Yeah, were NOW finally getting it up here. I stopped watering the palms and bananas and other plants outdoors about 5 days ago in anticipation of this sizable rain event. But... I had to break down and water the plants in smaller containers. The rain FINALLY arrived in earnest very early this morning, sometime around 4am. Its mostly light rain / very heavy mist type rain, but at times were getting fairly heavy downpours. We were 2.49" behind for August so far, but today we have picked up 0.50" of an inch. Better than nothing!

SO what happend to the original thread you posted? Did GW delete it? If so why? What was wrong with it? IF it was becasue it did not mention palms specifically, well fine, but thats a little petty. I have mentioned my palms in this thread however, so it is squarely on topic.

Who else is getting the benefits of whats left of fay?

i am not real sure why i started a new thread. well, let those plants soak it up. what kind of palms do you have? do you winter protect? if so, when and how much? thanks

This is my first year actually having any cold hardy type outdoor palms. I have loved them for years, but never had the space to do it until now. Right now I have 2, T. Fortunei ( 1 thats 1' tall, and one thats 4.5' tall) 4, Sabal Minor, and 1 Needle Palm. The Sabals are of good size and are producing sizable fan leaves, as the needle is fairly big as well, and is well into producing fan leaves. The needle has about 6 "suckers on it" and the central "trunk" is about 6" or so tall.

The smallest trachy will probably come in on hard freeze nights. the others will get very heavy mulch, xmas lights, and some type of covering, probably that "planket" thing for n ights of frost and / or rains / snows/ ice. My main concern is keeping the crowns fairly dry for their first year in the ground. The micro climate I have here, as I have stated before is fantastic. It easily pushes well into a zone 8B. The few times it does snow and/ or frost here, neither "sticks" to the grass within 10 or so feet of the building. Its protected from the north and NW winds, and gets FULL SUN all day back there so the ground hardly ever hard freezes. Well see, but I think the micro climate here is going to really benefit the palms. I have had plenty of things that are really "tropicals" that are grown here as annuals survive a whole winter last winter and regrow one again starting in early march. And im not talking about regrowing from seed, Im talking about that the plants from the previous year did not die at all over the winter.

You are a much colder climate from me I think. Even though you are south, you are more west and more elevated arent you? You would probably be a zone 7A, maybe at times a 6b?

that it never has - but we are a solid zone 7a. this is my first full year growing palms and am learning more and more each year. i planted 5 palms last year, a very young needle, 2 trach fort's, 1 trach takil, and 1 sabal brezoria. the trach forts were about 1 foot and put in a high wind no protection area of the house, i lost 1 and thought i had lost the other until it started sprouting new fronds. i dug it up and potted it. the takil which seemed to be younger than the forts was on the other side of the house - part shade, but in a spot that blocks the wind and i gave no protection and is doing great. the sabal brez did remarakably well with no protection in the same general location as the forts - i think this year i will give it moderate protection however. the needle didnt miss a beat and even though seems to be fairly slow growing is getting bigger.
this year (earlier in the season than last) i planted another brezoria, a mexican fan, and a jelly palm. i know with the mexican and jelly (ecspecially the mexican) i will need some serious protection. the mexican is about 5 feet tall and was very cheap at $25. the jelly is about 2 feet tall (not sure how old that would make it) and is in a pretty good protected place that gets a lot of sun. i also have about 9 windmill seedlings that sprouted last year and seem to be thriving. i also have 2 sabal louisiana that just sprouted this year.