How is this winter been for Phoenix canariensis_CIDP

[DiCasS]

I can't keep them here and bought a cheap one from our local store just for bedding, not intending to protect. But I did. Mulched well, wrapped the small trunk and just stuffed a ball of fleece in the middle. I didn't protect the leaves at all and they are now straw white. I'm surprised that the new spear is still green. I take out the fleece on nice days unless its rainy or snow is forecast. Still a while to go before Winter is over (we are still having minus temps at night) but this little Phoenix canariensis_CIDP might just make it.

Di

[davidjonesUK]

does anyone know anything i can do to help my Phoenix canariensis_CIDP get back to normal or shall i leave it be and see what happends the next few weeks?

[redsquirrel]

id leave it be for the next few months David,just remember to throw your duvet over it if we get anymore nasty nights

[davidjonesUK]

kk i will do that red squirral by the way whats your name?

[redsquirrel]

redsquirrel

[jezza]

[Adrian]

dont you have a middle name though
(dont say nuts)

[davidjonesUK]

i checked my Phoenix canariensis_CIDP for spear pull today and guess what it pulled

[redsquirrel]

you need to keep the crown dry now mate,try and stop this rain filling the hole up and rotting it worse

[davidjonesUK]

why will this bring it back

[redsquirrel]

it might speed up the process David if it is going to comeback.im not saying it WILL comeback,might be a carker but if you prevent any further rot,it will have less rot to grow out if you understand what i mean

[davidjonesUK]

yer i get ya errmm.. u got that chammy and tachy coz i was gonna say steve might go if some of gave him a lift there so he could pick them u and il pay him petrol money or i could ask my dad to give me a lift down to steve's thats only is he does manage to get a lift.

[redsquirrel]

of course we have

[metalhammer]

If it's a young plant I don't give it much hope,it won't have the stored energy to produce a new spear.In my experience anything with a trunk that's smaller than 4" diameter has little hope of recovery.

What state are the other leaves in,do they have any green left in them?




metalhammer.

[Nathan]

I personally would just buy a new one. They are cheap & you can get a similar sized one for around £10-£15 from B&Q in the spring...

Dig yours up & keep it in a pot (in the spring) & leave just incase it does grow a new spear, if it hasn't by the end of the summer then it's dead...