Welcome!

It looks just fine to me,will you be planting out next year?

Trachy's suck for me indoors!! We'll pretty much I suck at all indoor plants. That's how mine looked at the end of the winter after spending all winter in the house..

Thanks for the replies!

Jim:
I do plan on putting it in the ground at some point next year, for now it will stay warm inside by the windows. Any thoughts on the white spots? I think i'll give it another treatment of liquid copper because it seemed to help last time. I was also thinking of getting fertilizer in hopes it would green it back up, but i have no clue what kind to get.

Scotty:
I don't expect much indoors either I don't think they get enough light.

I heard that the wite spots are some bug. I had them on my pindo.. They wipe off with a wet rag. It sucks when you have a lot of them! There must be some sort of thing you can treat it with.

You can get something called " safers soap". ITs an insecticide but not harsh. Or put a small drop of dish soap in a spray bottle of water and spray the plant once a week or 2. You should be misting it a bit inside with water anyways to keep the dust off the fronds.

Peace

It looks pefectly fine to me as other members have stated. Trachycarpus fortunei at that size do not like being in a warm house for the winter. The lower fronds will start turning black from being to warm,with dry air. I tried searching PN for a previous post about this very same subject with pics.No luck.Anybody else remember the topic.Jan 2008/2009?

John

The white things on your palm is called false scale. Look it up, they can be killed with a mild coffee solution and a sponge. Take care of this before it goes inside or it will be a pain for you later.

Bill

Trachies hate the temps at which we humans are comfortable in winter in a warm dry house.
An unused room, bright if possible, would be better than "living room temps".

Mine survived in the house for 30+ years, spending only summers outside on the patio, until it was planted last year.
Daily misting helps too.

The white dots show up as blue dots on my pic ?!?

BTW bottom leaf going yellow happens every year to one or two leaves as the palm grows.
Same as a fir or pine tree shedding red needles annually, generally in Fall.

Unless they're all going yellow (and they don't appear to be), looks natural to me.
Or a top frond going yellow...that's bad news.

Looking forward to more pictures.
Barb

Thanks again for the advice, I'm starting to feel less worried. Now that I know what the white dots are i can do some better searches to find out more. Would it be better to keep him in a cooler place like a basement or garage? Either case I would have to get some artificial lighting setup.

Welcome, Matt!
I stumbled upon this forum a year ago and have received great advice and encouragement.
My wife ("W" here) is from Michigan, and her parents live in Manistee. A little easier for plants than where you are but they still have not tried palms 🙁
As for Trachycarpus, you will get great advice on this forum as it is a favourite. Barb knows much more than I, who have managed to kill a few even down here in Oklahoma!
I grow small ones in pots that I bring in for the winter. I keep them by a south-facing window in an unheated room (converted garage we jokingly call the "ballroom" in our old double-wide 😆 )
There are also lights on timers. The coldest it gets in there is about 40 oF in winter. It seems to work for Trachy palms.
--Erik

I may get raked over the coals for this but I am scared of putting copper on plants for treatment. I know many palm growers use it as treatment and it may work ok at the right concentration. I don't use it because as a Fisheries Biologist we used it for years to kill plants! Copper is the primary ingredient in many algaecides and other aquatic herbicides. I would use a fungicide that doesn't contain it just to be safe.

Thanks, Penny.
What fungicides (if any) do you recommend for plants in general/palms in particular? --Erik

Thanks again for the advice, I'm starting to feel less worried. Now that I know what the white dots are i can do some better searches to find out more. Would it be better to keep him in a cooler place like a basement or garage? Either case I would have to get some artificial lighting setup.

Good question.

I am going to overwinter a Pindo in my basement with some plant lights as the sun porch is booked solid with my citrus grove. I am not going to use an elaborate setup, but if you are ambitious, the sky is the limit and you can certainly devise a setup that will keep it happy. Gardenweb has an entire section devoted to indoor lighting. Some plants, such as bananas, actually do fine without any lighting and go dormant.

I would emphasize what was said about Trachys and cool temps- they love it. So much so that now is when my outdoor ones do their best. I do not cover them up until November and I take my time. Of course, its a bit warmer down here than in Michigan. 8)

Agree with gpenny about copper. Scary stuff for people's exposure too.
Good ole Hydrogen Peroxide is a lot safer, but effectiveness might be lower too.

Updated pic of Trachy (my pride and joy), loving Oct's cooler temps.
This is the poor duck that was in a pot for 30+ years till last year.

Now it's planted against East side of house (morning sun only), protected from blistering afternoon heat and winds (northwest winter winds are the real killers, even tho' it hates summer windstorms too).

The carpenter is going on vacation soon so we have to get the palm hut reinstalled soon...darn, too early but I'll leave the door open.
(Didn't turn the flash off...looks kinda pale in this shot).

A new frond just opened, with two more spears pushing.

Will look forward to seeing your "planting spot" for next spring.
Barb