Help with my Majestic Palms

[asteveson]

We recently purchased 12 majestic palms from lowes for our backyard. They are about 2-3 feet now, with a maturity height of 6'. Anyway, we put them in the ground Saturday...added a bit of top soil...put them in and watered them. now, Wed...about 6 of them are turning brown already. Now, we are new at this gardening thing...but seems we have done something wrong. Do we need to take them out...add plant food...??? We are watering them once a day until we get our drip system in this weekend. Had been rather warm lately...about 80 degrees, and in the hight 40s at night here. They are in full sunlight about all day. Any help you can give would be great. We just finished the yard, and wanted to show it off...but it is already not looking so great

[rjj]

It's sounds like you are overwatering. I would let them dry out a little. If there is any transplant shock, they may only need to be watered once a week for a while. Allow the soil around the trunk to dry out some. They shouldn't be kept wet.

randy

[Newt]

Hi Astevenson,

Welcome to The Helpful Gardener.

I ditto what Randy said! You are overwatering. Water once a week and water deeply.

You may need to fertilize your palms as Majesty palms - Ravenea glauca aka Ravenea rivularis needs it.
https://www.floridagardener.com/palms/majestypalm.htm
https://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/horticulture/vpe_horticulture2.htm
https://mgonline.com/majestypalm.html

Newt

[Gnome]

Astevenson,

Water once a week and water deeply.

This is a very important concept to get a handle on. If you water often and shallowly you are promoting a shallow root system that then becomes dependent upon you. If, on the other hand, you water less frequently but more thoroughly, you encourage a stronger root system that is better able to withstand the occasional drought.

Please note my location and that I have no experience with Palms. This is a general kind of thing though, just something to stick into your bag of tricks.

Norm