My pygmy date palm are dying fast

[Ray22]

I planted my 2 pygmy palms about 2 weeks ago. Water them once let them sit for a couple of days, rewater them has, fresh soil citrus soil all around. What can I do to bring my palms back to life. It's 115f outside they get 6 hours of sun and the rest shade and my sunscrape canna are dying too

[3 Milesfrom Gulf of Mexico]

Mulch. mulch and then add more mulch.  Then water and  water a lot.  Those little date palms are water hogs.  

[Harry’s Palms]

Those are pretty young palms for that kind of heat , actually most palms would suffer. The only hope is mulch for the soil and water. I would also build some kind of shade cloth structure to keep any direct sun from further burning the poor things. Hopefully they will recover . Harry

[Silas_Sancona]

Water, Water,  Water,  Deep soak 2-3X's a week. Apply  NO fertilizer anything  right now.  ..June / July is a tough time period for planting anything.. Add some mulch, as recommended above also..

Pygmys can handle heat ( Grown by the dozens here, even in full sun ) but only after establishing themselves.

Keep the Canna watered as well. They'll snap out of their adjustment period pretty quickly.  Several neighbors grow them in all day full sun here w/ out issue.

 

[Jim in Los Altos]

When you planted the Pygmy date palms, did you fiddle at all with the roots or were you very careful not to disturb them? 

[PalmsInBaltimore]

your soil is so dry it's cracking. If these were planted recently, they need even more water than they normally would, the cannas especially. It's 20 degrees cooler where I live and 60-80% humidity and the canna lillies around here are all still very thirsty. my pygmy date is in a container so it needs watering more frequently than if it were in the ground, but I give it at least a half gallon of water EVERY morning (unless there is rain in the forecast for that day) because it's in very quick draining soil and sitting in the sun all day 

[Allen]

Were they sun acclimated?  If not build a shade structure and open up holes in it over several weeks.

[Las Palmas Norte]

That's some pretty rough looking "soil".

[Silas_Sancona]

3 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

That's some pretty rough looking "soil".

You should see ours.. ...And yet,  they love it..

[Patrick]

17 hours ago, Ray22 said:

I planted my 2 pygmy palms about 2 weeks ago. Water them once let them sit for a couple of days, rewater them has, fresh soil citrus soil all around. What can I do to bring my palms back to life. It's 115f outside they get 6 hours of sun and the rest shade and my sunscrape canna are dying too

Super hot and dry conditions, and not enough water. Don't let them sit in El Centro climate for a couple days without water in the middle of summer; especially when they are freshly planted. The first picture looks pretty dried out and stressed. The second picture looks salvageable.

[MJSanDiego]

One should probably not be planting or even really growing that type of palm at 115 degrees. Take a Queen Palm for example. Sygarus Romanzoffiana. One of my favorite palms of all the thousands of species believe it or not. But only if planted in the proper zone (10a 10b, 11 only) and not many days above 86 degrees, or it will suffer and not be all it should be. And lots of water. They are not as drought tolerant as they say. They need lots if water to be lush and graceful. People plants Queens where they should not be planted. Time to start over with the Phoenix Robellini. Plant in March. But no pygmy or any palm really likes 115 degrees. They are not desert plants. Although a Mexican Fan Palm would be ok at 115. But a Queen in 115 means it will eventually suffer and croak. It's not just the cold hardiness zone that you have to look at but also your heat zone, i.e. how many days a year do you get above 85 degrees AND your humidity levels. Many palms are native to rain forest and other mild climates where temps only hover max range 60 to 85 year round