Growing palm trees to sell.

[froghunter]

I have a place that I need to make useful. It may be a good area to grow palm trees or something similar. Is there a market for such things? I like the idea because it's somewhat hands off. Anyone have helpful info?

[LFD2037]

Palm trees are big money. I'm not sure how difficult they are to grow.

[froghunter]

Yeah they are big money and according to google not too terribly hard to grow. I'm just not sure how to get them out of the ground.

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I'm just not sure how to get them out of the ground.

same way you picked up that beast in your avatar

[RMW]

Easiest way

[LFD2037]

There's a hydraulic spade that used to extract trees for relocation that pulls the root ball and all. Expensive but works well w/almost zero manual labor.

Here's one type.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCxT-8hz_-0

[MadHatter]

High dollar on the coast, especially certain ones. They price them by the foot if I'm not mistaken. Slower they grow, the more they cost.

[KNEE DEEP]

Lots of palm tree farms on the coast where I live. Don't know how much they cost but I see lots of farms growing them. Where's your property?

[Sackett]

I buy trees and Palms from wholesalers/growers quite a bit. I can tell you it's a ton of upfront cost and it will be 5-7 years before you could even turn a profit. You would most likely grow them in containers and need to set up a support system and irrigation, including emitters and a weed-free pad to build everything on.

[jmoore2006]

Bought 6 decent sized tree's from palms of paradise in winnie. Hand dug around them with sharp shooters and strapped and pulled up with a extend a boom forklift. Covered the root ball in a toll sack and layed on my trailer. We supported the live end with a saw horse so the top of the tree wasn't being damaged. Back then it was about 12k worth of tree's. So I would say it would be a really good investment if you have time. And I ask the guy about replacing what is sold and he is growing cuttings or seeds from his existing stock.


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[Winman]

I have a place that I need to make useful. It may be a good area to grow palm trees or something similar. Is there a market for such things? I like the idea because it's somewhat hands off. Anyone have helpful info?

Put in a Christmas tree farm. It will be quite a few years before you harvest tho.

[froghunter]

I'm ok with the wait. Here is another angle I'm looking at but need to research more. If I had a tree farm in south Texas then that might be a tax write off reason for each trip down.