sabal minor in the wild pics

coltrane · Post by **coltrane** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:29 pm

Took these pics today just outside of town. Hope you enjoy.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:59 pm

Great pictures! I love wondering around in the woods looking for stuff when I'm down south.

Nice find.

Bill

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:08 am

Wow dude, if i was there my car would be full of them.... LOL

JackLord · Post by **JackLord** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:58 am

canadianplant wrote:Wow dude, if i was there my car would be full of them.... LOL

I must say I would be tempted to hit a nearby hardware store and buy a shovel.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:09 am

Dude your in a pretty northern area for these palms no? ID be collecting the seeds liek oprah at a skittles factory, or if your a simpsons fan, like marge and homer at the candy convention. ID look for soem passiflora and if your super lucky, some switchcane bamboo (arundinaria giganea the only known bamboo native to the US. Used to run all the way up the east to ohio and even into southern ontario now is only found sparsley in pockets at or near rivers).

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:40 am

Sabals(especially that size) don't transplant well.

Is this a natural stand,do you think?

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:42 am

I seen a few seedlings in a few pics

Sabals have crazy long tap roots, let alone the underground trunk..... i wonder how far down youd have to dig to get it out..

coltrane · Post by **coltrane** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:45 am

Jims right on the money about transplanting s. minor. I dug one up about two years ago and put it in my yard, I think its grown maybe an inch since then. Not worth it. Better off just collecting seeds, which I did. As far as I know its a natural stand. Its on both sides of the road, and Ive walked and walked
and havent found where it stops. There are naturally occuring stands that I know of that are farther north than here. Parts of south Oklahoma, parts of
Arkansas etc.

Canadianplant, the native bamboo you refered to is very common here. Lots of timber bamboo to.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:14 pm

Great photos. The more I learn about Sabal minor the more I like them.
I'm growing some from seed I collected a year ago in north Texas. Putting out a 4th strap leaf now, which is not too bad.
As I said on another thread last week, I dug some from a garden bed north of Tulsa (solid zone 6b) where they had gone weedy despite no protection at all. The roots on those were amazing! I planted them quickly, but I'm already seeing signs of transplant shock.
I'll try to get down to see the famous McCurtain County Oklahoma Sabal minor later this year. --Erik

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:43 pm

canadianplant wrote:I seen a few seedlings in a few pics

Sabals have crazy long tap roots, let alone the underground trunk..... i wonder how far down youd have to dig to get it out..

I hear ya-beotch,you shouldn't need to dig more than 3' for a small plant

JackLord · Post by **JackLord** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:25 pm

I remember a family trip to Florida when we stopped in Georgia for the night. I tried to dig up Saw Palmetto growing behind the motel with a kids' beach shovel. I did not get very far.

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:38 pm

That's funny!! I did the same thing with a beach shovel in Myrtle Beach!!!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:54 pm

You guys are awsome......... LOL Your what me n my buddy call plant W ( w = a wh word that rymes with door LOL), in other words, youd do anything to get some plants. Dont worry, im right there with you, and im sure most of us on here are

coltrane · Post by **coltrane** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:16 pm

I tried to dig up Saw Palmetto growing behind the motel with a kids' beach shovel

Thats a classic freakin' line right there dude. That needs to be on a t-shirt.

Jubaea · Post by **Jubaea** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:21 pm

I like the pics from the wild. Thanks for posting. I'd be too tempted to dig up a few if I saw those growing.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:18 pm

Tempting, yes, but probably futile.
The ones I dug from a friends' garden last month are suffering major transplant shock now. The seedlings with one strap leaf are all OK, but the older ones are looking bad. I expect only one will make it. Much as this cheap-skate hates to say it, it pays to buy container palms. Or grow them from seed ( have a bunch of Sabal from last year....)
--Erik

coltrane · Post by **coltrane** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:57 pm

Erik, I completly agree when it comes to s. minors. I learned the hard way.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:09 am

When digging up any sabal from the wild they really need to be almost hurricane cut to ease the shock. It can be done but you also need to be very careful digging. One nip on the growth bud under ground and your finished.

Bill