PALMS IN POTS
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Phoenix roebelenii strap leaves closed
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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One minute they were all open and doing fine and then I checked on them and they closed up, I watered the pot and only one opened back up and the others look like a strand of grass and I'm confused what happened? Is it cause I missed a watering or something? Are they gonna be ok?
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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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Lady palm, what am I doing wrong
by SilverMissy- 2 followers
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Hello, I got this lady palm for free at a garden center because of how unhealthy it was. The leaves haven't changed and I've had it for a hear and a half now. The leaves have this green-yellow look to them. I have repotted it when I got it and I made the error of going too large of a pot size because of how pot bound it was but apparently they like it like that. Anyway, the leaves have not turned that deeper shade of green as you can see in the older leaves. I've been watering every 2 weeks because of the large pot size but the leaves still look like it has been too dry from the look of the leave tips. I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Any suggest…
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Mississippi Squad
by JohnAndSancho- 34 replies
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I guess it's time for an update. I lost my job in January, lost my car, lost my apartment. Depression hit me really hard. Really hard. Not going into details, but if a friend of mine didn't happen to catch a layover in Texas, I wouldn't be here. He rented me a U-Haul to help me get back to my family's house in Mississippi. I wasn't in the greatest mindset, and I left most of my palms and plants in the apartment. I brought my spindle, C. Plumosa, my L. Weddellaniums, a couple snake plants, a Mangave, and my BxLyto. Everything else was left in the apartment and donated to the staff. They must be happy, because they didn't charge me for breaking the lease or not …
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W. Robusta large leaf troubles
by RobustaEnvirons- 34 replies
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Hi everyone. Recently, my potted Washingtonia Robusta's largest leaf has turned yellow/brown. I noticed it start to fold up and compact last week. Little by little it just turned yellow and then brown. I don't quite understand it. It only has the large leaf and then an emerging new growth leaf. Now that its large leaf is pretty well toasted, it now only has the new growth. All this time it's had that leaf and it did well. Its been since August/September. I do very little to it. Since Winter began I haven't even watered it too much. Others have said to not water too much in Winter. With the furnace heat, I do water it every month or perhaps longer (a bottle of water)…
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Identifying the Container Ranch 2021
by Funkthulhu- 1 follower
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Playing around with some lists. Made this one of all my pots in house. Aside from some randos I picked up in Florida and got to sprout, I have identified most all of them! Granted, I had to go back through a bunch of old message and figure out what the heck @DoomsDave and others have mailed to me over the years. But even the store-boughts are not guarantees until you see how they look when they get older. Not a long list, but pretty good for this hobbyist and his little shared ranch. Adonidia merrillii Agave americana Aloe rubroviolacea(?) Aloe noideaensis Alpinia galanga Ananas comosus Archontophoenix tuckerii (2) Caryota mitis (fishtail) Chamaed…
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Dark spots on Lipstick Palm petioles
by David_Sweden- 1 follower
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My Lipstick Palm has beautifully red petioles since over a year (after a long wait) and when I saw big clusters of dark brown spots on these, I first thought it was nothing (just some pigmentation): But when I checked it with a loupe it turned out a bit more suspicious. My plant book suggests it could be either scale insects or what I think you in English call just "edema" or "oedema", because small wounds have formed which when healing cause corky stuff (in my country it is called "cork disease"), and that the edema can be caused either by bugs (e g different kinds of mites or thrips) or physiologically. I've been trying to identify what it is and I wonder if anyone w…
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Massive Queen Palm for Chicago?
by ActualTrachycarpus- 33 replies
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I was recently at a greenhouse oh an hour or so from where I live in Chicago, and found that they had a 10 foot Syagrus Romanzoffiana in a large pot. The price tag on it was only $90 or so, which is extremely cheap (for where I live at least) I have always wanted to own a large palm considering since there are no palms around where I live. I was thinking about making the purchase in mid to late April, and checked the predicted forecast online: (It would stay in the same pot until the first frost, and then I would take it to be stored in a greenhouse) https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/chicago-il/60659/april-weather/60659us?monyr=4/1/2019&view=table It says t…
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One way to do it...or at least try...
by sashaeffer- 33 replies
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I love Foxtails. Probably one of my favorite palms really. Not easy to get for me here in Nebraska but I have been able to buy two that I discovered at local nurseries both during the summer months. They love our summers here, hot and humid and they grow like crazy..until it turns cool in the fall and they quickly decline as they do NOT like being indoors. First one died pretty fast after brining indoors, 2nd one still alive and looks "dormant" and spending it's winter out in garage under suntube light with minimal water. So two years ago I bought some seeds and thought that if I grew them from seed and they only knew indoor environment then I would have better luck.…
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Dead filifera RIP
by ZPalms- 2 followers
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So the filifera didn't make it and I thought it was a complete goner but I might of made a mistake but it was showing no signs of improvement so I hacked it because I thought it was gone but it had some green still left just a little bit but it wasn't visible to me so it way to late now if their was a chance of recovery but it had a lot of rot going on in the small trunk it had which just crumbled so this is all that left </3
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Coconut palm out of winter
by Coconutman- 1 follower
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Looks pretty rough but the first winter indoors for my coconut palm. I'll probably start to slowly move it outdoors as spring progresses!
