Just planting a Joey palm

[happypalms]

With just a few joeys to choose from I thought I might as well plant another one iam definitely past the stage of worrying about them when they get planted I amend the soil first then plant them pretty well much throwing them in the ground like bangalows I try to find a wet area in the garden that’s about the only requirement I look for but plant them I will as seedlings if they live then they where meant to be one day in the future someone will be very thankful I did.

[SeanK]

Did you do any grading work or hard scaping when you laid out the garden?

[Harry’s Palms]

Good job , it looks like it will be in a bit of shade for the first few years? I have the same limestone rocks all over my garden. Every hole I dig up a few to place around the palm to help shore up the mulch. Harry

[happypalms]

20 hours ago, SeanK said:

Did you do any grading work or hard scaping when you laid out the garden?

Yes a little I just go with the natural terrain placing rocks or railway sleepers as the borders then I use a fork to look for any large rocks remove them and backfill but basically get the borders then backfill with a good soil being on a slope it’s easy to just terrace the next level below the last border building on that going with the natural terrain deep black sandy soil helps I don’t really have to dig.

[happypalms]

Just now, happypalms said:

Yes a little I just go with the natural terrain placing rocks or railway sleepers as the borders then I use a fork to look for any large rocks remove them and backfill but basically get the borders then backfill with a good soil being on a slope it’s easy to just terrace the next level below the last border building on that going with the natural terrain deep black sandy soil helps I don’t really have to dig.

 

[happypalms]

19 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good job , it looks like it will be in a bit of shade for the first few years? I have the same limestone rocks all over my garden. Every hole I dig up a few to place around the palm to help shore up the mulch. Harry

Rock city is what I should call my property I can get a plant form the greenhouse know what conditions it likes and walk around going there’s a spot only have the shovel bounce as I try to dig and remember oh that’s why there’s a space in my garden there rocks so I try a other places and get the same so after half an hour I go back to the greenhouse with plant and put it back for another try some other day many times this happens rocks can be great thing though for landscaping but a real pain sometimes.

Richard 

[Tomas]

On 7/14/2024 at 10:27 AM, happypalms said:

Rock city is what I should call my property I can get a plant form the greenhouse know what conditions it likes and walk around going there’s a spot only have the shovel bounce as I try to dig and remember oh that’s why there’s a space in my garden there rocks so I try a other places and get the same so after half an hour I go back to the greenhouse with plant and put it back for another try some other day many times this happens rocks can be great thing though for landscaping but a real pain sometimes.

Richard 

No rocks in my garden  but still with a bit of luck I can find a stone exactly in the place where I want to dig a hole for a plant

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Tomas said:

No rocks in my garden  but still with a bit of luck I can find a stone exactly in the place where I want to dig a hole for a plant

Looks like a good place for a rock garden in the wheel barrow.😆