windmill palm problem

[palm789]

Hi im confused about my windmill palm,its going from a deep green to a light green/yellow, the leaf segments on the fronds are closed on newer leaves but open on older leaves.some tips are browning

it was planted march 2021 just after builders rotavated clay soil with sand and they planted it with grit in bottom of hole and a bit of compost with clay.

since this is a hew build home the garden throughout winter got waterlogged and lawn is in process of drying out.

it is growing as flower pods coming out the trunk.

what could be the cause of this? please help as im on the verge of digging it up and binning it.thanks

[palm789]

[Frond-friend42]

Looks like a very healthy palm ? Don't dig it up and throw it away, it's beautiful!

[palm789]

a few said it looks good but if it is then why are the frond segments closed in half is beyond me

[Allen]

Looks pretty good to me.  If temps are over 15C then get some palm fertilizer on it.  Trachy are ok in wet but not standing water soil.  It probably is not fully established and palms going thru winter experience some dieback of older fronds.  

[PalmatierMeg]

It looks good to me so why destroy a perfectly good palm? You are coming out of winter when palms never look their best. Give spring a chance to jump start growth again and don’t expect perfection. I may not be able to grow them but I know Trachies are tough palms.

[Chester B]

If you’re thinking of throwing this out than Trachycarpus aren’t for you. Your palm looks totally normal. They yellow over winter regularly, some thinks it’s from the nutrients getting leached out. They also get brown tips and floppy fronds - it’s the nature of the beast. I have ones that are far more yellow than yours. Come spring with warmer soil temps and a little fertilizer they’ll green up real nice. However some are just naturally a lush green and some are paler, there is  natural variation amongst them. 
 

[palm789]

its the frond leaf segments are folded lengthwise that concerns me not the drooping

[UK_Palms]

Your Trachy looks fine and totally healthy, unlike my Nova that is already drought stressed. The leaflets are folding up and the fronds are losing vigour. The soil is bone dry down to 2 inches there with what seems to be a non-existent water table. Anyway I watered it heavily yesterday, so hopefully that helps as we are entering the dry period now. It looks a bit better today after I gave it a soaking. 

[palm789]

gave it a soak yesterday for 30mins with hospipe dripping slow im not sure if that is enough

[UK_Palms]

30 minutes ago, palm789 said:

gave it a soak yesterday for 30mins with hospipe dripping slow im not sure if that is enough

You’re in the UK as well I see. Any idea how much rainfall you have had since the autumn? I’ve only had 6.2 inches over the past 6 months here, but you are in Wales which is obviously a lot wetter than southeast England. You shouldn’t have to worry about watering a Trachy where you are really, at least not outside of summer. The issue here where I am is the low water table in general in southeast England combined with a number of ‘dry’ months that we have experienced. November and January only had 0.1 inches of rainfall here. 

[palm789]

31 minutes ago, UK_Palms said:

You’re in the UK as well I see. Any idea how much rainfall you have had since the autumn? I’ve only had 6.2 inches over the past 6 months here, but you are in Wales which is obviously a lot wetter than southeast England. You shouldn’t have to worry about watering a Trachy where you are really, at least not outside of summer. The issue here where I am is the low water table in general in southeast England combined with a number of ‘dry’ months that we have experienced. November and January only had 0.1 inches of rainfall here. 

last 3 months about 7.5 inch altogether