PALMS IN POTS
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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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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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Liquid fertilizer?
by sashaeffer- 8 replies
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I've read many posts about using "liquid fertilizer" so was wondering what is meant by that. Fish Emulsion? dry granular like Miracle Grow dissolved in water? or is there a liquid premix specific for palm trees. Insight would be helpful.
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Droopy Pygmy date palm
by yezishu- 1 follower
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Hey guys. I've noticed this past week my Pygmy date has been looking rather droopy. I feel like it might be because of too much water or sunlight but i cant be sure. Any ideas how to fix this? or am i just an idiot.
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Pygmy Date Palm in Pot
by Alix- 13 replies
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I have a Pygmy Date palm in a pot and it looks to me like it isn't doing well. Fronds bend and droop down- with brown tips It gets watered once every 8 days for 6 minutes. I live in northern california- the pots do have drainage holes. I have fertilized them twice in the 3 months I have owned them. More water? Less water? more fertilizer? any advice is appreciated.
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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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Kentia palms. Are they really good indoor palms? 1 2
by sashaeffer- 1 follower
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Ok, have done searches both here in forums and online. Kentia palms (both species) are usually mentioned as one of the top 5 indoor palms to have. I have a "3 try rule" with palms and will throw in the towel after that but that generally is on species that have little known about them as indoor palms. Kentia palms are gorgeous but crazy expensive to buy here in Nebraska. I'm lucky in that even mail order or when I make road trips to California they are a dime a dozen and pretty cheap to buy. I have tried at least 10? times of various sizes. Some single, others 3/4 in a pot. When left outside in dappled light here in the summer they get very ample rain and…
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19yo Potted Coconut
by DesertCoconut- 2 followers
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I brought my coconut outside for its annual shower! It gets dusty indoors here in Phoenix, AZ. This is my pride and joy. This palm is where my screen name comes from. I bought it from Home Depot in the summer of 2000. It's been moved around the valley from house to apartment back to house a total of 7 times. It gets so neglected I really have no idea what's keeping it alive. It's never been fertilized with anything but dirty aquarium water. I only started doing that in the past 4 years. It's never been repotted. I just fill in the top with new soil when it gets low. It sat in a dark apartment for a few years. It's almost always parked under an AC vent. It currently sits …
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Hello all. First time posting in this pots thread. I keep my outdoor palms in pots, and like adding additional plants to fill out the pot. Is this a good practice, or not due to competing of nutrients in the pot? I have 2 be majesty’s that I put in pots outside and don’t want to strain them. Below is a pic of my triangle with additional plants in the same pot. Doesn’t seem to complain...
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Help with Bangalow Palm
by BangalowChris- 1 follower
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Hey everyone! New to the forum and hoping to get some help keeping my plants healthy I purchased a Bangalow Palm recently from a large wholesaler and it seemed pretty healthy at the time. A month on and I believe it may have some sort of pest infection or similar, but I'm also concerned the soil quality is poor and it may need changing. Can you guys help me with what to do to ensure he lives a long and happy life indoors? Symptoms(pictures attached) - browning fronds - fronds losing colour (becoming splotchy) and yellowing - white flecks on some leaves Nb: it is kept indoors in a well lit room Tha…
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Majesty palm issues
by pikaia- 1 follower
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Hello all!! I acquired this majesty palm (not 100% sure of name) from my mother in law about a year ago. At her house, it only ever had 4 fronds. I brought it back to my house and started taking care of it. It started drying out pretty quick. We have forced air heat and my MIL did not. About four months ago, I started doing some research into how to make it more healthy. I went on some of my fb groups and a person helped me with what I could fertilize it with. He recommended chelated iron 6-0-0. I have used it twice bit very little as I was afraid of burning the plant. I purchased a humidifier about a week ago and placed it near the palm tree. I spray it with water twice …
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Pygmy Date Palm Soil and Care
by Dartolution- 28 replies
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Hey guys, I had several pygmy date palms for years, until one year I forgot to take them in and it dropped down to 12F and frozen them all to the core. (Zone 7b) I lost 5-6 yr old palms. It sucked as you can imagine. I had 2 large pots in particular that had 3 trees per pot. Each tree had 1-2 ft of trunk on it. So this year Ive re-landscaped my entire property, and planted mediterranean fan palms in my back yard (zone 8a). I also have 2 sago cycads on my patio I plant to overwinter in the house. I wanted to get a 3 trunk pygmy date palm from lowes or HD and pot it up on the patio as well. Does anyone have any advice with t…
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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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Is this a Chamaedorea Elegans "Bella"? 1 2
by RobustaEnvirons- 1 follower
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Hello everyone! Today while at a local department store I was browsing around the Garden section and I spotted a couple tiny little palms. I instantly thought "Could this be a Chamaedorea Elegans "Bella")? But, I wasn't sure and I'm still not entirely sure of what it is. Right then and there in the store I got on my phone and undertook a bit of "research" and looked up pictures of C. Elegans and compared them, I visited the growers website, scanned the UPC code, and etc. The specimens for sale don't provide any information on their sales tags as to what they are. The grower doesn't provide any real information on them either and only refers to them as "Foilage", which doe…
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Neem oil or Hydrogen peroxide
by kbob11- 2 followers
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I have about 18 seedlings that I have brought in for the winter and I am noticing an increasing amount of fungus gnats crawling around in the soil. I am trying to avoid scraping the top layer of soil off and adding sand because some of these palms are just beginning to develop roots. I was wondering if I should saturate the soil with a Neem oil mix or Hydrogen peroxide. I have mostly Needles, Trachy F, Trachy W, and Sabal Palmettos under a grow light in 14" cones. Thank you!
