PALMS IN POTS
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The downsides of indoor jungles
by Jesse PNW- 2 followers
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I have plants stacked on plants. No idea how many, in the hundreds. I love my palms and plants but it's also work. I always have weeds, and pest problems arise. And I have so many plants that I sometimes miss some when watering. Having plants underneath other plants means problems can run amock for some time without me realizing it. I also constantly burn fronds that grow too close to the grow lights. I'm currently watering once a week and it takes 20-30 minutes. Grow box gets watered daily and I have to refill the humidifier. Takes 5-10 minutes, not bad. Currently have these little white pests, there are millions. Only way I know to handle an infe…
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Hi everyone, I have been growing two date palms in from seed for the last 2 years. I am based just outside Amsterdam, Netherlands. I gave a third one to a friend who lived in Portugal after it started growing a bit from the seed and it is doing great. That one has a thick trunk by now and many more leaves, which are also darker green. I have attached a photo for comparison purposes. However, my two date palms are not doing very well... The leaves have started getting brown and some have even dried out. Is it too much water? Too little water? I also noticed that small roots have started coming out at the bottom of the pot of one palm, but nothing major yet. …
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Howea belmoreana indoors/potted
by sashaeffer- 25 replies
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Love these palms but have the worst luck with them as well as it's cousin the Kentia palm Curious if anyone here has kept a Belmoreana indoors with success and what care as far as watering culture yours had. One of the fronds of this one has slowly started to turn brown starting from the tip and working it's way back. Frond doesn't feel "dry" Palm hasn't been misted and it's in the pot and soil it grew up in, I only painted it. When inside for the winter, it's been sitting in front or close to a east facing window with little direct light, but some. As you can see the newest frond is nice and green and it's pushing a main new spear with another one…
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Weird leaf condition
by Kai- 1 follower
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I have amputated a leaf off my Astrocaryum alatum plant. It has been a very healthy and well growing plant since I got it halfway 2015. But now all of a sudden one of the newer leafs, but not the newest dried up in a matter of days. All other leafs appear to be unaffected. I have no idea what might have caused this and therefore no idea if I should be worried about it affecting the rest of the palm or how to treat it. Or worse: it affecting other palms in my collection. There haven't been any changes in watering or caring. I'm completely in the dark. Does anybody here have an idea of what might have caused this just by looking at the pictures?
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Repotting day
by Monòver- 25 replies
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Spring arrives to Spain and i think is the best moment to repot a few palms that must wait for more time to be planted. I hope they will be growing healthy in the new pot. The first is Johannestmania altifrons. One year in the old pot and i think is the moment for a big pot. People says i must be worried with root disturbance, but last year was perfect and i think, this will be the same. And now, Howea forsteriana
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Repotting palms
by David_Sweden- 25 replies
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There actually is no thread with repotting in the heading (except this which is interesting but rather specific). Right now I'm considering repotting a few palms, especially these 3 small ones, a Foxtail, Lipstick and Parlour Palm: The Lipstick and Foxtail have several roots coming out ~½" of drainage holes, and the Parlour Palms have risen above ground so that I can see ~½" of the roots. The Lipstick got all new soil in September, the Foxtail I exchanged half the soil for when I got it in June, the Parlour I only added some soil on the top layer for and its pot is very small for the size but it does great. Some say that when roots begin to show like this, it i…
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Need help selecting pots to re pot seedlings plz
by Hardypalms- 2 followers
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Hi I just received some great looking seedlings from an IPS member. I want to buy some of these tall pots online as box stores don't have them. (I am USA based) Can anybody point me in the right direction on "Thatzone site or that bay site"? Also I have some sand on hand when they installed my pool 4 years ago. Is it ok to use that instead of perlite to repot? Do I mix at 50% sand or perlite and 50% potting mix? Thxs a lot Pat
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Which palm in a pot in MI?
by RaychHasDatePalms- 24 replies
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So I know, I know.... palms and Michigan, and we have had this discussion many times before. HOWEVER. I have had bad luck with keeping palms alive, obviously, but I feel I have chosen the wrong ones. Plenty of us have had this discussion and I know plenty of you are able to do it. (Yes, KinzyJr, I am referring to you —and others) So. What do you think? I am looking at a pygmy date palm, a Christmas palm, or a cycid that has a similar silhouette to the other two mentioned. It would be in a pot in my office, which has a window but I’d say partial sun as opposed to full sun. (I do also have a grow lamp in there that my hardy fig has loved but th…
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trachycarpus fortunei to deep?
