I've got 3 or 4 little Sabals, slow as slugs, grew a bit faster when I increased watering.
Some grew only 1 leaf a year for 5 years.

Other folks seem to have much more luck with Sabals.

Barb

Mine is so slow I forget I have one...

"Mine is so slow I forget I have one... "
😆

Thanks, that clears that up. I figured they were at least as fast as needle palms. My needle palm has put out at least 3 new leaves this summer.

I was thinking about keeping my McCurtain in a pot for awhile to maybe increase hardiness. Would this be a bad idea? I've heard that Sabal Minors often die due to transplanting.

I suppose so, to let them grow down as far as possible.
I haven't had much trouble with transplant shock, actually.
They are easier to protect as little strap-leaved things.
Not much help; hopefully someone else can be more definitive. 😳

Ok thank you Eric

My minor s are still growing like noting happen

My small McCurtin that I got from Steve Anderson is spending it's first winter in the ground with just this clear tote over it. No heat at all. We've had very abnormal cold here so far this winter and the other day I took a peek inside not knowing if it was going to be brown and burnt, and to my surprise it was just as green and healthy looking as the day I covered it.

Hope it stays that way....have 2 1/2 months to go at the earliest.

I'm happy, too!

Is it still producing strap leaves Scott?

I should have taken a pic of it but I didn't want to take the plastic tote all the way off as there was some snow up against it and I didn't want to disturb it too much as I wanted to keep the snow there for insulation. That being said, it looked 100% fine...can't say that it grew any under there...but was glad there was no cold damage so far.

Might get to -5F here this weekend....still way too cold for this time of year, so will see how it does after that.

That's ok I was just wandering if mine was too small to plant or not. I was thinking about protecting it the same way you did. Looks like it's supposed to drop below zero here too. 🙁

Your talking about next year right? I planted mine probably in early August so it's seen some time in the ground.

If you folks are talking 0 oF, please assure me you are protecting them. That is defoliating for these, or close to it. 😯

Ok, I took a quick pic of my Mc Curtin. I didn't want to totally remove the protection since it's frozen in place pretty much so just set camera on the rock and raised the tote. Didn't turn out as good as it really looks as far as color, but it's pretty green. I know we still have a long winter ahead of us but with the cold we've had here I'm pretty happy with how this looks.

First pic is of Mc Curtin

And since I was out there a pic of my Cape Hattaras Sable I also bought from Steve Anderson. This Sable is more protected with heat tape around the root ball, Christmas lights and 1 40 watt light bulb attached to a Thermocube. It too is looking really good so far. Planted just the last summer late, and it loved being in the ground vs the pot I had it in.