Ravenea xerophila has fallen

[Coasta]

Hello! Due to some high winds my ravenea xerophila has fallen. I put some bricks to support it, but is there anything else I should do like cut off all leaves? Will it survive. 

[96720]

I would probably put in a stake and tie it in quite a few places our high winds are just beginning 2 more months!!

[Coasta]

Thank you, do you think that it will survive. The growing point is what collapsed. @96720

[96720]

It doesn’t look good if the spear is broken but I am one that is slow to give up!!

[Patrick]

I saw the image of it leaning and I thought "it's dead", sorry for the doom and gloom

 

It's tough sometimes to get these palm babies to get established (Dypsis decipiens, anyone?). But once they do the end result is very rewarding. Sorry this one is having a tough go.

[Tracy]

1 minute ago, Patrick said:

I saw the image of it leaning and I thought "it's dead", sorry for the doom and gloom

 

It's tough sometimes to get these palm babies to get established (Dypsis decipiens, anyone?). But once they do the end result is very rewarding. Sorry this one is having a tough go.

My experience with this species was that it was the slowest growing palm by a long shot compared to anything else I have grown.  Unfortunately trauma or setbacks are difficult for an extremely slow plant to recover from.  I would monitor it but not with high hope or expectation.   Meanwhile,  I would be looking for a replacement.   Since Ravenea are male or female plants, having another if you are so lucky that the original plant survives,  will create a possibility of having one of each sex.

I tried this species twice and both times lost them to skunks digging for grubs near their heel and roots.   The trauma was too much, followed by a slow demise.

[Johnny Palmseed]

1 minute ago, Patrick said:

I saw the image of it leaning and I thought "it's dead", sorry for the doom and gloom

 

It's tough sometimes to get these palm babies to get established (Dypsis decipiens, anyone?). But once they do the end result is very rewarding. Sorry this one is having a tough go.

I would agree with this observation. It’s difficult to tell but it looks like it ripped off just above the ground level. Depending on the amount of root loss, it may be possible to re-root it but it will take a long time. I was able to re-root a young Pseudophoenix that was damaged in a similar manner. If I remember correctly, there were only 2 or 3 roots remaining intact. I dug out the torn roots and staked it up. It was able to regrow the area that was damaged.

[Patrick]

4 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Since Ravenea are male or female plants, having another if you are so lucky that the original plant survives,  will create a possibility of having one of each sex.

 

Buy 4 or 5, you can never have enough backups, or backups of backups, or backups of backups of.... oh you get it...

 

If they're that slow (and I have no experience with these), it's going to take a long time to recover so it may not be worth it to wait. I had a juvenile mule palm where the spear pulled after the 07 freeze. I left it, with that gaping hole in the crown, and like 2 or 3 years later it resprouted out the side and is a really nice big palm today. Patience...

[aztropic]

Yikes! It appears to have torn away from the heel,and probably is not saveable. In addition to the bricks holding it up,pound in a stake and tie the green directly to the stake to prevent any further movement. 

The wind here seems to be especially bad this year. I've had a relatively new car cover get shredded and a few green fronds snapped off my foxtail and royals,not to mention several plumeria branches pruned by God... If there was one thing I could change about our weather conditions here,it would be these extreme wind events that pop up out of nowhere during the monsoon season.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Coasta]

Thank you so much @Patrick @aztropic @Tracy. Here is an update photo. I did a slight tug on the broken part and it came out. Chances of it growing another growth point and how long do you think it will take to regrow. Should i pull it out and put it in a container or leave it. Also I'm glad I have a back up growing in a container, although smaller! 

[aztropic]

All you can do is keep watering what's left and hope that it continues to grow something. If nothing happens,replace it next spring.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Josue Diaz]

Bummer. Don't disturb it trying to pot it up. I'd leave it where it is and hope for the best. If the meristem is intact, it may continue to grow. 

[Coasta]

Thanks @aztropic and @Josue Diaz. I will leave it alone and see if it bounced back!

[Darold Petty]

Pour Hydrogen peroxide down the hole, every day for several days.

[richnorm]

Those things have massive tuberous roots which might store energy and therefore aid recovery.  looking bad but too soon to give up!  Good luck.