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Robusta question, this is weird!

16 years ago

Hey guys,

I got this robusta last fall for free from the local garden center because they had it just planted outside and they were gonna let it die. So I took it home and potted it up. It went into transplant shock and lost all but 1 frond, but regrew 3 over the winter in my basement lighted plant room. I planted it outside three days ago and it has been in the 70s during the day and 50s at night with partly sunny skies. The problem is, that it's starting to feel "rubbery" to me and the petioles are twisting funny. It's leaning all to one side (the direction the wind is blowing toward). The trunk feels rubbery near the base, the petioles feel rubbery and can be twisted easily, and the spear is even rubbery feeling. Also the end of the leaflets are curling inward on a few fronds. Any ideas? Here are some pics.

Leaning all to one side, even the fronds that are supposed to be on that side.



Twisted petiole. Why??



Curling leaflets.



All my other plants, including the 2 robustas that I brought outside, but left in pots are not doing this.

Soil temperature is 60F.

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