PALMS IN POTS
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Should I separate majesty palms?
by NCFM- 3 followers
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I recently bought three majesty palms growing together in one pot from Lowe’s hardware. I’ve had them growing like this for about two months and they’re doing well; however, I’ve heard that they will grow faster if separated. Should I separate them or is there too much of a chance I would harm the plants by doing so?
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Is my palm tree dieing?
by Rookie-gardener- 20 replies
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Hi, I have recently got two Robusta palm trees 3-4 ft in height from livingsocial site. I have planted them at the bottom of my garden into two big plant pots 42cm.Since putting these in a pot i have noticed some the palm leaves have split or turned slightly yellow and the palm didnt feel secure enough in the pot so i added some support by planting a stick and securing the root. My questions are. Too much water or not enough water? I water every other day depending on weather. If it rains than i miss a day. I use a watering can and water for about 5 seconds around the pot. Plant not deep enough in the pot? The plant was planted j…
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Older Chamaedorea Elegans needs help (air layering?)
by DCA_Palm_Fan- 20 replies
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Hello everyone. It's been a while since I have been here. Glad to be back. I have an older C. Elegans that is in. Ed of some help. I'm not sure if it's age but I'm guessing at least 10-12 years old if not older? I've had it since 2009. I can't remember where I got it but I suspect it may have been through someone selling here. Anyway it is about 2&1/2 to 3 feet tall. It's been though, ans survived a lot including a few moves, very low light condition at one point, and having all of its leaves burnt off by being left outdoors in direct sun. It's recently had a severe newly bug infestation which took months to get rid of but now after applying a systemi…
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Washingtonia Robusta
by Brad1234565- 20 replies
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Hi, Please help, I have three Washingtonia Robusta, I have researched online as much as I can but am seeing so much conflicting information. I brought 2 Washingtonia Robusta or mexican fan palms, and one pot had two growing in one, so I hosed down the root ball and untangled the roots and re potted, the two I split are in smaller 36 cm pots, and one I put into a large 60 cm barrel pot. They came 100cm in height, and looked nice and healthy. as soon as I re-potted them they immediately flopped over and the fronds all closed up. the soil mix I looked up and mixed john innes no.3 and half all purpose compost, which was what recommended on a video I watched. I got …
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Kicking them out!
by oasis371- 1 follower
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If you grow containerized palms in frosty areas, do you season them outside and when do they leave the comfort of their shelter? I do this in approximately three waves. Today, I kicked out the Cy, cas revolutas (Sago palms), Butia (Pindo) palms, Chamaerops, Phoenix canariensis, Washingtonia robusta, Sabal bermudana, and one of the four Queen palms (Syagrus). These are some of my very biggest and heaviest so it was a major chore
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Dramatic Cocos Is Dramatic
by RaychHasDatePalms- 20 replies
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We went from browning and whithering due to overwatering to, suddenly, an overnight drastic change to browning and whithering due to under-watering. I tried to make the soil drain easily with cactus soil mixed with lava rock, gave it a bigger pot, and have a grow light on it maybe 12 hours a day or so. It’s in the warmest spot in the house and I have a spray bottle to counteract the current lack of humidity. Then all this. Any thoughts?
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Potted Christmas Palm Dying - HELP!
