PALMS IN POTS
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Chamaerops Humulis (var cerifera??) not looking great.
by ActualTrachycarpus- 12 replies
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So I got this chamaerops back in late December and he looked healthy at first but since hes not been able to get adequate sunlight (Chicago winter) he is starting to not look so good. Definitely for summer Ill put him in my sunniest spot but for right now any tips to make him look better? (And Ive been putting him next to a window I just moved him to take pictures)
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Date palm seeds
by Dr Sha- 1 follower
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I just bought some dates, pitted, but three turned out having pits. Could they be germinated? Has someone done that?
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Palming in a winter wonderland
by kbob11- 1 follower
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Cheers from Massachusetts!
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What is this on my palm?
by Mrslowpwr- 1 follower
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Can anyone tell me what this is growing from my palm? Does anything need to be done with this? In the past I've just cut them off. Also does anyone know what kind of palm that is? I bought it at the Orlando Florida airport. It was less than a foot tall and came in a box.
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Sabal newly emerging frond question
by Rickybobby- 4 replies
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I got this 5 gallon sabal last spring. It has done decent considering the conditions. But currently is in my grow room. Warm and well lit. Anyway the newest frond emerging hasn’t reached out yet but all the leaflets droop down. The previous ones were nice and stiff as you can see. What causes this?
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Potting soil mix advice
by Rickybobby- 1 follower
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My local hydroponics store has clay pebbles coco coir and perlite. Would you guys reccomend this more than say a peatmoss perlite mix? If so do you just mix the pebbles in the soil so it’s all even with the coco coir etc? I want to make some changes this year to my program
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Lytocaryum weddellianum - Repotting
by benko- 8 replies
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Hello all, I have a Lytocaryum weddellianum growing on my kitchen window sill which is south facing. It has been doing really well and continues to grow through the winter months! I have noticed it's roots are starting to pop out the bottom of the pot, I was wondering if any of you think I should re-pot it in a few months or just leave it in its current pot for longer? I am thinking of getting a Lechuza pot for it with Lechuza pon. I have only been watering when the soil is close to drying out, allowing the water to drain. Also does anyone know how it copes with root disturbance? If you could let me know your thoughts it would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, I have thousands palm seedlings and I'm wondering what king of fertilizer palm nurseries use generally for seedlings 2 months after germination for a healthy and good start, any idea ?? Thanks
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Show us your container/seedling ranch
by Chester B- 28 replies
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Show us what you have growing for eventual plantings. Here are mine: The empty aquarium works well with the High output T8 bulbs. I haven't set it up yet because I need to swap out the carpet for a more durable flooring. It's a 150 gallon that will house a Malawi predator tank as it was before. Last time it was running it housed Buccochromis rhodesii, Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus, Dimidiochromis strigatus, Naveochromis chrysogaster, and Tyranochromis macrostoma. This is my original hobby the palm hobby came many decades later. All the palms will one day find a spot in my gardens if I can find room! They include: L. nitida BxJ (BxJ)xS …
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After many years of longingly running through the list of palm species at Floribunda, somewhere around April of this year I finally decided it was time to place an order at Jeff an Suchin’s amazing company. I had read so much about it and only good things, so this was going to be the place. On my own I couldn’t reach the minimum order for foreign (non-US) of 300 USD so I placed an appeal on a Dutch / Belgian forum for exotic plant “freaks”, like myself, to join in with the order. This way we could also make the transportation, phyto-certificate, custom/tax costs, and all that a bit more affordable if we would just split the costs. It didn’t take very long before the fir…
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CIDP seeds from the Canary Islands
by NC_Palms- 6 replies
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I usually prefer buying my seeds from local sources, but this was an exception. Phoenix Canariensis seeds from the Canary Islands! I cannot wait to plant them.
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Uh oh, my new cocos has mites in the soil??
by RaychHasDatePalms- 3 replies
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I am a worried cocos mama right now! Per reccomendations received here, I’ve been waiting to transplant to a larger pot till the weather gets warmer and more humid in my area..... but now I’m not sure what to do! I didn’t notice the mites at all till I watered it, and then I saw them come up from the dirt onto the coconut seed itself. Is this because the tree is growing out of the seed, or (I assume) something to fix FAST? How should I go about fixing it? Thank you so much!
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Silica sand aka pool sand filter sand
by Rickybobby- 0 replies
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I heard the palm fiend mentioned he had some soil mixes with silica sand. Which is pool filter sand. Any one else have any luck with it. Or use it solely for any palms?
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Help with Trachy
by Tom Ace- 9 replies
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Hi! I'm worried about my Trachy. The leaves recently started to go dark brown-black, working from the bottom up. Originally I thought that it wasn't getting enough light, but it has really spread quickly. Past couple of weeks has seen 8-10 fronds darken and dry up. Please see pics. What should I do? Was planning on planting out in May. I want to keep it healthy! Note* I had a second trachy in which all fronds turned dark brown when I first brought it inside in November. I had to trim off all of them and leave the spear. That one is growing decently now. Ideas? Thank you!
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King Palms
by Patrick Palms- 1 follower
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Can King palms, Archontophoenix, be ok for outside on terrace in pots? My 7g Adonidia is doing well in pots, but would king palm be ok, or only in ground? And what feather palms, are good for outside pots? Coconut? Queen? DypsisPembana? I know some palms , dont like being in pots? So i,m told?
