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22-02-2004, 06:45 PM
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Cabbage Palms
Just a quickkie,
I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? Mark ( southampton) |
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22-02-2004, 11:27 PM
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Cabbage Palms
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from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. |
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22-02-2004, 11:29 PM
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Cabbage Palms
The message
from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. |
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24-02-2004, 11:41 PM
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Cabbage Palms
"Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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24-02-2004, 11:41 PM
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Cabbage Palms
"Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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24-02-2004, 11:41 PM
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Cabbage Palms
"Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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24-02-2004, 11:42 PM
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes "Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) Someone once told me that their roots grow down as deep as the tree grows up. May be an exaggeration but they sure do grow deep. That being said, my neighbour did successfully remove a tree that had stupidly been planted along side the path to the house which meant the postman and milkman risked life and limb every day. It was about 8 feet high and he seemed to dig down about 4 to remove it. -- Chris Boulby National Collection of Diascias |
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24-02-2004, 11:42 PM
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes "Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) Someone once told me that their roots grow down as deep as the tree grows up. May be an exaggeration but they sure do grow deep. That being said, my neighbour did successfully remove a tree that had stupidly been planted along side the path to the house which meant the postman and milkman risked life and limb every day. It was about 8 feet high and he seemed to dig down about 4 to remove it. -- Chris Boulby National Collection of Diascias |
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24-02-2004, 11:42 PM
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes "Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) Someone once told me that their roots grow down as deep as the tree grows up. May be an exaggeration but they sure do grow deep. That being said, my neighbour did successfully remove a tree that had stupidly been planted along side the path to the house which meant the postman and milkman risked life and limb every day. It was about 8 feet high and he seemed to dig down about 4 to remove it. -- Chris Boulby National Collection of Diascias |
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24-02-2004, 11:43 PM
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Cabbage Palms
"Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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24-02-2004, 11:45 PM
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes "Janet Baraclough .." wrote in message ... The message from "mark EVANS" contains these words: Just a quickkie, I have two very large cabbage palms in my garden which to be honst have now got too big (15-16 feet high) for my little garden. I dont want to simply cut them down so, could anyone give them a loving home? They'd probably need a crane to move the huge root systems :-) If you want to keep the plants you can easily reduce them to a more appropriate size. Cut the tops off, cut the trunks to ground level and they will make new sheaves of leaves. Or, you could cut one to ground level and leave the other one a stem a few feet high. Janet. I agree with Janet, there is no way you will be able to remove them (they will keep regrowing from the deep roots) so a cut back to restore them to a smaller size would work well. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) Someone once told me that their roots grow down as deep as the tree grows up. May be an exaggeration but they sure do grow deep. That being said, my neighbour did successfully remove a tree that had stupidly been planted along side the path to the house which meant the postman and milkman risked life and limb every day. It was about 8 feet high and he seemed to dig down about 4 to remove it. -- Chris Boulby National Collection of Diascias |
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