Potted palms tipped over...stupid wind!

[jfrye01@live.com]

So anyway, I moved my two 15 gallon palms outside and placed them in the yard where they could have some sun yesterday. As the temps weren't supposed to fall below 40F last night, I left them out all night...anyways, this morning, I looked outside at my palms...and they weren't there!! So, of course, some panic ensued...turns out, the damn wind had come up in the middle of the night, tipped over both the Trachy and the Pindo, and they had rolled 50 feet or so...However, they have no broken fronds or other visible damage, I'm just afraid they suffered some damage that I can't see, such as broken roots...if that's the case, anything I can do?

[Hammer]

Nothing you can do. They should be ok. Juat make sure you replace any of the dirt lost during their travels last night.

If you really want, you could use some rooting hormone or Super Thrive to stimulate root growth. But honestly I highly doubt you will have any issues.

[Cindy Adair]

I think your plants will be fine as mine survived many times before I sunk the pots.

One year I asked and received "digging holes" as my birthday present. My husband dug holes approximating the size of all the large potted tropicals I lug back and forth between my warm and wind protected greenhouse and their summer vacation spots outside.

I put the same size pot filled with potting soil in the hole as a place holder and of course used the spots to grow bulbs, vegetables and cold hardy flowers that I enjoy when the tropical are inside. I do have a trellis with benches that have sides to minimize wind's effects on smaller plants, but nothing ever blows over my pots in the ground and they look great there too. I can use the "place holder pots" for summer vegetables or just stack them under our outside potting bench for the summer.

[jfrye01@live.com]

Alright, thanks for the replies:) Maybe I just worry too much;) These guys have less than a month before they go in the ground, so I don't think it's worth going to the trouble of sinking the pots in the ground...however, I will keep that in mind for the coconut I hope to grow soon;) For now, my two palms are on the back patio, soaking in some sun and staying protected from the Kansas wind! >.<