PALMS IN POTS
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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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Seed pot source
by greengenes- 2 replies
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I have some seeds being shipped soon that I need to pot up. Any recommendations for a good seed pot source? Ideally I’m looking for something 3” wide x 8” tall square.
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King palms germination
by Eric Thompson- 1 reply
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Hey guys just got a bunch of King seeds and have a couple questions. I noticed a couple of the seeds has cracked and there were smaller seeds insize similar to Washingtonias so my question is.. am I to Hull these seeds or is just soaking them sufficient. Also I have some decent temperature control and I was thinking of popping them into individual cells in a 1020 tray with a humi-dome. Is this going to work for me or am I better to use the baggy method and split them after? Sincerly Eric the Noob
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Recovering CIDP
by John Derek- 2 replies
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This Canary Date almost died along with its sibling around the end of June. It turned yellow and spear pulled several new fronds. I only watered it sparingly for the rest of the summer and moved it out of direct sunlight. Now at the beginning of winter both are showing new growth and happiness inside. Eventually I want to plant them outside. Baby steps for a new palm lover.
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Crushed coral/sand from fish store
by Rickybobby- 1 follower
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I have posted before about making soil for my potted coconut. My sandy soil here isn’t the same as ocean beach sand. I wonder if buying bagged crushed coral aquarium sand would work well for my potted coconut ? I have some germinating coconuts right now that will eventually need some soil as well.
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Majesty droopy after repotting
by Eric Thompson- 13 replies
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Just recently split up 3 majesty’s from same pot into their own pots. I was as easy as I could be on the roots.. all new soil and parked in front of a large window. 3 days later and they are looking a darker green, the fronds are droopy and all seem to be twisting. Is this just classic shock or did i kill these things?
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Led plant grow light height
by Rickybobby- 0 replies
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Hey everyone some of my seedlings have small yellow spots here and there. From this pic how does the light height look? It’s only 60w but we know the led are bright. This is full spectrum as well about two weeks ago lifted the lights another 6” higher since the seedlings are growing
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I did a seaweed foliar spray to all of my small potted palm seedlings yesterday. I immediately noticed these yellow spots on a few of my Dypsis and the worst showing on this Carpoxylon Macrospermum. Is this a result of too many nutrients? That was my second round of foliar spray. I did the first one about three weeks ago. I am thinking I may the solution too strong. A little background info, I just recently got the palm bug and I am obsessed! This is my first post...
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Palm tree for patio pool in pot zone 10a
by PalmMom007- 6 replies
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Hi, I want to hear some good palms to keep in a pot on the patio by a pool in Southwest Florida. I want to hear your ideas! Thanks and Happy holidays to all!
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Azamax for spider mites?
by sashaeffer- 5 replies
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Anyone use this with success? I have always wanted something other than a foliage spray to control spider mites and this product can be used as a watering drench. https://www.amazon.com/d/Fertilizers-Plant-Food/General-Hydroponics-GH2045-AzaMax-Ounce/B0032JYKGG/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1544306088&sr=1-1&keywords=Azamax Currently using Avid with success it seems, but have to take palms to bathtub and wear a mask to spray them down. Any soil drench would be much easier.
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Growing in a box
by John in Andalucia- 4 followers
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My palm growing these days is very different from the greenhouse I had in Spain ten years ago. Nevertheless, I'm having some pleasing results growing in heated chamber. Here are the contents of my grow chamber, with some notable comments: At the back - 3 x Beccariophoenix fenestralis. I recently posted about these. I'm very happy with their progress. There's also a Chambeyronia macrocarpa in front of these. In the 3 ziplock bags behind I have 7 x Johannesteijsmannia altifrons germinated seeds. They've each produced a 6 to 7 inch radicle and look healthy so far. Fingers crossed! In the back-right corner - Coccothrinax miraguama. Among that lot is a sic…
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1972 My Palms 1972
by Pal Meir- 1 follower
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In the early 1970s there were only a couple of palm species available here in Germany. When I checked my photos from 1972 I could find the following 10 genera with 13 species: Butia odorata < »Cocos australis« Chamaedorea elegans < »Collinia elegans« Chamaerops humilis Cocos nucifera Howea forsteriana Phoenix canariensis Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix roebelenii Rhapis subtilis < »kañnoñchiku« 観音竹 Syagrus weddelliana < »Microcoelum weddellianum« Trachycarpus fortunei < »Trachycarpus excelsa« Washingtonia filifera Washingtonia robusta
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Identify help please
by MrClappyHands- 4 replies
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I have two of these palms that I've been growing for about 5 years. They were given to me as saplings, but I'm not sure what they are. All I remember is being told they were somewhat cold hardy. They've been pretty slow growing, partially I think from being in pots, also because it's been an experiment with trial and error to grow them in a zone 6 area. Any info/help/advice is much appreciated!
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Hydrolega or Pumice
by Patrick Palms- 1 follower
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I have herd that Pumice or Hydrolega is better than soil for plants, as gives roots oxygen with out flooding the roots. Can this mix be used for palms also? A grower in Sweden, said for last ten years, he only uses pumice gravel. Roots bigger and stronger
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis Root issues
by Rickybobby- 1 follower
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Hey everyone last year my potting skills weren’t up to par. I have learned A lot. My 5 gallon bottle lately has started to brown tip a bit. Still growing new spears just fine but as a new frond opens I cut one off. The soil on this guy has more peatmoss then some of my others. I figured he was fine. So with the. Brown tipping getting worse I put my fingers in the soil and still damp. Not soaked but prettt damp. So I decided to pull the guy right out of the pot. So to my surprise the whole pot is root bound which is good. No soil at the. Bottom at all. But half way up to the top is the bad draining peat. One large root has rotted. New roofs are growing. So there’s some bad…
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Huge trouble with my kentia
by Reynevan- 1 follower
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Hi there, Has anyone have an idea what could possibly happen here ? Just repotted the plant, pot was maybe a bit too big, so I've moved it to a smaller one with better drainage. But soil wasn't even too damp, no water below roots at all. Is it a fungus of some sort ? Leaves one after another are drying up like this one here. Have this plant in a west oriented room in semi-shade, so no chance for sunburn here. Can it be overfertilisation? Help
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How funny!?
by Jupiter1- 1 follower
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White Mold? on Majesty Palm
by Hombre de Palmas- 2 replies
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Hello Everyone, Happy December! I just discovered this white material on the underside of a potted Majesty Palm. It rubs off easily with no apparent damage caused. I googled it, but do not see an obvious culprit. I would appreciate any input. Thanks!
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Dypsis Pembana
by Patrick Palms- 1 follower
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Is my new addition, of a Dypsis Pembana, ok to go outside on terrace? In Canary islands, never under 15c but can get windy
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