Plant out or keep rehabbing?

[JohnAndSancho]

Rehab refugee, Waggie x Princeps. I dunno why I'm asking, I know what y'all are gonna tell me, but I'm asking anyway. 

 

Let it keep rehabbing in the Palm Condo™ or stick it in the hole in the yard I've already dug? It's sibling is already out there, and I lost the other 3 that travelled here with it. 

 

 

I think it was a little sunburned and dehydrated. It's gonna get some sun and some wind when the cold fronts start rolling in. 

[SeanK]

I'd baby it until next March.

[Las Palmas Norte]

Personally, I'd wait until it was a healthy 5 gallon size. 

[PalmatierMeg]

Don't plant any more palms until next spring after nights go above freezing. I'm feeling a little insecure about our winter prospects in SWFL. After a blistering summer we have already had a couple early "cool" fronts that have given use below normal temps (no killing frost) and vibes of the cool dry season almost a month early. Also, looks like a La Niña is forming. Sounds like a joke but I'm not laughing.

[JohnAndSancho]

15 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Don't plant any more palms until next spring after nights go above freezing. I'm feeling a little insecure about our winter prospects in SWFL. After a blistering summer we have already had a couple early "cool" fronts that have given use below normal temps (no killing frost) and vibes of the cool dry season almost a month early. Also, looks like a La Niña is forming. Sounds like a joke but I'm not laughing.

I guess it's a good thing I just invested in a giant heat mat and more grow lamps then. We're still having highs in the mid-high 80s but we're getting lows in the high 60s now, and it seems like seasons are a thing of the past. It just goes from really hot to really cold with no in-between. And no predictions are reliable anymore, either. It's like we have growing season and panic season. 

 

16 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Personally, I'd wait until it was a healthy 5 gallon size. 

 

I dunno if I've got the patience to wait that long. I mean, it seems like the consensus is I shouldn't plant it tomorrow but I don't wanna wait 3 years either. 

[Las Palmas Norte]

7 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I dunno if I've got the patience to wait that long. I mean, it seems like the consensus is I shouldn't plant it tomorrow but I don't wanna wait 3 years either. 

It appears you have your mind made up, which is what you should do. My reply was as stated, "Personally, I'd wait..." Best of luck.

[JohnAndSancho]

17 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

It appears you have your mind made up, which is what you should do. My reply was as stated, "Personally, I'd wait..." Best of luck.

Nononono I didn't mean it like that at all. Y'all are right about waiting, especially with this being a rehab project and having said that, you might have a point. It's not like it's all green and happy.