Mistakes to avoid when planting a palm tree.

[@GeorgesJungleGarden]

A helpful video Kris, particularly pointing out how big the feather palms can get!

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Cheers, yes it's so easy to plant a lot close together or next to paths then find out how large they get.

[@GeorgesJungleGarden]

@@YorkshireKRIS Very true!

[@mylesstewartirvine2355]

I love feather palms but have stuck to fans so far as they just grow so wide. Beautiful one nearby that is just a few feet from the pavement. Not good. It will be fine when the trunk extends to push the canopy up higher - but that will be many years yet.

[@robsx4280]

I planted my 2ft trunked Trachycarpus too close to the house 20yrs ago (about 4ft away) its now 20ft plus and above house but i spent many year triming perfectly good fronds just to stop them brushing againt the houee and windows.... lesson learned the hard way 😂

[@YorkshireKRIS]

It's so easily done when we get a small plant and don't imagine how big they can get both in height and width.

[@Rocketman0407]

Great tutorial. I saw some people discussing planting height in another video. In my opinion high planting in the UK is probably best due to high rainfall. I saw some guy plant a palm in a depression. I generally would not recommend that unless you live in a desert. A better soulotion is to create a berm around the palm if you want to collect as much water as possible and make watering easy. Some palms will sink down some over time is my experience so planting slightly high is the best in my experience.

[@Ghost-dz4fl]

Wow! That wine palm is the most! The one I have has grown like 1 1/2 fronds in 4 years! I can't wait till it's massive like yours. Happy growing from Seattle!

[@garethvanderwesthuyzen6420]

Excellent video Kris. I made some errors with my palms when I started out four years ago. Backfilled the holes with rich compost. Thankfully, the last few years of mulching the beds and feeding with chicken pellets and seaweed has seen the roots spread far and wide.

[@marianne9798]

Thanks for this, great info

[@Joalexlees]

Great video, as always, Kris! Apart from the main topic of your video, I've also been admiring your weed free garden. I have weeds springing up everywhere and I did mulch with wood chip. Are you just very diligent going out every night to pick any weeds?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Many thanks and glad you enjoyed the video. Actually I weed not that often but when I do I usually do a lot in one go.

[@DJSupaflyguy]

If palms die back over a bad winter is there any possibility they grow new shoots from the base like cordylines can if they have a good root system ?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Only in a few species like Chaemorops or Chamaedorea. Most only have one trunk and 1 growth point. If that dies then the whole palm dies.

[@DJSupaflyguy]

@@YorkshireKRIS thanks, I’m sure there chaemorops so I’ll keep them in a pot an keep my fingers crossed.🤞😂🙏👌👌👌👌Also 1 other thing I had 3 on a slope the 2 lower ones died back but top one survived an I did have to move it away from the fence where it wasn’t getting enough air an got white powder mould on leaves an treated spraying with milky water to add calcium an got rid of the mould, do you think calcium could of aided the survival of the palm through winter or just slightly better drainage than the other 2 palms as it was higher up ? It might sound daft to some but it might be a factor as it did get to minus -10 an -11 on the odd night.

[@davidbanner9001]

I have been looking for a Jubutia for a couple of years now. Can I ask where did you get yours? Ideally I would like a larger specimen, but just sourcing one is hard enough.

[@YorkshireKRIS]

This was from Hardy palms

[@theimbiber]

Hi kris you have inspired me to plant palms this year. Where fo you get yours from ? Many online places seem out of many types and garden centers near me only have sad specimens from last season ? Thank you

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Hi thanks for watching and being inspired. I've not bought many palms for years now but do pick up rarities from hardy palms from time to time

[@emgordonmail]

Palm tree advice - please. How should I be correctly pruning my 20 yr old palm trees which I bought as foot high youngsters? To date I have only been cutting off any drooping & browning fronds and seed pods etc. Now a local “professional Tree Surgeon” has so-say “pruned” my trees for me - by chopping 3” off many of the still green still erect healthy leaves this year! My tree looks awful! After only 7 weeks they are fast turning totally yellow!! I read that only floppy brown fronds should be removed from a palm tree as the tree needs its food from the green ones, so to cut the ends of the fronds like this the tree is being robbed of its nourishment. Is this correct? Are all the hacked now yellowing leaves really dying? Advice please would be really appreciated.

