Yes Its doing fine leaves keep getting bigger

Heres pic of it when I first got it.

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Great to hear. Does your yard get muddy in the winter and early spring? We have a high water table here, so my yard gets very wet and kinda muddy and I think that's what happened with my minors, too wet when it was cold. Was that a 15 gallon? I'm thinking about ordering one or 2 more and I want to know what to expect out of a 15 gallon. I like how big the leaves are on yours.

Yes my soil is the same as yours. The water table is very high by me as well. I put 1 to 2 lbs of tomatoe plant fertilizer with micos around all my palms every 2 months. Since we dont have local stores selling palm fetilizer I make do with what I can. I soak the hell out the minors every day thats why I have them in front of the bananas because I soak them together. I also enclose the minors with pink foam boxes instead of only plastic.

Ryan did you get a Sabal x texensis 'Brazoria' from me? If so do you still have them? I have 2 here with large leaves that need to be put in the ground asap.

Yes I still have my Brazoria. Its doing pretty well. I have it potted, at least until it develops some trunk. Its down my basement under a grow light and is growing pretty nicely, about 1 1/2 leaves over the course of winter down in the basement.

When you get around to it I would love to hear an update of what you have in the ground still and how its doing. I remember you had a filifera or two in the ground?

THe South Carolina varieties of S. Minor love it wet!

Then it must be that I didn't protect them heavy enough their first winter in the ground. That's the only thing I can think of. I killed a huge 6 footer I got from Mike. I guess we live and learn. I'm definitely willing to give them another chance though, maybe this time planted against the foundation of the south side of my house. Bricks and red lava rocks should collect plenty of heat for them to do well there.

I guess the lesson learned is its better to over protect than to under protect. Now just a matter of saving up enough cash to buy a couple of those big minors again...they are not cheap!

That sounds like the best idea for your zone. I would also try mixing in "some" builders sand into the soil so its not completely waterlogged when your deep freezes strike.

May I also suggest to tent the palm and the surrounding area up to 2 feet with plastic before the ground freezes in the late fall. A dry ground, good drainage and your new location to plant should leave you with a prized palm over the years. Plant one when the ground warms in May so she's established by fall.