Trachy After a Heavy Blizzard

[Halsten]

Last night got hit by a heavy Blizzard, up to 2 feet of snow. Trachy looking great 👍 

[Kim]

Oof! Now that's a challenge.

[Mazat]

hope that she comes back, they tolerate quite a lot ... 

[Arecaceus]

2 hours ago, Halsten said:

"Trachy looking great 👍 "

... or does it? The leaves don't look that well.

How cold did it get? The snow might protect the meristem if it isn't too cold. I hope you know that small Trachys are not as hardy as big ones and that literature often overstates hardiness with these.

[Halsten]

14 hours ago, Arecaceus said:

... or does it? The leaves don't look that well.

How cold did it get? The snow might protect the meristem if it isn't too cold. I hope you know that small Trachys are not as hardy as big ones and that literature often overstates hardiness with these.

It got down to -5°C so nothing crazy, it will be +6°C for the rest of the week so he will warm up

[Arecaceus]

2 hours ago, Halsten said:

It got down to -5°C so nothing crazy, it will be +6°C for the rest of the week so he will warm up

It should be fine then if that's the lowest it has dropped. But why do the leaves look so bad?

[Halsten]

5 hours ago, Arecaceus said:

It should be fine then if that's the lowest it has dropped. But why do the leaves look so bad?

This is it now, looks better now that it started warming up. The fonds look a little beat up due to heavy wind storms in the end of summer and autumn with gusts of 70 mph winds

[SeanK]

Just don't dig it out if the spear pulls. Give it until July 1st.

[Arecaceus]

3 hours ago, Halsten said:

This is it now, looks better now that it started warming up. The fonds look a little beat up due to heavy wind storms in the end of summer and autumn with gusts of 70 mph winds

It doesn't look happy. Like sitting too wet or too dry. Or were the leaves looking like that already before you planted it out?

[Halsten]

1 hour ago, Arecaceus said:

It doesn't look happy. Like sitting too wet or too dry. Or were the leaves looking like that already before you planted it out?

leaves where greener before but the burning full sun of 17+ hours of sun a day made the leaves yellow during summer and the heavy finds made them look beat up

[Arecaceus]

18 minutes ago, Halsten said:

leaves where greener before but the burning full sun of 17+ hours of sun a day made the leaves yellow during summer and the heavy finds made them look beat up

If it gets through winter then I would fertilise it in spring and water it during droughts.

[Halsten]

How often should I water during dry hot periods, when planting I made a mistake of not watering it for next week during hot dry days which caused leafs to turn yellow/brownish

[Halsten]

14 hours ago, SeanK said:

Just don't dig it out if the spear pulls. Give it until July 1st.

Spear won't pull from this, the leaves have been yellow since summer due to burning sun and me not watering it enough during dry periods

[Las Palmas Norte]

On 1/12/2025 at 4:07 AM, Halsten said:

Trachy looking great 👍 

Ooooh. Not so much. Hopefully it'll settle in and establish itself in the coming spring/summer.

[Arecaceus]

11 hours ago, Halsten said:

How often should I water during dry hot periods, when planting I made a mistake of not watering it for next week during hot dry days which caused leafs to turn yellow/brownish

If it hasn't established roots then water everytime the soil gets dry. I hope you mulched it because that keeps the soil cool and moist for longer and protects the roots from frosts. Looking at the state of the palm I would water it everyday for a while as soon as the weahter gets dry.