Moving cabbage trees.
 

I have to remove some cabbage trees that grew from seed in the wrong place.

Will they transplant? The roots will get damaged in moving them, as I can't
cut a big circle.

Auckland, New Zealand, early Autumn.

Moving cabbage trees.
 

g'day geopelia,

what is meant by cabbage trees lease?

do you have a more often used common term or botanical term?

a couple that come to mind for me are the dracaena aka dragon tree aka
cabbage tree or the aussie fan palm aka cabbage tree palm?


On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:02:12 +1300, "Geopelia"
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Moving cabbage trees.
 

"len gardener" wrote in message
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g'day geopelia,

what is meant by cabbage trees lease?

do you have a more often used common term or botanical term?

a couple that come to mind for me are the dracaena aka dragon tree aka
cabbage tree or the aussie fan palm aka cabbage tree palm?

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Cordyline australis. It is not a palm, though I think there is a palmetto
also called cabbage tree.
It is considered part of the lily family.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/C/Cabb...bbageTreeTi/en

Moving cabbage trees.
 

too easy then geopelia,

trim all but the top growth off and cut a reasonable root ball nothing
too large and replant where you wish, you are in nz? would suggest if
it gets realy cold to do this late spring early summer maybe so that
there is warmth in the ground for the new roots to start growing.

we did a fairly large specimen it had very little root ball on it and
it thrived from day one. this one was over 2 meters tall and with
around 4 trunks u to wrist thickness. this one never looked back.

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:23:23 +1300, "Geopelia"
wrote:

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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Moving cabbage trees.
 

"len gardener" wrote in message
...
too easy then geopelia,

trim all but the top growth off and cut a reasonable root ball nothing
too large and replant where you wish, you are in nz? would suggest if
it gets realy cold to do this late spring early summer maybe so that
there is warmth in the ground for the new roots to start growing.

we did a fairly large specimen it had very little root ball on it and
it thrived from day one. this one was over 2 meters tall and with
around 4 trunks u to wrist thickness. this one never looked back.

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:23:23 +1300, "Geopelia"
wrote:

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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev


Thank you.
Three of them have come up under our deck so they must go. I'd like to save
them somewhere else in the garden. We don't get very cold here (Mairangi Bay
NZ)
The biggest is around two metres.

Geopelia

Moving cabbage trees.
 

well i'd say go for it, and heavily mulch around them to insulate the
soil and keep it that much warmer, they generally like some good
watering after a transplant but be carefull you will need to judge.



On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:59:58 +1300, "Geopelia"
wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Moving cabbage trees.
 

"len gardener" wrote in message
...
well i'd say go for it, and heavily mulch around them to insulate the
soil and keep it that much warmer, they generally like some good
watering after a transplant but be carefull you will need to judge.



On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:59:58 +1300, "Geopelia"
wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

That's a great website! I'll save it.

We are much cooler here though, but have very few light frosts.
I planted citrus and apple trees forty years ago, also artichokes and
rhubarb which are still cropping.
But with three very wet springs in a row, the vegetable garden is now full
of grass and weeds, and the tomatoes failed this year.

Moving cabbage trees.
 

"geopelia said,
But with three very wet springs in a row, the vegetable garden is now
full of grass and weeds, and the tomatoes failed this year."

do you use raised beds?

and does the growing position get good sun?



On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:57:31 +1300, "Geopelia"
wrote:


"len gardener" wrote in message
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Moving cabbage trees.
 

"len gardener" wrote in message
...
"geopelia said,
But with three very wet springs in a row, the vegetable garden is now
full of grass and weeds, and the tomatoes failed this year."

do you use raised beds?

and does the growing position get good sun?


We can't afford the to buy the timber for raised beds, or the compost etc to
fill them, but I throw the earth up and leave small trenches.
Apart from mid winter, it gets sun for most of the day ( if there is any
sun!)

But the ground becomes too wet to work on after heavy rain, unless there are
a few fine days in between. We need a couple of fine weeks in spring to get
going, but we haven't had them for several years. The seasons seem to have
slipped a bit.

I start the tomatoes in trays, but unless I can get them in the ground
before December they don't do well.