I found this little Trachy a couple weeks ago in my yard . It was probably from a male Taylor Form Trachy and an unknown stiffer fronded female . Today , while digging this one , I found another smaller one in a less than perfect spot up next to the trunk of a Cycress tree . I'll get it later this year or next .
First , I go straight down and back up with the shovel . I don't pry or disturb the rootball at all :
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Then I dig straight down and up all around the plant still not prying or disturbing the rootball :
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Once I have gone around it 100% I pry it up with a solid a ball :
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Potted up :
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Free Trachy . It's never experienced this much sun . If it could talk it probably would say , " What is this bright stuff ? " . I've already put it back in the shade so as not to burn it since it's only been in deep shade until today :
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The reason I documented digging up the palm is because sometimes I see horrible jobs of digging up plants , usually on other websites , where the rootball is all disturbed with no soil on the roots . Some people probably pry too early and before going all the way around the plant first .
Maybe a couple of people learn a little bit from this documentation and can dig plants a little better by trying this technique .
Here's another one I potted up , and I found about 15 more :
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I used to think these were Sabal minors but I now think they are all Trachys . They are hard to see except for that big one , but I counted about 15 under this Cypress :
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For some who haven't seen this picture before , those naturalized Trachys are probably from the male on the left ( Taylor Form ) and the female to the right of it .
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Thanks ,
Will