Help. Is there any life left here?

[pronker]

This palm was transplanted one month ago to help it get more sun. It only received 33 per cent of available daylight where it was before. Twice it's been eaten down by rabbits and revived itself; this time, the vitamins and frequent watering do not seem to have aided in its survival, though the bark is green, the top is slowly browning. Like

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[plantyhamchuk]

Cut off the top well below where it is browning, and wait to see if any new growth appears?

[pronker]

That's a thought -- I shall try that technique. ThanksQ.Q

[leeneh]

Yeh, try this.

And, make it a chicken wire cage.

[pronker]

Will do and we no longer have rabbits in the yard -- I do have some feral cats that come and go and the cosmos have a wire cage around them. Thus far the cats haven't bothered anything else, though my indoor cats adore roses and one can't have any sort of rose display in the house /glares at Comet and Willow/

[rhiannon_s]

agreed on cutting it down to below the browning parts. Remember, whenever you move anything you're giving it one hell of a shock to the system so some die-back is not an unexpected thing. I was always taught by my grandmother that the golden rule for this sort of thing is to give it a whole year to recover before calling any plant a loss.

[pronker]

Good thought, it was just so hardy twice before, and now that we no longer have rabbits in the yard it may revive. /crosses fingers/

[moropus]

I don't think its dead yet. Prune without mercy and wait.

[pronker]

Yup, we live in hope.

[pronker]

EAD 032212 It died. Gave it TLC, but no go. Planted morning glory seeds in the hole when I tore it out. Those ought to grow!