TRACHYCARPUS FORTUNEI NOT HAPPY

[JBa3Fan]

Here you can see I filled the walkway with #58 gravel for drainage

[JBa3Fan]

Here on the left you can see the other windmill palm  on the left side. It is planted in its 15 gal pot in about  30 inches of fill dirt. I am preaty sure  it is draining good  there.    Tomorrow I am going to  pick  the  palm closer  to the house up and place a brick or 2 in the hole and add more mulch (leaves not hardwood)

Bobby I am soooo sorry for you troubles with your palm, but I am glad I see what has gone wrong with yours so I can save my own.

[BobbyinNY]

I'm sure you can't wait for your  camera Zak , Bobby I too purchased a Trach. Fort. from Sean in York,SC .  I have had a very wet fall this yr here and although I have kept my palms in their 15 gal pots  they are  in the ground . I have noticed the palm closer to the house  has started  to lose the green to the lower leafs. I  thought that was because of the  16.2f  temp  we went down to  a couple weeks ago. The  palm farther  away from the house is  looking fine, all the leaves are still a nice dark green. I have checked the soil around both of these palms and  the one  closer  to the house is defiantly  more moist. This palm closer to the house is in a sorta raised bed  as theses pics will show

Jba...

Yours looks excellent.... Nice spot for it too - really showcases it.. 16f WOW... where are you located? we haven't gotten that cold here.. I'm sure yours will be fine... I'm convinced I kept it TOO warm - these palms are meant for temperate climates and I kept mine in a semi-tropical environment. I'm gonna get another one and just plant it right against my house on the south-facing wall and leave it there unprotected...

Btw, I'm a huge fan of the Pot-planting idea... I did this with a banana tree that grew to 16ft in my yard.

[Zac in NC]

(Exotic Life @ Dec. 22 2006,16:47)

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(Zac in NC @ Dec. 22 2006,16:05)

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Yeah a foot of trunk growth is about normal for the SE US. Actually I have heard of 1.5 feet, which would be about 45 cms. I'll post pics of mine in a few more days, since I have to wait til Monday to get my first digicam. This wait is killing me.

Zac

Wow 45 cm/1.5 feet is very much ... i don't have heard that growth from people here ...

Monday is not so far anymore ... try to germinate some palms and the day's are flying over

Robbin

Robbin- I wouldn't have believed it had I not seen some friends of mine's Trachies growing that much. I know, Monday is just a day or 2 away now and I can't wait. I have germinated seeds and yeah, I know how that waiting can be.

Zac

[Exotic Life]

And zac, do you have got your camera ?

Robbin

[Zac in NC]

Yes, I do. I have a few pics of my Trachycarpus. Let me go get them onto my photobucket account.

Zac

[Zac in NC]

Making its first appearance on the IPS Board, My Trachycarpus fortunei Greensboro. Also showing is my nice bronzed Washingtonia robusta in the background. I will protect it with a week or so, hence the GH frame.

Zac

[Exotic Life]

Nice trachycarpus zac ! But the bronze washingtonia is that because frost ?

[Zac in NC]

Robbin- Yeah, its because of frost. Thats what 17 F did to it.

Zac

[Exotic Life]

(Zac in NC @ Dec. 28 2006,10:40)

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Robbin- Yeah, its because of frost. Thats what 17 F did to it.

Zac

17F, that's lower then i have in 2 years ! Do you think he will surive after so much frost damage ?

Robbin

[Zac in NC]

Yeah it'll survive. It is still green in the spear and I plan to cover it before it gets much colder than that. That 17 crept up on me and I wasn't prepared. There is another Washy planted about a mile from here in a trailer park that has made it through 2 winters so far without protection. It doesn't return well though and is slow, so with me knowing more about palms, I think I can get better results.

Zac

[MattyB]

(Zac in NC @ Dec. 27 2006,14:54)

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Making its first appearance on the IPS Board, My Trachycarpus fortunei Greensboro. Also showing is my nice bronzed Washingtonia robusta in the background. I will protect it with a week or so, hence the GH frame.

Zac

Yeah Zac! :laugh:   Nice to see some pics from you.  Congrats on your camera!  Your Trachy looks great.....your Washy...not so much! :cool:

[Zac in NC]

Yeah I know the Washy doesn't look so good. Thanks, that is 3 years from a 1 gallon plant back in early 2003. It is as tall as I am now. When I can get someone to take a pic, I'll post it with me.

Zac

[Patrick]

Uh oh, this discussion has got me thinking about a T.nanus that I planted- around here we get a bit of water and it takes the area it's planted in a while to dry out, although it's a pretty well draining soil. In warmer weather it should be okay, but right now it's probably pretty wet. Should I think about moving it this spring??

[oppalm]

It would be wise to either move it or plant it higher in the spot its in right now.  I made plastic TeePees over my small Trachy Fortuneis to keep the water off the tree and away from the roots.   I'm a lot colder than you and I believe a cold/wet/frozen combo is deadly.   Happy New Year.

[Exotic Life]

(Zac in NC @ Dec. 28 2006,15:32)

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Yeah it'll survive. It is still green in the spear and I plan to cover it before it gets much colder than that. That 17 crept up on me and I wasn't prepared. There is another Washy planted about a mile from here in a trailer park that has made it through 2 winters so far without protection. It doesn't return well though and is slow, so with me knowing more about palms, I think I can get better results.

Zac

I'm suprised that your washingtonia survive this, but you have a lot of summer heat i think. That's the reason i think ?

I know my Washingtonia robusta, has lost al his leafes the first winter because i have a wrong protection. Only the speer was green, he recoverd so well in the summer ... and also this summer he stand and the same place with more grow then al the years. Fast growing palms, that are the !

Zac, do you have recieve my PM ?

Robbin

[Zac in NC]

Thanks to a tripod and a timer on the camera, I am appearing with my Trachycarpus. I am 5'9 ish tall.

Robbin- Yes, it is my summer heat I think. We do have high humidity and warm nights with abundant(usually) rain in the summer. I did recieve the PM but I haven't had a chance to respond.

Zac

[Exotic Life]

(Zac in NC @ Dec. 29 2006,15:18)

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Robbin- Yes, it is my summer heat I think. We do have high humidity and warm nights with abundant(usually) rain in the summer. I did recieve the PM but I haven't had a chance to respond.

Zac

Hi,

Ok, sorry that i ask, but like you know the last time it was strange with sending and recieve Pm's

[Zac in NC]

Yeah, I know. Its fine that you asked. It was weird that one time with sending and receiving those pms.

Zac

[Matt N- Dallas]

Good looking trachy Zac.  My trachy's hardly grew last summer due to our high heat and drought.

[Joe Crosby]

Hi all, 

I know I am over four years late on this one, but...

I bought a Trachy on a 2m trunk about three years ago, planted in My front garden good quality topsoil with some manure and compost, and it’s slowly lost its leaves to the point where only 2 or 3 remained. 
 

I pulled it out, and replaced it with another large one with a good head of leaves. It seems to have met with the same fate. 
 

The trachys in my back garden are doing very well. I’m presuming the differences there are bit more sheltered because I have fences in the back. 
 

Any advice on how I can bring the front one back to life please?