[@Rocketman0407]

How did it go? What type of palm is it, and what is your climate like? Yes, you will remove some nutrients by cutting healthy fronds. How much it matters depends on the species and your climate. Fast growing palms are usually okay to prune off some green if they are in a warm enough climate. Your palms should not suddenly die from someone overpruining it. Water and fertilize it

[@PalmGeezer]

Is that the butia x jubaea you have been growing from a small seedling that you shown in an old jubaea video?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Yes that's right. I've had it a few years now

[@tedscott1478]

Hi Kris, how easy / difficult is it to dig up and move a palm, (a washie), that's been growing in the ground for about four years. It was very small when planted but now about three feet high, (90cm). Would I destroy too many roots, do they grow a tap root and how far would the roots have spread, (in damp sandy soil), over four years? Would it survive? Thanks again a VERY useful video. I wish I'd seen something like this 5 years ago...😊

[@YorkshireKRIS]

They can be dug up as there's no overall big tap root. However they really don't like it and can suffer and decline afterwards.

[@tedscott1478]

​@@YorkshireKRIS okay, thanks Kris I'll maybe reconsider...

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Many are fine but it's not a certainty.

[@Xc31]

With digging up and replanting any large "treelike" plants its best to start at least a growing season before the actual digging. You want to inspect the root system first. Digging with little damage can be done with a good vacuum cleaner (for garages and workshops etc, not the one for the livingroom carpet) or pressure washer. The first is clean and slow, the second fast and messy. Start digging, in your case I'd say, 50cm from the stem and make a circle all around the base of the palm about 40 to 50 cm deep. Then work your way around and inwards untill you really cant go much further because of the root mass that should he there. If there is a root mass within your digging zone you're fine. If there is not much of a mass, but rather some thick roots running out from your digging zone the subject cannot be easily replanted without several years of prep. If you got mass, cut any roots running out of your digging zone and place a root barrier at the outer edge. Fill the hole with good quality fertile soil and dont pack it more than by watering. Roots will develop inside the good soil and after at least one growing season the subject should be ready for replanting. Because of the prep it should come out easily, preventing damage from ripping and tugging it out, and should have a nice ball of fresh roots looking for new places to grow. If there's no root mass inside the digging zone you dont want do cut any roots at all. Just fill the hole back in with the best quality soil you can make/buy and carefully inspect after a season or 2 if any mass has started developing inside the digging zone. Depending on the development you want to cut back the thick old runner roots but not all in one go. They where pulling nutrients from somewhere over yonder and it wont like it if they all get removed in one go. It first has to develop a root system that finds it sustenaince closer at home (in the soil you made for it) so you've got something to replant. Getting the underground part replanted is just as, if not more important than the part we see al day. With exceptions ofcourse. Good luck!

[@tedscott1478]

@@Xc31 many thanks 😊 I'll start on that tomorrow it's forecast to be fair, warm and dry. Great detailed advice thank you so much, you're obviously an expert!😁

[@tedscott1478]

I would divert the path I think rather than have to do such hard pruning.

[@OssyDL]

Just purchased a trachycarpus to plant out all the others in the garden centre had foliage that stopped at about 180° like the ones i already have but this one the foliage is 360° does this just happen with some fortunei or is it been labelled up wrong or a cross breed?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

They are highly variable and a few of mine have 360 leaves. They can change over time as well and develop 360 leaves after a few years

[@OssyDL]

@@YorkshireKRIS thanks kris was just checking incase i ever collect seeds from it also noticed it had a white tinge to the back of the leaves not like the princeps its a bit lighter.looks nice anyway. never really checked my others for foliage untill today.cant wait for your full garden tour videos. Thanks again

[@openyoureyes4326]

Would you plant a palm tree in a cottage garden? Thanks

[@Rocketman0407]

If you have space, I don't see why not

[@waynepeake271]

Mine look dry and parts yellow on the leafs . Feed them tomato feed.

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Keep well watered until established

[@waynepeake271]

@@YorkshireKRIS they are 3 years old and 12 foot tall

[@eijiroinouye4115]

Are Jubae hardier than Butias?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Yes certainly

[@eijiroinouye4115]

@YorkshireKRIS Thank You😊 🙏. I have 18" of good soil and compacted soil below that on a slope. Is that enough?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

@@eijiroinouye4115 yes sounds great