Saving a Patrick Hybrid

[JohnAndSancho]

Okie dokie. I've had a Butia Lyto hybrid I bought from Patrick a few years ago. I was in the middle of a family emergency when we had a freak cold snap down to 9° and bringing plants in wasn't really on my radar. 

It looked fine until maybe a couple weeks ago. I made sure not to water it days before we were supposed to get a freeze, but there's 0% chance it was totally dry. 

Y'all know these things are expensive and hard to get. I'll take pictures tomorrow, but I pulled 3 spears. 

 

It's still got a few green fronds and lots of brown ones. I've seen larger plants saved by cutting them down. Key word being larger. This one is still in a pot and probably hasn't grown as much as it could the last year because I've kind of had to barricade it due to stupid feral cats. The good news is during the cold snap it was behind a brick wall on 2 sides. 

 

Should I try h202 or copper fungicide in the grow hole? It's still firm at the base, not squishy like the plants I normally kill. I'd like to save it if possible. 

[Mazat]

5 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Okie dokie. I've had a Butia Lyto hybrid I bought from Patrick a few years ago. I was in the middle of a family emergency when we had a freak cold snap down to 9° and bringing plants in wasn't really on my radar. 

It looked fine until maybe a couple weeks ago. I made sure not to water it days before we were supposed to get a freeze, but there's 0% chance it was totally dry. 

Y'all know these things are expensive and hard to get. I'll take pictures tomorrow, but I pulled 3 spears. 

 

It's still got a few green fronds and lots of brown ones. I've seen larger plants saved by cutting them down. Key word being larger. This one is still in a pot and probably hasn't grown as much as it could the last year because I've kind of had to barricade it due to stupid feral cats. The good news is during the cold snap it was behind a brick wall on 2 sides. 

 

Should I try h202 or copper fungicide in the grow hole? It's still firm at the base, not squishy like the plants I normally kill. I'd like to save it if possible. 

i read about it in the French forum Fous de palmiers.

You would have to look there via Facebook as the website is not working at the moment.

Very beautiful and expensive plant.

hope for you that it survives

[Allen]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/00AvfykeaGw

 

[JohnAndSancho]

3 hours ago, Allen said:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/00AvfykeaGw

 

Thanks Allen. Mine's a lot smaller, does that matter? And do I continue to water it as normal? We're still seeing night time temps in the 40s, is that relevant?

[Allen]

Water very sparingly - small doesn't matter. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Welp I squirted some h2o2 into the growth point and I didn't see or hear any bubbling, so I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Fwiw it never saw frost, snow, ice, or any precipitation. It just got left outside, without any protection other than the brick wall. 

The brick in the pot is umm.. to keep the cats from pooping in it, and after the 3rd time they tipped it over and knocked all the soil out, I also added some rocks in the bottom of the pot to weigh it down and placed it here. A few years ago I staked it down before it had fully rooted in this pot and what I had to tie it off with was a doggie doo bag, so anyway I took that and the twine and the stakes off today. 

The soil is roughly 1/3 parts each Miracle Gro cactus soil, pumice, and Repti Bark. Again I made sure not to water it for days before a freeze, and made sure no water was in the reservoir of the pot. I've got an idea of where I can move it to get a little more light on the front of the house. This thing loved the full Texas sun on a concrete patio, but I also didn't have to worry about cats pooping in it or digging it up or knocking it over there either. 

I don't even remember what I named this one, but it looks like hell right now. 

 

 

 

[JohnAndSancho]

Should I move it to a brighter location? I gave it the chop stick test and I got deeeeeeeep in there before I felt anything solid. 

 

I'm gonna follow the advice from Allen's videos and start hitting it with copper fungicide in a few days after the initial h2o2 splash. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Bumping this. It still has a few green fronds and the base is still firm. Should I move it to a brighter location? Do I need to worry about keeping rain out of the growth point?