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Growing Trachycarpus from seed
by NC_Palms- 6 replies
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I collected a bunch of Trachycarpus fortunei seeds a while back and I have no idea what to do with them. They are very difficult to clean. Should I just throw them in soil? I’ve germinated a lot of palm seeds but never these. .
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Euterpe oleracea
by abdalav- 1 reply
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My Açaí Palm (Euterpe oleracea) seedling... As shown in the picture, Açaí Palm first leaves are bifid. It will join my Syagrus weddeliana, Phoenix sp. and Chamaedorea elegans in my small palm collection in my apartment. Soon, a Chamaedorea metallica will join them. It's a dwarf açaí variety that reaches only 3 to 4 meters. As soon as it reaches its adult size, it will be planted at my father's backyard.
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Issues with new Kentia
by Kariri- 1 follower
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I recently bought a 2 foot Kentia with one 3 foot frond from Etsy. It is 2 palms. On arrival, I noticed that there were black dots on the stalks , and other mild blemishes on the fronds. The pot was damaged and some of the soil was displaced. I wanted to repot it and use new soil and used this forum to look at various threads on potting mixes. I couldn't find pine bark, so I used fir bark. The mixture was roughly 30% FoxFarm Ocean Forest potting soil, 20% Fir Bark, 20% Hydroball (a Leca substitute), and 30% Pumice. I then watered it. It seemed to dry out quickly, and after a few days I noticed yellowing tips on many fronds, so I googled "yellowing tips on palm fronds…
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Lipstick Palms
by AshW- 22 replies
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I am after some advice concerning lipstick palms. I purchased 10 of these around five months ago. They were potted by the nursery when delivered. They used a local soil combined with clay pebbles. They looked great and were growing well until around a month ago. I then stated to notice a few spots on a couple of fronds but nothing major. However in the last two weeks they have declined rapidly with about half the foliage of the plants now gone. Originally I thought it may have been a water problem (too much) as they were getting a decent water every second day, however this is consistent with the original watering routine. I tried to use a seaweed based tonic on…
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I got a coconut palm in a pot! Help to survive sunless winter?
by RaychHasDatePalms- 17 replies
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Hi all! I've been waiting for my local big box to bring these back; they get about 5 a year and I wasn't expecting to see them till a few months from now..... but lo and behold, the coconut palms were back this week, and so I nabbed one! I love it...... only thing is, I am battling Michigan winter. Obviously the coconut palm lives inside (!!) and we keep the house warm. The tag says it's from Florida and hardy up to something like 30 degrees f? I thought cocos couldn't go below 70 degrees f, but you know better than me at this point. I also have a humidifier that I run whenever I feel it's getting too dry, and I like the same conditions as a coconut palm, so it gets run f…
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Potted Pineapple
by JSKeys- 3 replies
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Sorry if this is the wrong topic or the wrong board... But while worrying about my outside palms during the polar vortex temperatures up here north of Baltimore, MD I found that I have a pineapple coming in to one of my potted plants and it made me very happy! Most of my pineapple plants are from fruit grown by a friend in Lake Placid, FL (z9B).
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Germinating Phoenix Dactylifera 2.0... tips?
by RaychHasDatePalms- 27 replies
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I'm giving this the second go-round.... yes, I am crazy enough to try growing a date palm from seed in a pot in MI.... again. I actually had fairly good results the first time; I went through the germination process with about 20 seeds and had 3 grow into good-sized seedlings. They looooved hanging out on my balcony in the summer and hot fall, and were fine through their first winter and second hot summer/fall... but went through quite the crisis when I brought them in and put them under the grow light this fall/winter. Poor things. I have one that MAY pull through, but I doubt it...... Anyway. We moved from our hot 3rd floor apartment to a drafty townhome in the me…
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Sentimental Pygmy Date Palm problems
by Cushion16- 1 follower
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Hello folks. I have a bit of a unique situation that I’m hoping to get some sound advice on. So about a year ago I ordered online a young Pygmy date palm. Here’s a little background story: my father was killed three years ago and he loved palm trees and so do I. So to honor him in a positive way I decided to put some of his ashes in the pot with my new palm tree. I live in Reno NV so it’s really no easy place for a palm tree to live. I moved the palm outside when the weather wasnt extremely hot or cold but when the extreme weather hit the palm was kept inside near a window. I watered it once a week. This last fall when I moved the palm inside it wasn’t looking too g…
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1987 My Palm spp in 1987
by Pal Meir- 2 followers
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I found a list of 42 palm spp I was growing in 1987: Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Archontophoenix alexandrae Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Areca catechu Arecastrum romanzoffianum (= Syagrus r.) Arena engleri (ryukyuensis) Arenga undulatifolia Brahea armata Butia capitata (= B. odorata?) Caryota mitis Chamaedorea elegans Chamaedorea erumpens (= Ch. seifrizii) Chamaedorea metallica Chamaedorea radicalis Chamaerops humilis Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (= Dypsis l.) Cocos nucifera Dictyosperma album var. rubrum Euterpe edulis Howe belmoreana Howea forsteriana Jubaea chilensis Livistona australis Livistona chinensis Livistona sarib…
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Indoor Palm Heat Question
by PalmTreeDude- 5 replies
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Hello, so I have some potted Sabal minors indoors that are doing well for the most part, but some seem to be "stuck" and just wont grow much. I am wanting to provide them with heat but they are in a small space. Does anyone know of anything that can safely provide a small area with heat for growing plants indoors? I could really use something like this, please tell me if you know about anything that might work!
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