Sabal Palm planted but not taking off
 

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I planted a sabal texana this past April with a 7' trunk and while it
had healthy cut back green leaves, it has yet to take off. Most of the
foliage went brown except for the center 2 fans. I don't know if I
should keep the ground very wet, moist, or just rely on the rain. I
live in the western part of Texas where we get an unreliable 22 inches
of rain per year. I also have 2 Washingtonia Robustas that I planted
at the same time and one has a crown of big fans and the other is like
this sabal, green in the middle, but just sits there and won't take
off. I figured it might be too hot (I read somewhere where you're
supposed to shade the fans from too much sun when you start them out,
which I didn't).

Can you overwater? This is dark black ground with no sand or rocks. I
also killed back the bermuda grass in about a 5' radius of the palms
with roundup to keep the grass from competing.

if you want to email me direct, take the Z's out of my email address

Sabal Palm planted but not taking off
 

I like the way this author describes growth rate - SLOW!
http://www.texasgardencenter.com/sabal_texana.htm


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I planted a sabal texana this past April with a 7' trunk and while it
had healthy cut back green leaves, it has yet to take off. Most of the
foliage went brown except for the center 2 fans. I don't know if I
should keep the ground very wet, moist, or just rely on the rain. I
live in the western part of Texas where we get an unreliable 22 inches
of rain per year. I also have 2 Washingtonia Robustas that I planted
at the same time and one has a crown of big fans and the other is like
this sabal, green in the middle, but just sits there and won't take
off. I figured it might be too hot (I read somewhere where you're
supposed to shade the fans from too much sun when you start them out,
which I didn't).
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Can you overwater? This is dark black ground with no sand or rocks. I
also killed back the bermuda grass in about a 5' radius of the palms
with roundup to keep the grass from competing.
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if you want to email me direct, take the Z's out of my email address

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