Does a Ch. hookeriana ever stop clustering?

[Steve Mac]

We have some Dypsis lutescens, I cut out the extra trunks that I didn't want, and now it has stopped making new shoots. Perfect, low maintenance no trouble.

Our Chamaedorea hooperiana clump however is more demanding, I need to constantly cut out new shoots or it becomes an impenetrable thicket.

Will it ever stop this behaviour like the Dypsis has? 

[GottmitAlex]

The title mentions hookeriana...

 

[Steve Mac]

Oh yes, that is my typo, thanks for that Alex, but I can't change it now.

Thank goodness that the people who can help me will know what I mean.

[Tracy]

12 hours ago, gtsteve said:

We have some Dypsis lutescens, I cut out the extra trunks that I didn't want, and now it has stopped making new shoots. Perfect, low maintenance no trouble.

Our Chamaedorea hooperiana clump however is more demanding, I need to constantly cut out new shoots or it becomes an impenetrable thicket.

Will it ever stop this behaviour like the Dypsis has? 

While I can't answer the question, I'm curious how big your clump is and how long you have had it in the ground?  I have one that I kept in a 7 gallon pot in my entryway for many years before finally dropping it into the ground about 3 years ago.  Thus far no problem with it becoming a thicket requiring thinning, but it sounds like it's much smaller and younger than yours.

[realarch]

Steve, Tracy, I've had one in the ground for about 8 or 9 years now and have never had to prune or thin out any canes. Seems to be a very light clumper

and in fact, hasn't had any new canes for quite awhile now. It's an ok palm for me and kind of gets lost amongst all the other stuff. Just takes care of itself and I have

to remind myself that it's there, like this morning when I took this photo. Well, that was quite a rousing endorsement.

Tim

[PalmatierMeg]

I planted 3 C. hooperiana on the east side of the house 3-4 years ago. So far they have 2-3 stems each but haven't formed a thicket. Tim, I can't wait until their trunks are as tall a yours.

[Steve Mac]

Looking at the pics of those ones it seems that my Hoops were multi planted in the pot and I didn't know.

So subsequently they are too crowded. I'll just have to keep thinning them out I guess.

It has been in the ground about 7 or 8 years, it is a bit shorter than Tims, I keep it back to about six or eight stems, but it will double or triple that in no time if I let it.