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Spider Mites
by PlantDad- 1 follower
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I have spidermites like no other and I've been spraying daily with neem oil and have been for 2 weeks and it doesn't seem to do anything. I don't know what to do. I'm getting desperate. Any advice or recommendations for products to use on then? Thank you
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Fertilizer for Pots
by Ben in Norcal- 28 replies
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I know there have been a lot of threads on fert, but wondering what people use for slow release when they have a lot of pots? Looking for more cost-effective solutions than Osmocote and the like, as long as they work well! Something I can buy in bulk, 50 lb bags ideally, that works well and is cost effective. Appreciate any thoughts - my container ranch is large, so looking to minimize expense if possible!
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Dypsis plumosa -- sprouting seeds 1 2
by DoomsDave- 1 follower
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Howdyall, spring is coming soon hip hip hooray! And, my thoughts turn to lust - palm lust. Some of you may have received some free Dypsis plumosa seed I sent a while back. I kept a few, threw them in a pot and they germinated. Here's one of the babies in my hairy, average size man's mitt. Note the long root, that dives straight down, then jogs a bit where it hit the bottom of the pot. Handle them with care, don't break that root and don't knock the seed off the plant. They don't always die when that happens, but it sets them back. So, I hope some of you have gotten some of yours to sprout! Konstantin, how are yours over there in Greece? I know I sent o…
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Best indoor palms and online guide
by Stethoscope- 1 follower
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I came across a great article by Geoff Stein on indoor palms and I thought it was great enough to share. Most importantly, he names specific palms that can thrive indoors along with common pitfalls and marginal/poor indoor palms. Enjoy: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/303#b
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Palm Tree in a Terrarium
by RobustaEnvirons- 7 replies
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Recently, I read of a man in England that has been growing a spiderworts (Tradescantia) in a sealed glass container since 1960. That is 56 years its been growing inside there without any water (he did actually water it once in 1972, but only that one time). Its a sealed ecosystem where the plant has created its own water cycle and CO2 cycle as well. During the day the plant takes in CO2 using the sunlight it receives from a nearby window, and during the night it makes CO2. Due to the sealed system, it continually reuses the water that it was given so long ago (about a .5 - 1 pint of water). That got me thinking of whether this would work with a palm tree. I've be…
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SAGO fronds curling
by Guest Dave L- 2 followers
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Hi. I realize that a Sago is not a true palm, but I'm hoping someone has experienced this. Several (not all) of the fronds are curling at the ends.....its not throughout the plant and only on one side. I would appreciate any advice. I've attached some pics to give some clarity to the curling. FYI, I'm growing 8 palm varieties grow beds (not pots), in an all season greenhouse; in a soil mix of 50% topsoil, 20% peat, 20% compost, 10% perlite; with drip irrigation. Many thanks dave
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Licuala grandis 1 2
by Saara- 1 follower
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Hi! I got this licuala grandis about a week ago, 94cm tall, 21x23cm in a pot. I can see one leaf turn a little yellow. And I made one hole more in the pot and I see root rot. I need probably have to change soil. What soil mixture shoud I use? Something like seramis, kokohum, a pine bark? Should I cut off all the root rot? Should I change all the soil off (everything around roots)? Will this die if I touch the roots? I do not know how sensitive this plant is. Thank you!
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Mississippi Squad 1 2 3 4
by JohnAndSancho- 157 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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Tips on growing a Sabal palmetto in a pot
by Palm Tree lover- 1 follower
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Hello, I am growing a Sabal palmetto in a pot indoors year round and would like some tips on how to take care of it. It’s my first time growing a Sabal palm indoors! Does anyone have any experience on maintaining a Sabal palm indoors? I’d like to hear some input and share some photos of your Sabal palmetto growing in an indoor environment. What does the temperature range have to be and humidity? I know Sabal palms like a lot of heat and humidity. I am in Central Jersey about a zone 6b. The palmetto palm stays by an east facing window and receives bright direct light during the morning and indirect light during the afternoon. The indoor temp is usually in the low to m…
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