
The summer is continuing colder and wetter than in recent years, but the Jubaea X Butia has started to put on some very slow growth. There has also been further yellowing/browning of the older and some relatively new foliage, but the fact that there is some growth is a positive sign and suggests that the palm is in a state of recovery. With the lack of green foliage, photosynthesis will obviously be hampered, so I don't expect to see much improvement in the growth rate until there is a reasonable amount of new growth. At least if there is some top growth, the roots should be settling in to their new home, making survival through winter more likely. These hybrids are renowned for their cold hardiness and robust growth and our usual winter lows are not enough to threaten a healthy specimen, but this first year outside may be a bit of a challenge. I am hoping for a better autumn, so that the palm can get established as well as possible and get as much new growth as possible, before the growing season ends. Feeding has been reduced from every 7-10 days to every 10-14 days, during the acclimatization period and that is unlikely to change now until feeding stops in autumn. Watering has been, for the most part, unnecessary, due to plentiful rain.