PALMS IN POTS

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   Germination moist and mold

   May 22 by andrebazhen

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   Hi all, I am trying to germinate W. robusta (also some L. Peltata and date seeds) on my windowsill. A month ago some white mold (photo1) killed all my seedlings - sure I overwatered them. Copper fungicide, H2O2 - no result. Now I've got 50 seeds in two differents types of soil with different soaking time and with H202 soaking. Less than a week - 90% spouted and looking fine (photo2). I've got two questions: 1) I use separate open bag for each seed (photos3-4) and got drainage at the bottom to prevent overwatering and underwatering: using a straw, I pour water straight to the bottom and bottom heat mat slowly raises the moisture to the top. Is it a good solution?…

   

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   Growing only in peat or coco coir?

   June 25 by Palmfarmer

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   I heard someone do this. Is this completly fine to do given you feed with some fertilizer that has a broad spectrum of micros and macros?

   

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   Areca Vestiaria Decline

   June 29 by KingBob

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   I have a small Areca Vestiaria on my front patio that I've had more than 2 years and it had been doing fine. Beginning a couple months ago, it has been in a steady decline as you can see in the photo. Am I overwatering it, underwatering it, too much sun? We did not have a freeze this past winter where I live (perhaps some mid-30's a couple times). Any thoughts and recommendations? Thanks!

   

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   Help needed with a Phoenix Roebelenii

   June 8 by JayeNM

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   Hello all, new member here, great Forum. Proud owner of a Mexican Palm and a Queen Palm, both doing quite well (see attached pics of those two). Recently acquired a Dwarf Date, and ...she isn't doing all that well. Repotted her from her nursery pot, leaving around 2-1/2" of new soil around the perimeter of the soil/root ball she arrived in. Currently watering every other day. She is getting full sun from around 10AM-6PM, otherwise in shade. Temps here are in 90's during day, high 50's-mid 60's at night. Dry climate, I am in the high desert. Her fronds seem to be turning dry and a blue-pale color. See photos. Suggestions ? Thanks in advance. Here are th…

   

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   Surgery on a coconut

   March 8 by Joe The Palm

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   Let me just say that I am now officially a “palm freak”. I came back from a trip to SW Florida. (Great trip! Got lots of palm seeds and a few coconuts). I did my research and was ready to sprout this coconut, unfortunately my impatient side kicked in and I tried sawing away some of the outer husk even though I should have let the husk dry out in the sun. The coconut was closer to the surface than I thought and ended up cutting it real bad and it lost about 1/3 of its fluid. Surely it was a goner! But then a crazy idea came to mind. And so, to the best of my ability, I cleaned the area around the cut to ensure that no debris got inside the coconut and dabbed the a…

   

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   Windmill Palm in pot in shock?

   June 15 by Volks09

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   Hi everyone, I have been looking at the forum for a while now and just joined. I live in zone 7B in NC. I recently bought my first windmill palm and fan palm. My windmill is in a pot and I’m getting concerned about some spots and overall look of the palm. It was in a 3 gallon container when I bought it. I used well draining soil and added permatill. These are my first two palms. My fan palm seems to be doing great while my windmill is getting some yellow and brown spots as you can see in pictures. I am following the water schedule the nursery gave me. I also noticed a massive ant population and tiny red bugs that look very similar to clover mites which I have never had…

   

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   Which coconut palm variety is commonly sold in stores?

   June 6 by CGMarko

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   I’m curious which variety I bought. The country of origin is Netherlands if it means anything. It looks identical to this - https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/cocos-nucifera-potted-plant-coconut-palm-20167485/

   

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   Rhapis 1 2

   February 11, 2016 by knell

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   Here is the stunning Rhapis palm that I take care of inside the store I work for when Im not traveling. It gets lots of ambient light and amazing air circulation. Its hard to get a decent photo without climbing on the fridge as my office is on the other side of the building, but photos from below are just as nice: General Rhapis appreciation thread

   

   Last reply by GreenMamaFL, June 23

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    Yellowing Fronds

    June 20 by Another_Conquistador

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    My majesty palm has been doing fine for over a year, I let it dry out really good then watered it as normal and the terra-cotta pot soaked up a ton so I watered a bit more and now it’s yellowing within three days two lower and one top frond is starting to yellow

    

    Last reply by Another_Conquistador, June 22
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    potted up my butia and brought the plants outside

    May 31 by subsonicdrone

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    Flowering coconut palms

    June 12 by Keon Research

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    I am writing a proposal for a research project currently that has to do with coconut flowers and am trying to see if it is feasible to get a flowering coconut palm in California. I know they don't normally grow here, but was thinking if I could get a mature palm and put it in a greenhouse with simulated tropical environment, it might work? Several road blocks have led me to this forum, so I'm hoping you can help: 1.) Are there any suppliers that might have mature dwarf coconut palms either in California, or are able to ship to California. I know this is not trivial, and am working out with CDFA to figure out what needs to be done, but if there is a supplier alread…

    

    Last reply by PalmatierMeg, June 17

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    Overwintering pots

    June 13 by ego

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    I know it is only June but I see my potted tropical plants grow fast and I had to repot all of them to much bigger pots and I'm sure I won't have enough time space to put all of them in my flat this winter. I was wondering if any of you leaves potted tropicals outside during winter and if yes, do you take any action to protect the plants? I am mostly concerned about keeping the roots warm. I was wondering if inserting the pot in a bigger pot filled with mulch is a good idea? In my patio temperatures can go down to 34 F (1C) on the very coldest nights. On most days temperatures are between 45 and 55 F which is not bad but I have some quite tropical species, such as a…

    

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    Indoor P. Roebellini Questions

