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transplanting xanthorrhoea
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Posted by cougar_82 WA Aust (My Page) on Mon, Mar 28, 05 at 11:23
| Hi guys! My brother in law is in the building industry and is currently managing a site in the southwest. There are a number of xanthorrhoea on a site that are going to be bulldozed. He has permission to dig them up and take them however we arent really sure of the best method of doing so. I have read that it is best to keep them in pots for a number of years befor trying to plant them in the garden and that you need to remove quite alot of soil from around the plant when you take it. Can anyone give us any tips....we really dont want to see these beautiful trees go to waste!! |
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RE: transplanting xanthorrhoea
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- Posted by moreton Bris. Qld. Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 29, 05 at 2:44
Hi Cougar, yes take as much as possible soil, you may need a permit to take/move as over here (Qld)every one moved /sold / taken from the wild is to be numbered and permit no's receipts etc, even orchids are covered over here so please be careful. Good luck. Peter
P.S. Don't overwater. |
RE: transplanting xanthorrhoea
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| pity the building industry can't plan to work around things like this hey? rip tear is all they seem to know. also think you might be well placed if you spoke to an expert on the matter, as i understand them they have a very long tap root and most large plants taken from the wild end up dead anyway. i was told by a native nursery person that to take them from the wild you need to take up to one meter out of the soil around each plant the reason these plants create their own micorzoria or whatever so they need to be replanted into their original soil to stand a chance. i'm sure you'll find a local expert somewhere. the sounds of progress. len |
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