Young Trachycarpus help

[Jon C]

Hi everyone, so this is my first post here after being accepted as a member (thanks!).   I live in mid-France, a couple of hours north of Toulouse.

I have 2 adult Trachys (see photos) from which I took some seeds around 2 years ago and have grown around 100-150 baby Trachys from.  The majority are still currently in pots (again see photos) and others I planted to see how they'd fare through winter (although I suspected it might be a little too soon for them, but they're still alive albeit a little more yellow than their siblings). I'm a little concerned at the condition of their leaves, as you'll see from the photos not only have some died off completely, others have become brown at the tip.

After perusing a few topics on this issue, I'm wondering if I'm over watering, under watering, are they not happy to be in the pots and are yearning to be planted in the ground?  I know it's always a bit tricky but I'm concerned that I may end up losing them after 2 years of nurturing!

I gave one of my friends a couple of my Trachys as a gift, and hers have grown incredibly well - but she keeps them in her conservatory and they're obviously super happy to be there as they are around TWICE the size (at least) of mine (yes, I am totally jealous!).

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!  

Thanks.  Jon

[Jon C]

A little bump, any advice most welcome plus tips and tricks?  Thanks!

[Chester B]

The ones that have the tips that are all brown did that because they did not get enough water over winter.  As well any plant in a pot is less hardy because the pots will get colder than the ground will in winter, and even potentially freeze depending on your climate.  I think the pots heat up and cool down and have much wider temperature swings than the ground does so this affects the palms somewhat negatively.  If you put them in the ground at a small size they are still very hardy and will have more stable conditions.

[Jon C]

On 5/20/2021 at 6:45 PM, Chester B said:

The ones that have the tips that are all brown did that because they did not get enough water over winter.  As well any plant in a pot is less hardy because the pots will get colder than the ground will in winter, and even potentially freeze depending on your climate.  I think the pots heat up and cool down and have much wider temperature swings than the ground does so this affects the palms somewhat negatively.  If you put them in the ground at a small size they are still very hardy and will have more stable conditions.

Thanks Chester, so ideally they all would  be better off if I put them in the ground...I had only put a few in the ground as I was worried that it might have been a little too soon for them, as they were still quite young