    June 1 by Kirry

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    I got a small P Roebellini at a nursery in Phoenix this weekend to keep me company indoors (until I'm able to afford my own house and can plant it outside in my yard) and have a couple questions about it. 1. Why are its roots.... above the soil....? Is that normal? Should I put more soil in there to cover them?? Should I just try to repot it? I'm nervous about doing so. 2. I may have committed the cardinal sin of pruning it too much. Please forgive me. I thought it would be OK if I pruned off some of the brown fronds but they were also green halfway up so now I'm realizing that was a really bad idea and I shouldn't have done that.... My question is…

    

    Last reply by Funkthulhu, June 12

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    Nursery pot sizes

    May 25 by miamicuse

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    I have an exceedingly stupid question but it's a bit embarrassing to be asking. I buy 1 gallon water bottles and clearly a one gallon bottle is bigger than a 1 gallon nursery pot. I buy 5 gallon paint that comes in a bucket that is clearly bigger than a 5 gallon nursery pot. Why is that? Is there a reason? May be there are different gallons kind of like imperial tons and metric tons?

    

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    Your Oldest Palms in Pots 1 2

    January 27, 2016 by Pal Meir

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    Please post pics of your oldest potted palms. I’ll start with two photos, one of two Chamaedorea elegans taken in 2015 at an age of 43 years, another of Chamaerops humilis taken in 2008 when it was 28 years old.

    

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    Best potting mix for livistona chinensis?

    May 13 by Little Tex

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    Ok so I had a community pot with around twenty seedlings, but the soil was too saturated and they started declining, plus an ant infestation took hold and it was a mess, so I made a new mix 30% perlite 10% peat moss 20% miracle grow cactus and palm, and 40% top soil. Only 7 survived the ordeal but they were doing great, I ferilitzed them and they were all putting out their third or fourth strap leaf. The soil drained perfect, but now it has ants again and some fuzzy mold or fungus, probably from the undissolved fertilizer, Nelson palm fertizer btw if anyone was wondering, what do i do now?

    

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    Need help identifying whether it’s a bottle or a spindle palm

    June 1 by Palmsareawesome

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    I bought this palm from a nursery the other day and they told me it was a bottle palm but I thought it looks kinda like a spindle palm. I cant really tell the difference so I’ll see what you guys think.

    

    Last reply by JLM, June 5
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    Plastic Air Nursery Pots

    June 3 by miamicuse

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    Anyone use them? https://www.homedepot.com/p/VEVOR-6-Pieces-Plastic-Air-Nursery-Pots-7-4-Gal-Air-Root-Pots-Plant-Root-Container-Garden-Propagation-Pot-JLHYKGRQ76PCSEBAFV0/320494760 Wife bought a few to try. Boy do they look ugly...she put one of the coconut palms in one.

    

    Last reply by Silas_Sancona, June 3

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    Livistonia Chinesis. Chinese Fan Palm.

    May 26 by DdSing

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    Hi, there. I'm very new to palms and recently acquired this lovely tree about 3 weeks ago. Came from the nursery big, lush and green. I've watered it twice since then, waiting for the soil to dry up considerably, once from the top and once from the bottom, both times with a quarter dilution of a high quality organic fertilizer. I noticed some that the lower, younger leaves were having some issues somewhat early on, they seemed to be yellowing a bit and fragile/breaking at the leaf seams. Just recently however, things seem to have gotten a bit worse. I'm including pictures to give as much context as possible. I know it's difficult to diagnose plant problems over the intern…

    

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    Freckles

    May 27 by Palmlover_78

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    Hey guys I was wondering what are these little brown spots on the stem of this frond ? I have Safers 3 in 1 I’d it a fungus ? thanks

    

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    transferring palm seedlings from plastic bottles to tree pots

    May 26 by miamicuse

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    I have about 48 seedlings that were previously in small cut up water bottles that I would like up to 4"X9" tree pots. These are Licuala sp (not sure which kind) seedlings. Can someone recommend a good soil mix to use on the slightly bigger pots? Should I use Miracle-Gro Cactus, Palm & Citrus Soil, or do something else? The water bottles I have now, I used generic top soil, mixed with sand, perlite, and I put 2" of pea gravel at the bottom of the bottles.

    

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    Can you over water when it's super hot/sunny?

    May 21 by PalmX

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    Im sure within reason you can always over water, but say your soil is still wet from rain a few days ago but now it's a very hot/sunny day. Is it best to give them a fresh drink during super hot days? Or are they happy as can be with the wet soil?

    

    Last reply by SeanK, May 22
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    Christmas palm transplant shock?

    May 21 by Palmsareawesome

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    I live in Maryland and I just transplanted this Christmas palm about a week ago. I’ve been leaving it outside because it’s been in the 70’s during the day and 50’s at night. Also it has been getting pretty direct sunlight. Is this transplant shock and if so, is there anything I could do to help it?

    

    Last reply by PalmatierMeg, May 22
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    Date palm dried out

    May 20 by VirginiaTropicals

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    Havent watered enough much leaves closing do they still have a chance of survival? Another one died a while back ago. Been 70s and 80s and a few scattered days of 60s.

    

    Last reply by fotodimatti, May 20

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    Rhapis chlorosis in full sun pool area

    May 2 by Clem

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    I maintain a number of large Rhapis excelsa in containers in pool lanais, pool decks and porches. I have no issues with any of them except four plants located in large stoneware pots on a paved pool deck growing in full sunlight. They’ve been in place for nearly a year and we’re doing well until we had two cold spells here in central Florida back in late December/early January. Since then the existing foliage has become severely chlorotic (almost white) and the new foliage that is growing in now is doing the same. They were fertilized with Sunniland palm fertilizer about two months ago and got one application of Peters 20-20-20 since then. I suspect a pH issue but th…

    

    Last reply by Clem, May 18

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