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Fri, May 20, 11 at 7:12
| Last winter's arctic temperatures have destroyed my 2 well established palms here on the West coast of Ireland (minus 15 centigrade I think)
I can see that ,although they appeared dead there are actually buds coming now , but only at ground level and very slowly. Is there a chance that the plants may survive or is this a bit like the way hair and nails will continue to grow on a cadaver after death has occurred? The actual trunk seems OK in most places (it is seeping here and there) but ,as I said , the only buds are at ground level. Also , if this does survive , is there any chance it may reshoot from higher up and so retain some of its earlier glory? |
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| What kind of palms are they? |
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- Posted by lucyfretwell ireland (My Page) on Fri, May 20, 11 at 10:59
| hi sorry I don't know the name .As well as I can see this is a picture of the type. http://www.johnnyjet.com/images/PicForNewsletterIrelandSept2005FotaHou sePalmTree.JPG and also http://www.travelblog.org/pix/shim.gif Actually ,with a little more searching , I think it must be Cordyline australis although when I type this into Google Images I seem to get a range of similar and not so similar plants.... I am not the only one to seem to have lost these palm trees around here. |
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| I bet you are talking about Cordyline (which are not palms--but are somewhat related to them). I know that the hardier Cordylines are grown extensively in coastal Ireland. The plant is trying to recuperate and yes, it's possible for a complete recovery. If the trunk is firm, it may sprout higher up, if the trunk is soft, it's rotten. Cut down until you get to firm trunk--and remove as much rot as possible. Good luck! |
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- Posted by lucyfretwell ireland (My Page) on Fri, May 20, 11 at 14:25
| thanks have you heard of anyone using rooting hormone in a case like this as a way of accelerating or just ensuring the recovery? When I did a search on "inject hormone rooting" in Google I came across a book in 1953 where someone in Pasadena, Ca used this kind of a technique in an ailing cherry orchard. Maybe I should post that question in the propagation forum.... |
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