how to acclimate a palm to the sun?

[Brandon39.5]

Hey, I recently bought a foxtail palm that has been growing in a greenhouse all of it's life and I was wondering what should I do to acclimate it to full sun. I'm planning to plant it this week so I needed to be quite fast.

[SeanK]

Well, you can't acclimatize it "quite fast".

I would find a spot near the house that gets morning sun until 10:30, and place it there. Then after two weeks, move it so it gets sun until noon for two weeks.

After that it may be ok as the sun angle at peak is getting lower.

[Navarro]

Con el poco sol que estamos teniendo en el levante no debes de preocuparte , yo la plantaría ya en su ubicación definitiva y aprovechas las lluvias que estamos teniendo para que se establezca , las wodyetias son duras ,no creo ni que se queme un poco 

[PalmatierMeg]

What @SeanK said. Sun acclimation takes time. I don’t know a whole lot about your climate or the size of the palm you bought but you are heading into winter or what passes for winter where you are. Question: would it be better to wait until spring to plant?

[Brandon39.5]

  On 9/13/2023 at 5:22 PM, PalmatierMeg said:

What @SeanK said. Sun acclimation takes time. I don’t know a whole lot about your climate or the size of the palm you bought but you are heading into winter or what passes for winter where you are. Question: would it be better to wait until spring to plant?

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sure, I see what you guys are talking about I didn't know that it takes that much time, palmtree is like 5 feet tall, I agree that this is not the best moment to plant it but the pot where it is right now is way too small and it can't be much longer in there. if I see that it starts to burn I will put kind of shade sail with little holes in it.

Edited September 13, 2023 by Brandon39.5

[Brandon39.5]

  On 9/13/2023 at 5:01 PM, Navarro said:

Con el poco sol que estamos teniendo en el levante no debes de preocuparte , yo la plantaría ya en su ubicación definitiva y aprovechas las lluvias que estamos teniendo para que se establezca , las wodyetias son duras ,no creo ni que se queme un poco 

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entonces la plantare directamente, la wodyetia la compre de babypalms, las lluvias le van a ir genial ya que sigue haciendo calor pero con lluvia. gracias

[Patrick]

How cloudy is it in winter? 

 

The easy way I do it is to put it out in fall, our winters are a bit dark, and then the dappled clouds of spring allows the palm to acclimate nicely.

 

How big is it? Can you string up a very light shade cloth or something until winter and then remove it mid winter and let spring acclimate it?

[Brandon39.5]

  On 9/13/2023 at 10:09 PM, Patrick said:

How cloudy is it in winter? 

 

The easy way I do it is to put it out in fall, our winters are a bit dark, and then the dappled clouds of spring allows the palm to acclimate nicely.

 

How big is it? Can you string up a very light shade cloth or something until winter and then remove it mid winter and let spring acclimate it?

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Here we have about 300 days of sunshine throughout the year.  In winter, we have rainy days but mostly sunshine, when is the most cloudy is in fall. I'ts going to be warm until November. My plan is to keep the shade cloth until winter, and then it will acclimate correctly.  The shade cloth is not very big, it will still get some direct sun.

[happypalms]

  On 9/13/2023 at 3:23 PM, Brandon39.5 said:

Hey, I recently bought a foxtail palm that has been growing in a greenhouse all of it's life and I was wondering what should I do to acclimate it to full sun. I'm planning to plant it this week so I needed to be quite fast.

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Put in a bright shady corner for a couple of weeks but just remember a lot of palms sulk when planted in the ground after living in a greenhouse so don’t panic if you lose a couple leaves foxtail are a tough palm there a dime a dozen in my area 

[Brandon39.5]

  On 9/14/2023 at 8:29 AM, happypalms said:

Put in a bright shady corner for a couple of weeks but just remember a lot of palms sulk when planted in the ground after living in a greenhouse so don’t panic if you lose a couple leaves foxtail are a tough palm there a dime a dozen in my area 

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Thanks, I'm experienced with sad palms after transplant. Planted a royal in April, and it loos like i'ts dying now. So I will probably replace it with wodyetia or bismarckia.

[happypalms]

  On 9/14/2023 at 9:06 AM, Brandon39.5 said:

Thanks, I'm experienced with sad palms after transplant. Planted a royal in April, and it loos like i'ts dying now. So I will probably replace it with wodyetia or bismarckia.

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Your zone looks like a pretty good climate being 10a just remember to water in summer and back the water off in winter and replanting in the same hole were a plant has died in may give you more problems with the new plant depending as to what it died from in the first place soil pathogens and disease could pose a problem good luck 

[Brandon39.5]

It was a big mess... I bought the palm in January because in the garden center it looked incredible and quite cheap. I had it in the nursery pot until April and it was doing great. When I planted it, it started to get worse and worse. The plant didn't grow in the whole summer. In the end of summer It had spear jam And transplant shock. I don't think that it will be a problem to plant another in that same spot. If it had some root issues, I wouldn't plant it there.

[happypalms]

  On 9/14/2023 at 9:54 AM, Brandon39.5 said:

It was a big mess... I bought the palm in January because in the garden center it looked incredible and quite cheap. I had it in the nursery pot until April and it was doing great. When I planted it, it started to get worse and worse. The plant didn't grow in the whole summer. In the end of summer It had spear jam And transplant shock. I don't think that it will be a problem to plant another in that same spot. If it had some root issues, I wouldn't plant it there.

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Go for it not a lot to loose but a lot to gain