Wondering if it is still too early to plant some palms in ground.

[palmofmyhand]

Just got a shipment in of about 12 different palms and would like to plant them asap, they are potted but the roots are saying they obviously want to be replanted. We have had some very windy weather since they have been sitting outside and it causes them to fall over if sitting in their regular pots they came in. Some of soil has fallen out and they are now somewhat lacking in soil and I can tell they need to be repotted or planted in the ground asap. I live in Augusta, GA- Grovetown, and was wondering if you guys think it would be bad to plant them early, this weekend. Last year we planted the palms we had in late march and it worked great, I know it still might be too early but I don’t want to have to repot or add soil to them if they are actually just going in the ground.

Here is the weekly forecast here below, we just had a freezing morning today with 28 degree weather. I have windmill palms, washingtonia robustas, and sago palms (technically not true palms).

Thanks for any help guys, always appreciate everyone’s feedback on here.

[Harry’s Palms]

Those are pretty hardy palms and cycads. I would still wait just a bit. Try filing in missing soil with a good garden top soil or potting soil and protect from the wind for now. Once the threat of any freezing temps pass and temps rise a bit , plant away! Harry

[palmofmyhand]

8 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Those are pretty hardy palms and cycads. I would still wait just a bit. Try filing in missing soil with a good garden top soil or potting soil and protect from the wind for now. Once the threat of any freezing temps pass and temps rise a bit , plant away! Harry

Thanks and also, if I do end up some leaving them on their side with the soil somewhat lacking for a 2-3 weeks do you think it would it hurt them?

[Harry’s Palms]

Just make sure roots aren’t exposed. Harry

[palmofmyhand]

1 minute ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Just make sure roots aren’t exposed. Harry

If I add more soil should I water it or leave the somewhat dry somewhat moist soil alone on top?

[Harry’s Palms]

So long as there is enough moisture to keep the palm from drying out and the soil in the pot. You should be fine . It won’t be that long before you will be planting them. Harry

[Chester B]

Washingtonia in pots need a lot of water.  I bought mine last January and was waiting to plant.  I went around 3 days without watering and the fronds started browning off and it set them back a bit.  When I planted them I realized there was virtually no soil in the pots just a giant mass of roots.  The sagos are very forgiving.

I agree with Harry I'd probably wait a couple of more weeks to see what the long term forecasts look like.  Any freezing temps I'd throw them in the garage.  I'm pretty cautious with potted plants though.

[SeanK]

I see ups and downs in the temps for March. Check on YouTube for one of the weather geek channels. Those guys will look ahead a couple weeks.

[PAPalmtrees]

20 hours ago, palmofmyhand said:

Just got a shipment in of about 12 different palms and would like to plant them asap, they are potted but the roots are saying they obviously want to be replanted. We have had some very windy weather since they have been sitting outside and it causes them to fall over if sitting in their regular pots they came in. Some of soil has fallen out and they are now somewhat lacking in soil and I can tell they need to be repotted or planted in the ground asap. I live in Augusta, GA- Grovetown, and was wondering if you guys think it would be bad to plant them early, this weekend. Last year we planted the palms we had in late march and it worked great, I know it still might be too early but I don’t want to have to repot or add soil to them if they are actually just going in the ground.

Here is the weekly forecast here below, we just had a freezing morning today with 28 degree weather. I have windmill palms, washingtonia robustas, and sago palms (technically not true palms).

Thanks for any help guys, always appreciate everyone’s feedback on here.

I think you can plant the windmills and sagos now but I would wait to plant the Washys in late March. Also where did you buy them from?

[palmofmyhand]

3 hours ago, PAPalmtrees said:

I think you can plant the windmills and sagos now but I would wait to plant the Washys in late March. Also where did you buy them from?

Bought from fast-growing-trees.com

[palmofmyhand]

3 hours ago, PAPalmtrees said:

I think you can plant the windmills and sagos now but I would wait to plant the Washys in late March. Also where did you buy them from?

They actually amazed me when the washingtonias arrived because they were only 3 gallon pots but were so tall (especially the one on the right in that picture). Even the pictures from the other reviews on their site showed ones that were much smaller. I guess I got lucky, but I have ordered from them before also I had ordered 4 sylvester palms also.

[palmofmyhand]

I decided the pull the trigger and repot the 4 washingtonias for the sole reason that we are having so much wind that they keep falling over and losing soil with roots exposed so I am afraid of keeping them in their original pots. Tomorrow we are supposed to have 15-25 mph winds with gusts of 45 mph winds. Will be waiting 2-3 more weeks to plant the other ones straight into the ground though. Praying we don’t drop below freezing anymore and it looks to be that way so far. Wish me luck everybody 🤞🏼

[PAPalmtrees]

18 minutes ago, palmofmyhand said:

They actually amazed me when the washingtonias arrived because they were only 3 gallon pots but were so tall (especially the one on the right in that picture). Even the pictures from the other reviews on their site showed ones that were much smaller. I guess I got lucky, but I have ordered from them before also I had ordered 4 sylvester palms also.

Yeah they do look really good and big for being in a three gallon pot they're gonna grow great this summer