keep it moist,your temps seem OK.

I have not been very successful in having Ph. roeb survive (careful) bare-rooting and transplanting. ime, P.r. is pretty risky to transplant.

Mine that did survive stalled for many months.

I think all you can do is wait. You can cut off the brown fronds and keep an eye on the meristem for new growth.

Thanks, i am going to cut the brown fronds off today and i guess i will see what happens.

Brian, sorry to hear the palm isn't doing it's best. Do you have any way to provide us with any pics so we can get a better picture of that it looks like? I think as long as the new growth is okay and stays okay, the palm should make it out of this.

I'm guessing that chopping the rootball hurt the palm a bit more than we expected. I mist the spear on mine about twice daily and also turn on the ceiling fan periodically to help simulate it's former environment. So far (knock on wood) it seems to be taking the transplant okay.

Keep us updated!

Paul

Brian, sorry to hear the palm isn't doing it's best. Do you have any way to provide us with any pics so we can get a better picture of that it looks like? I think as long as the new growth is okay and stays okay, the palm should make it out of this.

I'm guessing that chopping the rootball hurt the palm a bit more than we expected. I mist the spear on mine about twice daily and also turn on the ceiling fan periodically to help simulate it's former environment. So far (knock on wood) it seems to be taking the transplant okay.

Keep us updated!

Paul

paul, well i cut off all of the brown fronds today and sort of cleaned up the palm a bit today as far as little pruning here and there. I also did a little bit of research on our wonderful web on transplant shock with robellini's and from my understanding is that on most roeby's when they are transplanted the lower fronds are almost always lost. It seemed like it was a 50-50 shot of it losing some of its fronds. I am assuming since some of the roots were pruned that only just helped it decide to lose some fronds. It looks a whole lot better now that it is all cleaned up (at least for now). The crown is still green as can be and it actually looks like some of the new fronds opened. I don;t know maybe i am just being optimistic :)

spataro51,as a last resort try SUPERTHRIVE! Do not use fertilizer.

Ok, i went out today and bought superthrive.... I used the correct amount that it says to use for trees in "transplant shock" I watered the sh*t out of it! I actually think lack of water might of been the problem because I am thinking i wasn't watering with the correct amount of water. never once did i have seep through the drainage holes. I know the soil is very good drainage wise because i have a mixutre of miracle grow, perlite, and wood chips. This time when i watered i had water drain from the soil. Hopefully this is the problem and superthrive will work.

This is just my own personal opinion, but I would water it once really well, then not water it again until it showed some signs of drying a bit. Like if you stick your fingers up into the drainiage holes from the bottom of the container and they come back with mud on them, you should wait.
Your plant is in effect a houseplant now. Its not getting the drying effects of the sun, the heat, the wind, etc that it would get outside, and, if its really in shock and has had some of its rootmass pruned off, its not really trying hard to suck up and utilize a lot of water.
Wood chips hold a WHOLE lot of water, especially if you keep pouring water on them after they are already saturated. If you aren't careful, you may be setting yourself up for root rot with this plant.

Exactly bihai, I plan on letting it dry out now. Like i said in the other post. this was the first time i had water actually drain from the drainage holes. Today when i looked at the palm, no new damage or browning has occured. I hope this was the problem, if not i will just have to take the wait and see approach. It actually looks as though the new fronds did open a little bit as those are still untouched by the browning. The root ball on this guy is about 3 feet tall and about 2 1/2 feet wide so i am probably sure i wasn't giving it enough water. I was only watering it with about 1/3 to 1/2 a gallon of water. This time i used almost about 1 and 1/2 gallons of water and i let it sort of ooze all over the soil so it had time to penetrate the roots without just running off. Do you think 1 and 1/2 gallons of water with superthrive is enough water or to much for a rootball that size? (the soil was pretty much dry all ready before the water)

I'd hate to see you lose a 10 footer! I went out and checked on mine when I was hacking down some 15- 20 ft already bloomed bananas and some already bloomed and spent gingers, and was shocked to see that it was almost completely covered over by a very aggressive Thunbergia coccinea vine that I had forgotten about. I hate that vine. Its supposedly "rare" but its a pain in the ***. It was all over my Tibouchina, going all over some bromeliads, so I gave it a major hack job.

Under it all the Date Palm looked great! Its been in the ground 2 years now and is almost 4 feet tall.

I bought 2 more today, they had them for $8 in the 3 gallon, I am going to greenhouse these this winter and plant them out by my pond in spring.

Spataro, was you PR in the ground then transplanted to a pot? If so, give it a chance to acclimate..I think the Superthrive will also help..I believe for stressed plants it's 10 drops to a gallon of water.
80 degrees is a bit on the warm side..I kept my PR out all summer, though in a pot, and now keep in the doorway, (glass door) where it's unheated..so far no brown fronds. I water only when soil feels dry/crumbly, and mist daily.
I'd love seeing a pic of your tree, wow 10'. Toni

Toni--Here are some pics--the one in the middle is Brian's (Spataro) and I have the other 2 sitting in my upstairs loft doing quite well so far. These pics were taken right after digging them up on October 11 from a business on the west side of Chicago.

Those are so nice!!!!!! LUCKY YOU! I wonder how many years it will take for mine to get that big.

Brian--now that it's been a week, do you see any progress or changes either good or bad? Curious for an update.=-)

Paul