Is this windmill palm alive?

[palmofmyhand]

This small windmill was planted 11 months ago and was doing fine until it had a spear pull a couple months after planting. It only has one mostly alive frond but has not produced any new fronds since the pull. Surprisingly this one frond has stayed intact for quite some time. Do you guys think it is dead, when I pulled on the trunk it feels more firm in the ground than it did when the spear pulled, as if it dug its roots deeper since then. My 1 year warranty will be expiring soon on it and was wondering if I should file a claim to get it replaced or if there is hope it will grow back.

[PAPalmtrees]

2 minutes ago, palmofmyhand said:

This small windmill was planted 11 months ago and was doing fine until it had a spear pull a couple months after planting. It only has one mostly alive frond but has not produced any new fronds since the pull. Surprisingly this one frond has stayed intact for quite some time. Do you guys think it is dead, when I pulled on the trunk it feels more firm in the ground than it did when the spear pulled, as if it dug its roots deeper since then. My 1 year warranty will be expiring soon on it and was wondering if I should file a claim to get it replaced or if there is hope it will grow back.

I think it would be better to get a new one.It looks very dead. but only time will tell , have you put hydrogen peroxide down the spear

[Las Palmas Norte]

I find it difficult to imagine a guarantee on plants when a living thing can be subject to countless events, weather or human related.

Get your refund or exchange while you can.

[palmofmyhand]

31 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I find it difficult to imagine a guarantee on plants when a living thing can be subject to countless events, weather or human related.

Get your refund or exchange while you can.

yea it was from Fast Growing Trees, recently they changed their policy and stopped offering a 1 year guarantee. When my Sylvestris palms died from freeze damage I got full credit because they advertised them to be cold hardy to zone 8, even though they didn’t make it. I deserved that credit back for those, I did everything right with them but they didn’t survive the natural weather of the climate. But yes unfortunately they realized it is probably a mistake to offer that guarantee and changed it to a shorter term one.

[SeanK]

I'm near Atlanta. I've never lost one in March or later. When they spear pull over the winter, they send up a new one by June. If yours did this in warmer weather and didn't recover last year, I'd exercise the warranty ASAP.

[palmofmyhand]

5 hours ago, PAPalmtrees said:

I think it would be better to get a new one.It looks very dead. but only time will tell , have you put hydrogen peroxide down the spear

I did do hydrogen peroxide when it first pulled and it did fizz