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Digging up large Sagos....

Post by vincentmolino » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:59 am



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Post by vincentmolino » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:04 am

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A Little Root Pruning
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Since my hoist is still at the original site I had to use my house to get Sago #1 off my truck
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about 5$ worth of scrap wood I threw together
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All I had was shells from my driveway
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Silt/sugar sand, i usually like to wash all the clay out of it but it was 10pm and was tired as hell
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Palm #2, Much easier/smaller.
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Loaded with all tools
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Post by hardyjim » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:14 am

WOW!


That was quite a job!

Well done!
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Post by TimMAz6 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:31 am

very nice find for FREE! Yea....that 2nd sago is real small! :lol:
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Post by vincentmolino » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:03 am

they are gonna be 2 ft higher in planters lol
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Post by seedscanada » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:04 pm

Unbelievable. Gotta showmy wife this.
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Post by TerdalFarm » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:14 pm

Love it!
Note to self: buy big truck.....

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Post by vincentmolino » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:07 am

I use to have a 95 f-450 with a powerstroke and 2001 gmc top kick to haul my t-300 bobcat but the economy claimed all those in 2007. Would like to get those things again little by little
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Post by vincentmolino » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:19 am

seemed to work well for the pyramids


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Post by hardyjim » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:00 am

They may have had an older model truck back then-only 1 horsepower :shock:
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Post by TerdalFarm » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:39 am

Economy bad here, too--lost the truck and farm. Have the 1 horsepower "truck" out in a pasture, though!
He never nibbled my sago palms, smart thing.
I'll have a diesel truck (Chevy k2500, '02) soon as my tax refund hits. Then I can haul some big plants! :lol:

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Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:27 am

Hey Vinny...Saw you on the bananas.org forum too. Your place is real nice. Love N'awlins....Love sagos too. I cut a hunk of offshoot last year on my large one. It is still alive but hasn't grown much...anyone know how long it takes for the "pups" to start to grow once they are cut from the mother plant?
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Post by vincentmolino » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:28 am

i grew up in Chatham, NJ, where are you?
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Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:00 am

vincentmolino wrote:i grew up in Chatham, NJ, where are you?
Audubon (close to Cherry Hill)
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Post by Jubaea » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:52 pm

sidpook wrote:Hey Vinny...Saw you on the bananas.org forum too. Your place is real nice. Love N'awlins....Love sagos too. I cut a hunk of offshoot last year on my large one. It is still alive but hasn't grown much...anyone know how long it takes for the "pups" to start to grow once they are cut from the mother plant?
I have had some that I rooted that took a year or so to finally flush out some new leaves. Do you know if it has rooted?

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Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:47 pm

Not sure if it has rooted, but the two small "leaves" it started with are large and green now, it looks likeit is alive but no real changes over the winter even in a sunny spot. When i cut it from the original plan i got a good 2 cm hunk of the original plant, at present the two "leaves" are about 4 inches each in ht.
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Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:51 pm

Great pics, Vinny...Was unable to view pics at work today. Nice pooch too!!!!
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Post by vincentmolino » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:39 am

washing the clay out of my sugar sand/silt
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final resting spot minus a few inches and leveling
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Post by sidpook » Thu May 03, 2012 3:56 am

Looks great. I'l stop by and check them out next trip down.
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Post by vincentmolino » Thu May 03, 2012 6:17 am

no problem, the only thing I ask is to bring some gooseberries in July, I miss them!, i tried to bring a bush on a plane and the summer here fried it.
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Post by sidpook » Thu May 03, 2012 6:26 am

vincentmolino wrote:no problem, the only thing I ask is to bring some gooseberries in July, I miss them!, i tried to bring a bush on a plane and the summer here fried it.
Right, I believe that. Every time I visit friends in CA they ask me to bring Scrapple...Yuck!!
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Post by lucky1 » Sat May 05, 2012 2:37 pm

Vinny, wow.
Gotta show H those pics ... our area is drier than a popcorn fart (oops sorry :oops: ), so it's really cool to see a house on stilts at water's edge :shock:

OK now the sagos....WHAT A SCORE!!!!!! :D :D :D

And what a huge job, love the improv hoist.
Nice carpentry job on those planters too...maybe put casters on 'em to tow behind your truck if you move again. :lol:

Mike, what's Scrapple?

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Post by sidpook » Sat May 05, 2012 4:41 pm

lucky1 wrote:Vinny, wow.
Gotta show H those pics ... our area is drier than a popcorn fart (oops sorry :oops: ), so it's really cool to see a house on stilts at water's edge :shock:

OK now the sagos....WHAT A SCORE!!!!!! :D :D :D

And what a huge job, love the improv hoist.
Nice carpentry job on those planters too...maybe put casters on 'em to tow behind your truck if you move again. :lol:

Mike, what's Scrapple?

Barb
Hey Barb, hope you are well. Scrapple is an east coast Pennsylvania Dutch "delicacy". Basically a greasy fried mush of pork scraps and pork ends and trimmings.... Too greasyfor me...

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Post by sidpook » Sat May 05, 2012 5:49 pm

Vinny,
Your weather stickr says slidell, , are you out by the train tracks that cross the lake??
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Post by lucky1 » Sat May 05, 2012 6:50 pm

Hey Barb, hope you are well. Scrapple is an east coast Pennsylvania Dutch "delicacy". Basically a greasy fried mush of pork scraps and pork ends and trimmings.... Too greasyfor me..
Hey Mike, yup, just a bum new computer :evil:

Sheesh, the way you describe scrapple...I'm opting for toast ... to soak up the fat. Yuk.

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Post by vincentmolino » Mon May 07, 2012 5:29 am

sidpook wrote:Vinny,
Your weather stickr says slidell, , are you out by the train tracks that cross the lake??
yup, well a mile away from that.....and a mile north on hwy 11 bridge, on a channel to the lake
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Post by sidpook » Mon May 07, 2012 7:34 am

vincentmolino wrote:
sidpook wrote:Vinny,
Your weather stickr says slidell, , are you out by the train tracks that cross the lake??
yup, well a mile away from that.....and a mile north on hwy 11 bridge, on a channel to the lake

Funny, I was at Michael's restaurant in Slidell recently, probably out that way.
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Post by vincentmolino » Mon May 07, 2012 7:36 am

what r u doing down here?
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Post by sidpook » Mon May 07, 2012 7:38 am

vincentmolino wrote:what r u doing down here?
We come down every spring, not there now, was there in MArch for St. Pats...still feeling it!!!!
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