They'll appreciate real daylight.
Might even sunburn, but no worries, new leaves will be acclimated so you'll probably cut those off later anyway.

Barb

I concur. Plant them this Spring. 😀

They look nice. They'll appreciate being in the ground. I agree with the others, and I'd plant them as soon as the ground temp is >60F. I don't like Kansas' mesonet site as much as Oklahoma's but best I can tell, your soil temps are probably in the mid 30sF. http://mesonet.k-state.edu/weather/weekly/ here is where I arrived at that figure. I couldn't find a location for wichita El Dorado, so I used the data from St Johns, KS. Oklahoma's mesonet is by counties so it's easier to see what each is experiencing. Maybe I'm using the Kansas one wrong, I'm not used to it.

As for palmate leaves, they look like they have a few more years to go. They will push out bifurcated straps, then trifurcated straps, then they will begin growing palmate leaves.

Thanks for the link and the info!! That's good to know about the soil temps!

KrisK is the greatest. We all appreciate his posts.

Yes they are beautifull palmguy, Scott glad to see your survived ( what were the lowest temps and for how long? ) Will have to germinate them from seeds :sad1:

Zabola, lowest true temp got down to -14F, although we had a lot of sub zero temps this winter. Coldest in 30 years. In reality, in years past it would rarely get to even zero around here so always questioned the 5B zone rating we had.

Understand, this one was or is a catastrophy.. the winter i mean.

Time will tell in another month when some palms can be uncovered to see what damage is. I have one Trachy in the ground that has done fine but it like my Cape Hattaras has root heat, and christmas lights for warmth. Biggest thing I battle really is condensation and fungus on fronds so when we have nice days I can easily take top off and let it get some fresh air and dry out.

This is how i deal with the problem of condensation and cold but this was a mild winter too.
http://palmapedia.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=49.0;attach=4585;image
http://palmapedia.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=49.0;attach=4587;image
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see how dry the soil is..

after translation, said I am not allowed in that section 🙁

Of course you have to be a member :banghead: f**k i hate putting pictures on some stupid site so you can take a look ok i'll try..

http://postimg.org/image/u0ehc1ko3/
http://postimg.org/image/vgpzu6nkz/
http://postimg.org/image/nlfgfddyb/

Ok now?

Yup, OK now.

That soil IS dry...succulents would love it too.

Love the rock wall, perfect!

Barb

Ha ha ha thanks Barb maybe some agavas or cactus, my english is not perfect but you got the point.