Trying to save another Phoenix canariensis

[reggieroo]

I was out shopping in the local supermarket today & they had some sale plants, one was a very unhappy looking CIDP.

It was actually reduced to £1 from £10 as it hasn't been looked after at all so I thought I'd try & save it. The leaves are dry & crispy & the soil was dry as a bone.

Whats the best thing I can do to give it a chance, all I've done so far is give it plenty of water. I bought another damaged CIDP a few weeks back, cut off the damaged leaves & transplanted it into a larger pot as it was severely pot bound but that has not done very well with the leaves going yellow. I want to make sure this one has the best chance of survival.

Edited June 6, 2009 by reggieroo

[iamjv]

Hard to say what is wrong with it without a picture to reference... transplanting into a larger pot with new good soil will help, keep it watered and give it some heat to promote growth. Good luck. Jv

[reggieroo]

I've just gave it some water for now as I was unsure if I should disturb it just yet.

[John Case]

Don't trim anything off. Let it be. Keep it watered properly now and make sure it gets sun. CIDP are desert plants and love the warmth. The dead leaves will fall off soon enought on their own. Survivabily is most important now. Attractiveness will come once its saved. If its warm, top dress the soil with a mulch that will hold some moisture.

BTW, photos are always helpful.

Good luck!

[reggieroo]

Well I've took some pics & also some of the other one I tried to save but he's not looking so good. I checked the spear & it has some sort of fungi or something like that & a Trachycarpus Fortunei I also bought damaged had the same & the spear pulled right out & has gone rotten.

Can't seem to load pics at the moment, will have to resize.

[garrin]

Well I've took some pics & also some of the other one I tried to save but he's not looking so good. I checked the spear & it has some sort of fungi or something like that & a Trachycarpus Fortunei I also bought damaged had the same & the spear pulled right out & has gone rotten.

Can't seem to load pics at the moment, will have to resize.

Even after the spear has pulled out don't give up for a while! CIDP's seem to be pretty rugged individuals, and survive a lot of bad and hopeless looking situations. I would immediately pour some copper fungicide, wettable sulfur, ar a bit of diluted systemic fungicide into where the spear pulled out. Then give plenty of heat and be patient for a while. When I was first putting my landscape plants onto my Hawai'i property I planted three Caryota gigas in different locations, one of which I found later was in nothing more than a thin humus layer over solid lava rock, and it went into a rapid state of decline. I dug it out, potted it up and (much too soon) moved it then into a new in-ground location when a little bit of new growth was evident. Nothing happened but another rapid decline until it was totally brown and the center spear pulled out. There were other plants around it and it hardly showed its presence by then so I just left it to rot away. TWO YEARS later, a tiny contorted bit of green pushed out of the center hole. This was followed in short order by a bit larger growth, and within 18 months the palm had caught up to the two others I had originally planted at the same time. Quite an example of plant persistance and recoverability!

Good luck, Garrin

[reggieroo]

I managed to get some pics uploaded of the sorry looking CIDP's.

The one I bought the other day

The one I bought last month

[reggieroo]

Well I've took some pics & also some of the other one I tried to save but he's not looking so good. I checked the spear & it has some sort of fungi or something like that & a Trachycarpus Fortunei I also bought damaged had the same & the spear pulled right out & has gone rotten.

Can't seem to load pics at the moment, will have to resize.

Even after the spear has pulled out don't give up for a while! CIDP's seem to be pretty rugged individuals, and survive a lot of bad and hopeless looking situations. I would immediately pour some copper fungicide, wettable sulfur, ar a bit of diluted systemic fungicide into where the spear pulled out. Then give plenty of heat and be patient for a while. When I was first putting my landscape plants onto my Hawai'i property I planted three Caryota gigas in different locations, one of which I found later was in nothing more than a thin humus layer over solid lava rock, and it went into a rapid state of decline. I dug it out, potted it up and (much too soon) moved it then into a new in-ground location when a little bit of new growth was evident. Nothing happened but another rapid decline until it was totally brown and the center spear pulled out. There were other plants around it and it hardly showed its presence by then so I just left it to rot away. TWO YEARS later, a tiny contorted bit of green pushed out of the center hole. This was followed in short order by a bit larger growth, and within 18 months the palm had caught up to the two others I had originally planted at the same time. Quite an example of plant persistance and recoverability!

Good luck, Garrin

I don't have any fungicide handy at the moment, is there any thing else I can use until I can get some? Something household maybe?

[Kris]

Any updates & new visuals...?