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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I bought this trachy from a nursery a couple weeks ago and I just looked at the trunk. and I'm unsure, but I feel like it was planted too deep in this pot? I just want a second opinion if it's supposed to be this deep because there are roots growing higher than the bottom of it, so I'm confused. I tried to take the best photos and video I could, but if I need to take more I can IMG_2766.mp4
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Splitting my D.Lutescens
by Philly J- 1 follower
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When I did my W.Robusta repotting, I decided it was time to separate the two biggest from this bunch in hopes of making them trunk at some point. I put each of them in terracotta and in the same mix: Leca bottom, half perlite half coir, leca top. Here’s hoping they don’t go into too much of a shock. I didn’t have to rip any of the major roots from each of my big guys, took my time to separate them and if there were any rips it was from the smaller clump (which also got repotted but if that dies of shock I’m not as concerned, I want these two beauties to trunk though in a pot, which I don’t see very often). I will have to get some support for the tallest fronds I …
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Need more help with Xmas palms please
by Noob2palms- 24 replies
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Hi! I posted a bit ago about my Xmas palms fading and it was determined that they needed to be acclimated the the sun as they may have been grown in a warehouse / shade. I have since followed the guide to slowly acclimate them. my palms seem to be look worse and worse and days go by. I have a moisture meter and am watering them in accordance to that and my finger in the dirt. The leaves are very dry and it has been windy here as well. (I’m in NYC) my biggest concern is that the spear leaf now seems to be browning a bit... does this still look like sun damage? Perhaps something else is at play? the garden place I got them from said they are fertil…
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Anyone had any lock growing Johannesteijsmannia altifrons and Magnifica as potted inside? @Pal Meir have you tried them before?
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Flame thrower palm
by Plant-a-holic- 2 followers
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I purchased a flamethrower palm at plant sale and have not seen any color on the new palm shoot yet? Does it have to be a certain age/size to see that? Thanks!
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Growing only in peat or coco coir?
by Palmfarmer- 1 follower
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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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Bugs & Pots!
by Mohsen- 23 replies
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We could talk about pest/ bugs that harmful to our palms or to us here... I am having problem of small suborn gnats in almost all my pots ( mostly in the soil)... I am using insecticide and that seems to kill them temporary and they will come back 2 days later any idea / remedy to get them away for good?
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Licuala Peltata indoors in New York help needed
by Strangeinternet- 1 follower
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Hey all, I got my first Peltata two weeks ago from a Florida nursery..about 36" tall and 4 fans/spears. I'm in New York City and trying to figure out to the best indoor care strategy especially re: light. I'm not letting the soil dry out and misting 2x a day which seems straightforward but as for light I've seen a lot of conflicting notes. It's an understory palm that needs shade outdoors but it seemed dangerous to treat it like a low-light indoors plant. Looking for some experienced advice on lighting. Right now, I have it about 3" ft from a southern facing window that gets about 5 hours of full sun this time of year but I can raise or lower a solar shade on. I…
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bonsai Lytocaryum weddellianum as Bonsai
by Pal Meir- 1 follower
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My 10 Lytocaryum weddellianum grown up from seed in 2013 were more and more getting too tall for my desktop, except one (N°1306c) which I had kept quite small by very brutal root pruning. (But even the other pruned palm N°1306a is growing too tall …) Now I am intending to keep my 3 one year young L batavum as small bonsai palms. First, I will keep them as long as possible in their tiny Ø8xH9cm clay pots. Second, I will expose them also to direct sunlight, but watching that they don’t get burned. @Jamesasb , you have mentioned (and posted a pic) one year ago that you are making one of your L weddellianum to a bonsai. Are there already visible and positive resul…
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Best sand for potted palms?
by Brad Mondel- 2 followers
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I've tried builders sand, play sand, aquarium sand and I do not like them at all except the aquarium sand but it is too expensive. Would pool filter sand be any good? I need a larger coarse grain size that drains well, not sugar grain sized.
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Width or Depth?
by GMann- 1 follower
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What is more important for palms? The pot width or pot depth? For palms that sucker, does planting them in a wider pot encourage more suckering? I noticed that most containers for sale have slightly more width than depth (i.e. 20x17 or 13x10). Are those good dimensions for palms? There are a few though that are the opposite, i.e. tall pots that have more depth than width, how would a palm do in a pot like that? If you want to encourage palm height and trunking, do you need more depth or width?
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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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Seedling potting mix
by Keys6505- 3 followers
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Awhile back I did some digging on this site in regards to looking for a good general use potting mix for palms. It seemed a lot of people here recommended simply cutting 50% turface mvp and 50% cheap generic bagged garden soil. Maybe I got my info crossed because I read tons of posts, but this mix seems to be fine for the larger pots that I keep outside but I've had some issues with smaller pots and seedlings rotting because some small pots seem to be staying wet a lot longer than others. Is this just because the garden soil I'm using is junk or is this mix just better for larger pots/plants? Any recommendations or tweaks anyone would recommend? I have some germinate…
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Palms in aquarium
by ZPalms- 2 followers
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Has anyone ever tried to growing a palm in an aquarium? I just had a funny idea of growing some in one maybe chamaedorea radicalis or something
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Those of you who have brought your potted palms outside already; when did you do it and at what temperatures? How did they react? Any photos? I haven't dared to bring mine outside yet; max. temperatures here are less than 70F atm.
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Spiny palms in pots, show us your monster!
by GrumpyGrower- 22 replies
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Hello palm lovers, I have to say, these palms are not too much favorite but I think they deserve it! Show us your spiny palms, here is my Verschaffeltia splendida: Seed came from my friend in Singapore, I have to say, it is one of the fastest palms in pots and spines are very dangerous! Happy growing palm lovers
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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…
