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Canary Leaf Opening

ahosey01

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Wondering if it is normal for my canary palm to open its leaves very slow.  I don't know much about palms yet.

This was taken Saturday morning:

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And this was taken about 10 minutes ago:

 

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That leaf that is opening pretty much looks the same in both pictures.  Is that normal?  When my Phoenix dactylifera opens a new leaf, it takes about 4 days from the first sign of opening until it is fully opened.

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This is normal. I noticed they tend to do this especially after planting. Was it recently planted? It might be focusing on putting roots out. I find it normal for them to 'stale', but once it gets going there's no stopping it!

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Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b

Elevation; about 3600 ft.

Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106

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Yes sir, it was probably planted about three weeks ago.  This would make sense.  I didn't disturb the root ball - just dropped the box it was planted in into the ground, ripped the sides off, massaged the dirt a little and backfilled with the native soil.  It's a silty type of soil with some clay composition but drains well.

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 Seems like your soils similar to mine. I bet it'll start thriving soon! 

I planted my canary last year. It was in a 24" box, pretty big & heavy. Anyways I disturbed the roots quite a bit. I struggled alot since I did it by myself & it hasn't grown in a year! Its still green though. I got back from work yesterday & I think it has actually started to grow! I'm going to mark it make sure. If I know anything about canary's is that they sure know how to throw a tantrum when their roots are disturbed :rant:

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Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b

Elevation; about 3600 ft.

Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106

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On 7/14/2020 at 11:21 PM, James760 said:

 Seems like your soils similar to mine. I bet it'll start thriving soon! 

I planted my canary last year. It was in a 24" box, pretty big & heavy. Anyways I disturbed the roots quite a bit. I struggled alot since I did it by myself & it hasn't grown in a year! Its still green though. I got back from work yesterday & I think it has actually started to grow! I'm going to mark it make sure. If I know anything about canary's is that they sure know how to throw a tantrum when their roots are disturbed :rant:

Update to this... The CIDP un-paused its growth, opened a frond and is now opening another, all in about a week.

 

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That's great news! :greenthumb:

Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b

Elevation; about 3600 ft.

Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106

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Update to this.  It didn’t really stop growing all winter.  We’ve been in the upper 70s - low 80s on and off for a week or two now.  Opened a whole new frond in that time.  Fastest palm I have so far and it’s not even close.

 

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1 hour ago, ahosey01 said:

Update to this.  It didn’t really stop growing all winter.  We’ve been in the upper 70s - low 80s on and off for a week or two now.  Opened a whole new frond in that time.  Fastest palm I have so far and it’s not even close.

 

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For reference, this is the same palm 6 months ago:

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