BuJubaea unhealthy fronds

[LivistonaFan]

I bought this ButiaXJubaea F1 about two months ago online. I knew that it had extremely stretched fronds (there were some more, I did cut many of them in the last weeks), but considering the price tag and size of the plant, I ordered it nevertheless. First, I repotted it (though there were just few but relatively healthy roots) and after two weeks in part shade, I then put it in full sun.  But instead of making more compact, darker green fronds, the new ones look even worse than the old ones.

 

Do you think it was too long in a very shady position and needs some time to regenerate or is there another problem?

 

Sry for the bad quality of the photos

Edited September 10, 2019 by LivistonaFan
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[RJ]

That soil looks pretty wet.  Both parents don't tend to like a lot of soil moisture. 

[LivistonaFan]

27 minutes ago, RJ said:

That soil looks pretty wet.  Both parents don't tend to like a lot of soil moisture. 

yeah, the soil surely does look wet in the picture. That could be partly because I took the photo about 20 minutes after more than 10 hours of consistent rain. If it's the case that this palm needs a different soil than Butia Eriospatha and Jubaea Chilensis, which I cultivated more or less successfully in pots, that would be very interesting. But indeed the soil isn't as good draining yet because the roots haven't filled the pot, so I probably should further increase the drainage.

[RJ]

From what I have read about B. Erio (and I have a few as well) they are from the coldest wettest part of Brazil where Butia grow. Jubaea is from a pretty arid climate (think Mediterranean), hence why it does so well in CA.  

 

Regardless, it's pretty hard to have too much drainage and pretty easy to not have enough 

 

 

[Chester B]

I'd be surprised if it made it, it looks pretty bad.  It might've got cooked in transport, I had the same thing happen with a Kentia I ordered, it showed up yellow and has continued downhill.  I would've kept it out of full sun as you can tell it's stressed.  I'd keep it in partial sun and avoid hot afternoon sun and try not too baby it too much and keep your fingers crossed.

[Fusca]

I recently had an in-ground Butia odorata put up yellowish new growth over about a 6-month period.  Pretty sure it was due to the alkaline soil - I dug it out and put it into a container and 2 months later it looks great again.  Unfortunately this palm doesn't look as healthy as mine did so it might be a combination of issues with the soil.  Both parents in this hybrid like full sun.

[Chris Chance]

Definitely would be a good idea to shade it a bit for a while. It looks stressed and also probably wouldn't hurt to give it a peroxide treatment. 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Yikes...