Hi,

Is it possible to use the offsets of a Trachycarpus Fortunei to propagate new plants? If it is, what's the best way to remove them?

Thanks

Mike
East Sussex

On 10/05/2010 21:24, MikeFal wrote:
Hi,

Is it possible to use the offsets of a Trachycarpus Fortunei to
propagate new plants? If it is, what's the best way to remove them?

Thanks

Mike
East Sussex




Hi Mike,

Most of the books and web sites merely hint at division of TFs, however
you may find the link below helpful. Once you reach their home page,
simply enter Trachycarpus fortunei in the Search box.

http://grow.ars-informatica.ca/index.php

Oops. The link hasn't underlined itself in the usual manner; I don't
know why.Try typing it in Google and it should work.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Spider wrote:
On 10/05/2010 21:24, MikeFal wrote:
Hi,

Is it possible to use the offsets of a Trachycarpus Fortunei to
propagate new plants? If it is, what's the best way to remove them?

Thanks

Mike
East Sussex




Hi Mike,

Most of the books and web sites merely hint at division of TFs,
however you may find the link below helpful. Once you reach their
home page, simply enter Trachycarpus fortunei in the Search box.

http://grow.ars-informatica.ca/index.php

Oops. The link hasn't underlined itself in the usual manner; I don't
know why.Try typing it in Google and it should work.

Worked fine, clicked from Outlook Express. No need to use the clunky
Google route in uncooperative cases, though: simply copy-paste the URL
into the space at the top of your browser window.

--
Mike.

Trachycarpus is *not* a suckering palm. It develops a solitary trunk
with a single growing point except in extremely rare circumstances
where non-fatal damage to the growing point causes fasciation
resulting in a multi-headed plant. Occasionally, several seedlings
are planted together, giving the impression that the palm is
suckering, but separating them once established is nigh-on impossible
without incurring fatal damage to the individual plants.

If the palm in question is genuinely producing offsets, then it is
almost certainly Chamaerops humilis; many forms of which produce them
very freely. Unfortunately, propagation of Chamaerops from offsets is
a painfully slow process and the failure rate is usually very high.
Full root formation even with basal heat takes several years and if
you finally get a rooted plant, it will not be any larger than one
grown from seed sown at the same time as the offset removal.
Chamaerops is such an inexpensive palm that it is far cheaper and
easier to buy a new plant.

On 11/05/2010 22:17, Mike Lyle wrote:
Spider wrote:
On 10/05/2010 21:24, MikeFal wrote:
Hi,

Is it possible to use the offsets of a Trachycarpus Fortunei to
propagate new plants? If it is, what's the best way to remove them?

Thanks

Mike
East Sussex




Hi Mike,

Most of the books and web sites merely hint at division of TFs,
however you may find the link below helpful. Once you reach their
home page, simply enter Trachycarpus fortunei in the Search box.

http://grow.ars-informatica.ca/index.php

Oops. The link hasn't underlined itself in the usual manner; I don't
know why.Try typing it in Google and it should work.

Worked fine, clicked from Outlook Express. No need to use the clunky
Google route in uncooperative cases, though: simply copy-paste the URL
into the space at the top of your browser window.



Good :~). Thanks for that reassurance. Alas, I'm not exactly au fait
with copy-pasteing. I must ask RG to show me .. so I can forget again
:~/. Mmmm .. must try harder.


--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay