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Mule palm roots/trunk under water after heavy rain

Estlander
Estlander
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Hi. I’m on the FL panhandle and we get some heavy rains lasting 2 days straight sometimes. Experiencing one now as we speak actually. 

The side of the house that I recently planted a Mule palm at is quite a bit lower and is now under about 5 inches of water. 

Can Mule palms take an occasional flooding lasting for couple of days or should i replant it to a higher ground pronto?

The soil here is sandy, so should drain quickly once the rain stops.

Thanks

 

PS: The browning of the fronds is not from too much water. These are older fronds and were already like this prior to planting.

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Edited by Estlander

Considering that many palms survive saltwater inundation during tropical cyclones / hurricanes id hedge a bet that it should be fine once the rain subsides and the waters recede.   Florida is fairly flat and I see palms under water at times fairly regularly when we get heavy rains and they seem to be just fine.   Perhaps someone here knows better than I though.  Good luck and welcome to PalmTalk! 

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Thanks DCA. Hoping that’s true. 

Also have a Pindo, Livistona Chinesis and Washingtonia Robusta under water now. And the rain just keeps on coming and coming and coming........ :(

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