Ailing Areca novohibernica

[tjwalters]

Thoughts on what might be ailing my potted seedling Areca novohibernica?

 

[Palmsbro]

Where is the pot relating to the light?

Also, have you been fertilizing it plenty.

Maybe you could also check soil PH. If it is overly in one direction, make sure you very much dilute any solution to fix it you can.

How do you water it?

[tjwalters]

1. The pot is in my office, on a SW window sill.  I doubt that it is too much sun/heat, as the damage starts at the tip and progresses inward.
2. Light granular fertilizer (Bayer 3-in-1) - only applied once.
3. Water very carefully - I've lost a couple to rot.
4. I do occasionally pour on a bit of leftover black coffee (coffee is from fresh-ground beans, with nothing added).  Other plants seem to love it.

New spear is pushing and healthy.

[Palmsbro]

It looks like this palm needs lots of water (precipitation is above 180 in a year! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island#Climate).

What is the humidity in your office?

[tjwalters]

38 minutes ago, Palmsbro said:

It looks like this palm needs lots of water (precipitation is above 180 in a year! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island#Climate).

What is the humidity in your office?

Humidity is typical office, which is to say probably on the dry side, but at least it never gets too cool, and there's plenty of light.  There are other plants around, which should help a bit.  As soon as the weather warms up, I'll move it outside and give it plenty of water.  As long as it's still on the cool side (early spring here) I don't want to water it too much, lest I lose it to rot.  It never dries out completely.

[Palmsbro]

3 minutes ago, tjwalters said:

Humidity is typical office, which is to say probably on the dry side, but at least it never gets too cool, and there's plenty of light.  There are other plants around, which should help a bit.  As soon as the weather warms up, I'l move it outside and give it plenty of water.  As long as it's still on the cool side (early spring here) I don't want to water it too much, lest I lose it to rot.

I understand the concerns about rot as that is even a problem outside here. I have no idea what you could do for your palm at this point.

[Moose]

23 hours ago, tjwalters said:

1. The pot is in my office, on a SW window sill.  I doubt that it is too much sun/heat, as the damage starts at the tip and progresses inward.
2. Light granular fertilizer (Bayer 3-in-1) - only applied once.
3. Water very carefully - I've lost a couple to rot.
4. I do occasionally pour on a bit of leftover black coffee (coffee is from fresh-ground beans, with nothing added).  Other plants seem to love it.

New spear is pushing and healthy.

It looks nervous

[tjwalters]

1 hour ago, Moose said:

It looks nervous

Well, I do like it strong.

 

[realarch]

Tom, it looks like these palms need very high humidity, like most Areca. That's no problem for us here in East Hawaii.

Here are a few photos of one in the back garden, it's the tall one in the back. The crown shaft is green, but there is an old leaf sheaf ready to fall off.

Prominent stilt roots, kinda like A. guppyana. 

Tim

[tjwalters]

Humidity is definitely not high.  It will spend the summer outside, which may help.

According to Kew, A. guppyana  is a synonym.

[realarch]

Interesting, it looked more robust than the A. guppynana, ( which I removed earlier), so I thought it was different. So much for that. 

Thanks Tom

 

Tim