by Sadplantmom- 19 replies
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Hi all! I got this huge potted christmas palm tree on Oct 29 (prob over 12 ft tall) - I had meant for it to go out on the terrace but quickly realized that it would be too cold in NYC for it right now and brought it inside for the winter. It’s been less than 2 weeks since I brought it home, and I’ve noticed that some of the leaves have started turning fully brown. I want to act quickly to turn this around but I am so bad with plants! A few questions: 1. Does anyone know what could be the issue? How can I rectify this? 2. Is there anything specific I can be doing to ensure it survives? 3. How much water should I be giving it and how often? Some online forums say …
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The First Year of N°1701
by Pal Meir- 19 replies
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This is the story of the first year of my life. My Father-Mother was born and is still living in Amsterdam. One of these five fruits and seeds, that’s me: Three days later on 6 June 2017 I was born, err … germinated in Kokohum®, err … in a city of Western Germany: After another three days I got my first own home in a clay pot Ø8cm H9cm filled with 2/3 fine pine bark + 1/3 Seramis®:
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My germinating coconut from market :)
by Ilovepalm- 3 followers
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Hi, this is my germination coconut I am really happy! Coconut is still in the bucket with heat set at 34 C and covered with foil to reduce evaporation heat. My full tutorial Coconut Project 2017 is here https://goo.gl/I074ux Photos nr 3 - http://i.imgur.com/7HGDYp4.jpg
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Canadian deal of the century (bismarkia)
by Rickybobby- 19 replies
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I asked one of my nursery’s if they had any bismarkias. They told me they had a lone 7g from last season no one wanted. Roots growing out the bottom. Nice healthy roots and some brown tipping. 30 bux Canadian is so cheap for a bismarkia of this size here! i has to buy it
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New potting mix and fertilizer?
by Grasswing- 1 follower
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Hello everyone, I made a small research on Palmtalk about the potting mix people use and decided that I need to upgrade my growing medium to some decent level. Most of the time, I was using a "palm substrate" mixed with sand, but it was really hard and heavy - as you can see here: I have Brahea, Butia and some other subtropical palms sprouting now, so I realized they need some more mineral substrate. I prepared this mix: LECA (expanded clay) : perlite : pine bark : palm substrate (mostly peat) = 1:1:1:0,5 What do you think about this mix? Anything to improve, add? My other concern is, how is the best way to fertilize, and w…
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Opinion on certain Palms
by shep1696- 19 replies
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Hello everyone, and thank you for allowing me to be a part of this group. My name is John and I'm relatively new to growing palms (or tying to..lol). I live in Bay City MI. I currently have 6 Chamaedorea Elegan's (Neanthe Bella Palm) that are growing like crazy. I know these are pretty easy to grow and for a beginner like me I'm pretty happy with the results so far. I've recently started some Hyophorbe Lagenicaulis ( Bottle Palm) seeds, as well as some Psychotria Eleta's (Hot Lip's). I also have an order of Coco's Nucifera( coconut palms), Bismarcka Nobilis (Bismarck Palm's), and last but not least Crytostachys Renda (Lipstick Palm's). My questions are With the winter wea…
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Chamaedorea woodsoniana - no real growth
by Palmensammler- 1 follower
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Hi, what am I doing wrong? Always when a third leave opens an old one dies. Is this typicall or a deficit in nutrients, humidity or something else? Palm is watered regulary and sprayed each second day. Location is the bathroom so humidity is normaly a little bit higher. Eckhard
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Frond collapse
by Born- 1 follower
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I have a Washingtonia Robusta. It is a strong tree. The “soil” is extremely well-draining and only gets watered when needed. No overwatering; no underwatering. Humidity is at 53% and sits at a South-Facing window. Yesterday, as I was filling up my Whole-Room Humidifier, and I noticed the large green frond has folded in like an accordion. Thoughts on this?
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Lytocaryum Hoehnei
by Laaz- 1 follower
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So, 14 months after receiving these Lytocaryum Hoehnei as tiny 4" pot seedlings from Jeff @Floribunda Palms. I planted them up to 5 gallon containers & made a mix similar to @Pal Meir's mix with Miracle-Gro garden soil, Turface MVP & clayballs these things have really taken off. I had to cut the 5 gallon containers off to get them free. Just put them in 10 gallon containers & doubt they will last a year before having to move them up again. This free draining mix is really the ticket for Lyto's. Guess I'll have to try the Wedd's again in this mix.
