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Growing Bismarkia in a very large container?

NorCalWill

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Has anyone had luck growing Bismarkia long term in a giant pot or raised planter box?

I've heard they have a very deep tap root, but would a 24" deep x 5' square container work?

Guess there's just one way to find out...

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11 hours ago, NorCalWill said:

Has anyone had luck growing Bismarkia long term in a giant pot or raised planter box?

I've heard they have a very deep tap root, but would a 24" deep x 5' square container work?

Guess there's just one way to find out...

No personal experience doing this but a nursery i'd worked for had one in ...something like an 80gal?? container.. Sides stood about 24 or 30" tall.. Had apparently been at the nursery for a few years, but looked content, though kind of stunted height-wise ( Still approx. 12' in overall height though < Soil line to top of tallest newly emerging fronds > )  Had to use a tractor to move it when remodeling the tree line it sat on.

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Philly J Rising Star

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Yup

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Enar

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I had one with an initial tap root of almost a foot! Hard to transplant 

Lowest seen: 16F (for a whole day), Highest seen: 105F. Heavy red clay (iron oxide). High humidity area. Amended to 6.5-7PH using Dolomitic lime. (No yearly fertilizer for lawn, just for independent plants). Have: Butia Jubaea (seedlings), Sabal sp. (unknown for now, some blue some green), Saw Palmetto (seedling), Typical Pindo (large size parent, mine is small), ButiaXSyagrus mule, Sago palms (various size), Hybrid washingtonia filibusta, Sabal minors (4, small), Sabal Pumos (4, seedlings), Sabal Tamaulipas (2 in pots, 1 in ground). 

steve617 Community Regular

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I have one I repotted last summer. I think mine 24 gallon pot. I raised mine from seed.  Not sure how much bigger pot ill need but I'm sure in 2 years I'll have to have a larger one. Great question.

 

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I’ve had a bismark in a pot for 4 years. No problems at all. However I do find they slow down quite a bit. Which probably isn’t a bad thing 

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2 hours ago, Rickybobby said:

I’ve had a bismark in a pot for 4 years. No problems at all. However I do find they slow down quite a bit. Which probably isn’t a bad thing 

Mine also has slowed down. 

Philly J Rising Star

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17 hours ago, steve617 said:

I have one I repotted last summer. I think mine 24 gallon pot. I raised mine from seed.  Not sure how much bigger pot ill need but I'm sure in 2 years I'll have to have a larger one. Great question.

 

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Put it in my style planter above when it’s time.  I had to treat my tap root like a surgeon 😬

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