!!

the only survivor is the one i didn´t transplant. that is 1 m tall now. very slow palm but it was really neglected. will take care of it with more water and some fertilizer. read some use florikan, just need to figure out the dosage of it.

cheerios

[sonoranfans]

On 1/2/2026 at 10:55 PM, tiburcio said:

hi, all dead within a year. they ended up very shaded by a nearby tree that i was supposed to keep trimming. never did. i believe they would have survived in a bright spot. cheerios. will repeat the experiment somewhat again but with potted copernicias in the same spot and try and trim the trees this time. what could possibly go wrong !!!

the only survivor is the one i didn´t transplant. that is 1 m tall now. very slow palm but it was really neglected. will take care of it with more water and some fertilizer. read some use florikan, just need to figure out the dosage of it.

cheerios

Disappointing to hear all the transplants didnt make it.  I also think shade is a really bad idea for these little palms.  They have waxy leaves as they evolved to self protect from bright sun.  THis makes them sun tough in hot places.  But when you put them in shade, not much photosynthetically active light make it to the cholorplasts which are the engine of the plant.  The chloroplasts which generate the energy for growth and the immune system support.  A simple analogy is how well you see after sundown with dark sunglasses on, not too well.  I had spear pull on a Bailey 12(?) years ago and a Fallaensis a couple years ago.   They both did fine after treatment.