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Chamaerops as Bonsai
by Pal Meir- 1 follower
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I think Chamaerops are the palms that are most suited to bonsai because they don’t mind root pruning, can survive longer draughts and become over 100 years old. I can present two examples which have suffered longer draughts, one has also survived the last German winter 2015/16 all time outdoors. The older palm was grown up in 1986 from a seed of a Sicilian palm (Palermo). The first pic was taken in 2003 when the palm was 17 years old, the second pic is taken today, now 30 years old. The yellowing of the fronds was caused by longer frosts during last winter. The younger palm (var. argentea = cerifera), grown up from RPS seed in 2003 and till 2015 in a small …
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Coconut Palm
by Patrick Palms- 1 follower
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Been looking for a Coconut Palm, that's been acclimatized, to out doors. Heres one , I have been offered?, does it look ok ? Gary
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Potting mix breakdown
by David_Sweden- 19 replies
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Can anyone describe what a potting mix looks like once it starts to break down? Pics would be nice but also a description: Does most of it end up as small particles (like dust) that is washed out, or is it mostly fiber-like slimy stuff? does it usually happen very quickly or over several years? I read that soilless media of peat moss, bark or coir typically breaks down after 2-4 years, bark usually lasting the longest but when i starts to break down it can go fast, and coir 2nd longest. For peat there is the von Post scale, which describes the most broken down stages as H10 "No discernible plant structure; when squeezed, it all escapes between the fingers", H9 "…
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Hello! I have 3 washingtonia robustas growing from seeds in 1.5 gallon pots. This spring I'm going to repot them into bigger ones. So my question is. How important to them is root damage, because some of roots are sticking out from drain holes and there is no way rather that clip them off? My 6 moths old palms and me on the picture.
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New palm ethusiast from north italy
by Nikoskater- 1 follower
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Hi everyone, I’m new here and it’s my first post, located in north east of Italy, my usda zone should be 9a/8b. This summer I’ve bought few palms, here’s the list: -Washingtonia hybrid (in ground) -Washingtonia hybrid (in pot) -Washingtonia hybrid seedling (in pot) -sabal seedling (not identified) -phoenix canariensis (in pot) -cycas revoluta (in pot) -Areca lutescens (in pot inside home) -Chamaedorea elegans (in pot inside home) now let’s get started with questions, since I’m seeking for advices to keep them alive! Washingtonia hybrid in the ground, I’ll put some dead leaves around the trunk, cove…
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My palm room is getting anxious to finally go outside!
by Rickybobby- 18 replies
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My adonidia and large bottle are growing an inch plus a week. It’s been such a bad spring and winter. I can’t wait to get them outside. Looks like this Wednesday 70s and no more rain even some heat coming!
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Palm “soil” for containers
by Maximum- 1 follower
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I know there’s a lot of “soil” mixtures that can work well for palms but I’m afraid of the super chunky and airy mixes and/or mixes that need pH or nutritional additives to get them in an acceptable range. I want to use either: Miracle Gro potting “soil” as a base. OR Jungle Growth potting “soil” as a base. What other items do I need to encourage draining and prevent “soil” compaction? I’d prefer to use perlite as a replacement for sand cause if it gets too heavy it’ll become difficult to manage the plants. All opinions are welcome! Give me the “gritty” details! (No pun intended). By the way it’d be great if there are general “soil” recipes…
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Hi, First time posting, been reading the forum for almost a year and loving the community. Found this palm on the side of the road - it was used to stage a house and discarded- it’s now inside, humidifier running as I have other tropical plants, and is raised up out of cat reach next to a North facing window due to space Apartment has 12’ high ceilings, I’ve also got large windows facing West and potentially a South facing window (if I move my tropics and succulents). The fronds are browning quite severely and I’m slowly increasing my watering as I don’t want to shock it. It has a new frond coming up and it’s still growing well despite the ic…
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Coconut in North Tampa
by Robbzilla13- 18 replies
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I’ve seen a few Coconuts around Clearwater, and even fewer north of that. I bought a small coconut and planted it in a pot, any advice to keep this palm thriving? I keep it in full sun and plan to bring inside if we get some cold nights this winter.
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How funny!?
by Jupiter1- 1 follower
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