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While there's a lot of good information here, based on my own personal experience in north Alabama and with about the same size Trachy it sounds like Randall's advice is almost precisely what the grower told me about my similar situation. I lost my first, smaller Trachy to a fungus late last year ...

Well, MY night of sleeplessness down here in "north" Alabama came last week. Actually it was about 3 nights of lower teens in some areas and I don't think it got up to 32F for at least two days. Having lost my first Trachycarpus Fortunei to some type of fungus late in its first season last year you ...

Greetings Tomj, I understand your concerns completely. I have a nice, healthy 6' Trachycarpus Fortunei which is a repacement for the smaller one I lost to some type of fungus last fall. I'm in Gadsden, Alabama in 7b and that cold snap is supposed to be about 19F here this Thursday morning with some ...

Thanks Wes. I feel fairly confident that the slope is about right for good drainage even with the somewhat clay soil. My main concern is keeping the crown from getting too much water inside it during this time of year when growth is so slow. When that first spear opens up I'll feel a little more ...

Admittedly, I plan to give it a little extra TLC this first year such as a cover during below 20F stretches. I also read that it wouldn't hurt to shelter the crown during long rainy periods to help prevent any potential fungus problems. If the old addage "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger ...

Hi Barb, I'm pretty much satisfied now that it is getting proper water, but my concern before seeing the new spears was whether it was "too little - too late", as they say. Right now I'm just trying to find out if there's anything other than keeping it moist that I could (or should) do to help it ...

Well, I'm happy to report that my little Trachycarpus Fortunei appears to have begun its slow climb back up after losing all its fans as a result of underwatering during our late summer heatwave. We still aren't getting much rain at all, so I bought a moisture meter to take some of the guesswork out ...

I slacked off and didnt water them like I should and a few of the lower leaves turned brown. This year was another learning lesson and next year the irrigation stays on lol!! It helps my feelings to hear that someone besides me thought less watering might be good. I cut back from 3-a-week to once ...

Those are nice Trachys. It's also encouragement for us greenies down here who used to think that anything lower than 32F would kill any palm. Hopefully, transplanting mine last April gave it 7 warm months to establish enough to help it through this stress period. It also taught me that these trees ...

The "poor little thing" is my only palm right now. But tomorrow we're headed down to Destin for the weekend so that 'could' change. I've had an assortment over time starting with one of those little souvenir palms in a box such as you would find in stops along the Florida highways. Before the Trachy ...

Hi Barb, Thanks for the reply. When I set the little palm out beside our driveway back in April it was about 5' tall with deep green fans and it really got the attention from neighbors and people driving by. Every time my wife drove past it she'd make some comment about how nice it looked. Since ...

Well, after a few days of rain I was greeted with a welcome site as I checked on my tree this morning. There are two nice green spears rising up from the center crown; one small and the other fairly large. After I trimmed away some of the dead fronds last week I just left it on its own and continued ...

Thanks for the info. And finally, considering the time of year and the fact that it has only had about 6 months to adjust to its new environment, how long should I wait before cutting off those three worst-looking fronds? Although they are now almost totally dark brown, they are still upright and I ...

Unless you give it a long watering (couple hours) to allow the water to penetrate deeply, only the top 1-3inches will become wet which will either not help the palm at all or cause the roots to push upwards. This may be a real beginner's question, but since the soil close to the base of the tree is ...

I used quite a bit of gravel at the bottom of the hole and it is planted on a slight grade. I feel pretty good about the drainage although I think it'll take some time and experience to know just the right amount to water it. Of course, it will need less during the winter. If I had kept up the twice ...

Thanks for the insight. I feel better now that someone concurs with my idea about the heat and drought theory. It still hasn't rained much lately, but I make sure to give it a nice, l-o-n-g hose drenching at the base at least twice a week. The one thing I remember the seller telling me over and over ...

Greetings all, This is my first ever post so hopefully it'll work ok. The pictures below are of my 5-foot tree which I transplanted outside back in late March. From reading the forum I'm thinking its appearance may be the result of our upper 90's temperatures and extreme drought during July and ...