Sabal texensis brazoria made it through the winter but..

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:34 am

This was protected and came through the winter looking great! pic from March 2012:
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but end of may, with regular watering, it shrivelled up, just after this it spear pulled:
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I dug it up and no more rot from where the growth emerges... but I dug deep and discovered that this spot was WAY too dry even with regular watering.. just first sun and type of soil all water was draining away and moisture only sat on the top inch of soil (which is IMO why the plant rotted)... the Sabal is NOT dead, but rather looks terrible:
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so i potted what was left of it as you see.
Any suggestions to bring it back? Is there any chance at all? Advise please.

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:36 am

Suggestions, please on how to bring it back?

In its place I planted a Yucca thompsoniana, maybe it would appreciate the deep dry soil.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:34 am

Did you treat it with a copper fungicide? If not, I'd suggest that...

At a certain point it just becomes a waiting game to see if it responds.

Jim?

Stevea07 · Post by **Stevea07** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:29 pm

Put it in a black nursery pot and in full sun. Keep soil moist and don't fertilize.

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:11 am

Thanks Steve. Will do.
I used no fungicide...

F1aReD · Post by **F1aReD** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:23 pm

Make sure you give it plenty of time. I waited 6 months on my Trachy, and it just pushed out a couple of yellow, brown, severely deformed spears...however it is growing again.