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Best way to go about selling large, in-ground tropical palms?

Jake1989
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I am moving and unfortunately need to get rid of some of my larger palms that I can't easily move or fit into the shorter greenhouse at my new place.  I have grown almost all of these from seed over the last 15 years or so.   I am located about an hour and a half NW of Houston, TX and am not sure who would be interested/able/willing to buy these?  Maybe donate to Moody Gardens or some other botanic garden for a tax deduction?  Trying to avoid just cutting them down and not getting at least something for them.  Anyone have any ideas?  These include: Adonidia merrillii, Ptychosperma elegans, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis,  Acoelorrhaphe wrightii,  and Cocos nucifera 'Tahiti Red Dwarf'.

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    I like where your heart is. But moving large palms is very difficult. The survival rate is not good. But to answer your question. Major machinery to dig around them and to get as much of the roots as possible. I wish you success!

    Wow, nice job growing those @Jake1989!  Sad that you put so much time and effort into them and then have to give them up.  😣  I hate to think that you'd have to collect seeds and start over ...

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    The palms you have are fairly common, i.e., what many of us would call "usual suspects". The effort , risks and cost to extract them will far exceed any value you hope to recover by selling them. Enjoy them while you can then let them go so you can start your collection anew with emphasis on rarer species you can grow where you live. 

    Meg

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    @Jake1989 nice to meet you! Where are you moving to? Near where you are now or someplace different?

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    @DoomsDave Nice to meet you too!  I'll be moving close by, just with a shorter greenhouse that can't quite fit these guys...for now.  Even so, they have just about outgrown this 22 foot tall greenhouse and are starting to poke holes in the plastic film!

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    I agree with Meg above.   You’ve enjoyed growing a nice collection, but these palm species are common and fairly cheap to obtain from a grower at any size.  Not worth the cost, effort or risk to transplant.  

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    1 hour ago, Looking Glass said:

    these palm species are common and fairly cheap to obtain from a grower at any size.

    In Florida, absolutely.  In Texas north of the RGV -  not so much.  Even here Adonidia isn't easy to find.  The blue big box store just started selling Hyophorbe lagenicaulis here again this past year after several years.  I wouldn't mind trying one of those coconuts if it's mature enough to be viable.  ☺️

    Jon Sunder

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