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Unusual Indoor Palm
by mxcolin- 1 follower
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I'm looking for some unusual ideas for an inside Palm. There won't be a huge amount of natural light but enough to make do. I already have the following indoors: Majesty Coconut Kentia Cat Areca Any other ideas on what I could plant indoors? I might add some UV lights to make it possible. I'm looking for something you wouldn't normally see grown indoors. Thoughts?
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How many hours a day do you run your lights?
by Chester B- 32 replies
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Pretty simple question, but I didn't see any topics on it. So how long are you running your lights indoors? Most of my palms are smaller ones that I am growing out that will eventually be planted outside. Primarily Sabals and a few hybrids.
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Livistona dies
by 555- 32 replies
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Hi, everyone. I've had Livistona Rotundifolia indoors for about 6 years. And now it started dying for unknown reason. The leaves become dark brown starting from its tips and die very quickly. Maybe it's a virus disease (like lethal yellowing)? Who knows how it can be stopped?
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When to split up c. elegans clusters?
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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When should I split these guys up? I've seen this question asked before with replies like "survival of the fittest" and things like that, and I've def pulled a few dead little strugglers out - but the survivors in here are all growing like weeds and I can't help but think they'd do even better if they had more room to spread out. Would these also benefit from the @Pal Meir soil mix of bark and clay like my baby Wedds are in?
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Grow lights - picture/discussion thread
by PsyPalm- 1 follower
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Hey guys! I thought it would be cool to start a thread of grow light setups as well as just people's cool/creative indoor palm arrangements. I've installed a number of different grow lights in my place and wanted to share with you guys as well as just get a thread of pictures and discussion about what has/hasn't worked for us. I always love seeing what people do with their indoor space! Here's a list of the grow lights I've used: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1UAJP4JW5RVS8?ref_=wl_share The 75W Bozily ones are the most effective as far as par value, those are the main ones that I use everywhere. The other ones are less powerful but add a really nice ambi…
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Beccariophoenix alfredii
by Kai- 31 replies
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Hi all, Just felt like showing my newest aquisition; a Beccariophoenix alfredii. I have never seen one this size for sale in the Netherlands and just couldn't resist! I was participating in a locally organized exotic plant fair and decided to take a stroll along all the stands before the opening of the fair. I immediately noticed the coconutty appearance and went straight for it. Very quickly I secured this palm for 45 euro's which is a bargain in these parts of Europe. The palm came from a grower in southern Europe somewhere and as I have seen before with palms from those regions, it's in some kind of dense clayish (very heavy) soil. I plan on r…
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European fan palm?
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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I just got this European fan palm assuming that’s what it is, it wasn’t tagged but I think that’s what it is, definitely needs to be repotted since it’s filled this pot up with its roots but when I get home Im gonna cover these exposed roots and does these spears look normal just wanna make sure!
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Starting to prep my indoor container ranch for this fall
by Rickybobby- 1 follower
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anyone growing Cyrtostachys renda in pots
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P. Roebelenii surgery
by JohnAndSancho- 31 replies
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Granted, my work area is a LOT less than ideal. Anyway, i brought the roebelenii home from my office to split it up, and good lord this is tedious. If one of these green jerks die, I'm gonna be frustrated - before I remember I'm only out $10 and ummmm I think I'm about 2 hours into this now. Good times
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Unexpected Yellowing and Leaves dying off
by RobustaEnvirons- 31 replies
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Hello everyone! I've recently started to notice that the leaves of my potted Washy are yellowing and browning. I live in Toledo Ohio and so I can only keep my Washies outdoors in the warm months of April-September. This particular washy was steaming along nicely all warm season. I had to bring it inside the house around the final week or so of September-early October. I keep it in my South-Southwest facing bay window and its got a heater duct below it on the floor (below the ledge). This washy was doing very well up until about a week or so ago. I had to snip off its oldest leaf because that leaf had yellowed at the tip and finally completely turned brown. That wasn'…
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I'm doing cocos again!
by Kai- 30 replies
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Found this nice little cocos in my local gardencentre for €10. I put it in the old pot of Pal's Lytocaryum insigne #1404 with some of the famous seramis pinebark mix. Some time ago I already decided that when I'd come across one of these, I'd give it another try. I still feel the pain of having to let my previous cocos go when I moved to Amsterdam. In 8 years time it had grown into a palm of stature and I still miss it. Hope this little guy will in time grow into a worthy substitute! Wish me luck everybody!
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Coconut Palm Question
by winston.demartini- 2 followers
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Hi guys, I was wondering what might be wrong with my coconut palm. His newest leaves are much more yellow looking than his oldest. I've had this palm for a little over a gear now and he is just starting to yellow. I have been feeding him miricle grow with a 2-1-1 ratio (water dissolve) for about 3-4 months and early this month added notice grow granular for palms and cactus. He still continues to yellow though. I've read that nitrogen deficiencies are big for potted palms and this is one way they show it. But I am not sure if is the issue because of the fertilizer I am giving it. I also water the palm every day because it's summer so it's outside now and it's hot an…
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Potted palm tree suggestions...
by teddytn- 1 follower
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I’ve been looking through everyone’s pics of their indoor palms. I’ve got some houseplants but we’re talking crassulas, dracena, pothos, some cactus. I’m clueless when it comes to the indoor palm game. What are some suggestions if I were to get a palm or 3?
