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We here at the John and Sancho East Mississippi Palm Conservatorium were recently gifted some relatively rare (at least around here) Trachies and we'd like to save them. 

There are 2 Princeps and 3 Waggie x Princeps hybrids - one of the hybrids looks great, one looks good, and the others - well, they kinda need some help and I'm not an expert. 

I gave all of these the "good" soil, very well draining. Everything gets watered once a week, I mist everything before I go to bed. It's warm in here, probably high 70s. Anyway - pics. 

 

Great looking hybridIMG_20250722_180835.thumb.jpg.0b18c186a20cc523d4b9684ca4f3671a.jpg

Good looking hybrid 

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And - the strugglers. The 2 in the misspelled Homeys bottles are the Princeps, and I gave the Y'all bottle to the other hybrid. IMG_20250722_180925.thumb.jpg.571dc4d5b23de5c2b66cd0a94b3aef24.jpgIMG_20250722_180948.thumb.jpg.b90871533da83387cae795dc010b6659.jpg

Transplant shock? Culture shock? Anyway it doesn't matter. Do these want more light? More water? They came from Nate in Kansas City - do I have to stop tweeting about how weird Patrick Mahomes giant helmet looks? Play some Taylor Swift? Denounce Memphis as the greatest BBQ city in America? 

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Light,water, time.  I don't think there's much to do other than that. When they start to get their legs back under them, maybe some gentle organic fertilizer after you see new growth 

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My thoughts(it looks like they are inside), is to put them outside in shade or under covering(patio).  

I bet they would like the (indirect) sunlight, diurnal temp swings, etc., and it may stimulate growth. 

And like what @N8ALLRIGHT says above, time,  and patience, fish emulsion. 

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I'm kinda scared to stick them outside as hot as it's been lately tbh. The one hybrid in particular looks kinda crispy already. i can always try to rig up a cat proof box and throw some other stuff in there - stagger it so the other stuff gets more sun than these. But it's hot here and we haven't even hit August yet. 

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Since they are inside, what kind of light are they getting?

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10 hours ago, Toddmin said:

Since they are inside, what kind of light are they getting?

Should be plenty. There's a high end GE grow bulb about 3 feet above them and there's also a really nice tube grow light maybe 2 feet away. It's not full sun or anything, but they're also close to east facing windows - but it's definitely not dark for them. I've been growing palms indoors for a while now. 

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