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Help with my Pygmy Date Palm
by Tim B- 4 replies
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Hi Everyone, Just joined like a week ago, been following for pointers before that trying to gain a little knowledge of what I got myself into, this my First Palm. I picked up a Pygmy around 2 months ago and I thought was going good, but..I'll start from repotting him after 3 weeks couldn't get soil tester into soil and roots where poking out bottom so I went ahead from a 10" growers pot to a 12", where I placed on top ring starts 12" with taper to 10", everything was good so last week I started a slow release 8-2-12 PalmGain, it took off after a couple weeks, No fertilizer for 6 weeks, but fish emulsion with watering, avg around 7 or 9 days between watering between teste…
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Sabine also discovered some CIDPs today in pots which, according to the owner of the restaurant, were overwintered in pots with light heating cables and fleece. not all of them look good, or what do you think?
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Does anyone know if this is an obvious and undoubtedly overwatered Phoenix Canariensis frond ?
by Bojan- 2 replies
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I've already posted detailed info about this issue, just want to know if any of experienced growers can diagnose by sight, alla minute, is this a classic over watering signature for Phoenix Canariensis, or it might be the signature of a bigger problem. I can't sleep for days. It showed up the next morning after watering, i have it for 6 years, never had a problem with it. This season Its still pretty cold, central Europe, nights go down to 10°Celsius, max daily is 18 °C and there is no heating. It is the lowest and oldest frond, but it happened so fast that i feel like i have to react ASAP. It happened immediately after watering, but the yellowing from inside out is confu…
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Impressive winter growth for office coconuts (Beijing, China 40 deg N)
by MiamitoBeijing- 3 replies
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Hi All, Inspired by some posts on here, I decided to try my hand at some indoor coconuts. I am originally from S. FL, and after a trip home in early 2024, I came back to Beijing wanting a little reminder of home in my office, which is blessed with a large, south-facing window. I ordered two approximately 1 year old coconuts (a dwarf cultivar, but the seller couldn't tell me more than that, still with mostly strap leaves), a bottle palm, a royal and a foxtail. Beijing has hot, humid summers, so these plants spent approximately 4 months outside, growing happily. In mid-September, I had to bring them in, hoping only to keep them alive over the winter until they could go…
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I'm curious if pine bark and coconut husk are ok PH wise for palms? Thanks!
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Regards everyone, sorry for bothering, i have Phoenix C. Palm in my living room since 2018 since she was barely 1 meter high. It is facing NE window, Central Europe. It was, for me, the most resilient plant in my collection, never ever had a single problem with it, till this morning when i woke up with the lowest, oldest frond beginning to yellow, from top downwards , and from within stem, outwards. Usually fronds yellow from outwards towards the stem, and I'm used to it, lost 4,5 fronds for those 7 years but got 10,12 new ones, long, firm, fat, sturdy fronds and everything was milk and honey till this unusual yellowing that got me really disturbed. I water it the same fo…
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Fertilizer for Potted Palms
by Zentaur- 1 follower
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I’ve never used fertilizers for my potted palms, but I now I feel like I want to start because I might be missing out in some palm growth gains. I’ve heard good things about nutricote and osmocote, but they don’t sell them in Tokyo where I live. Ironically nutricote is made by a Japanese company, and when I checked with them it seems they don’t sell nutricote in Japan; it’s a product for America. They do sell a slow-release fertilizer but the ratio is 20-7-11-2. Do you think this would be alright for my palms? (Bismarckia Nobilis, phoenix roebelenii, Brahea Armata, Sabal, Jelly Palm, Washingtonian, Sago Palm, Elude, Chamaerops, Canary Palm, Mexican Grass Tree)
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Pygmy Date Palms (Roebelenii) still worth it?
by New York Phoenix- 1 follower
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Hello everyone, I am fairly new to this whole Palm tree experience but I am learning more and more as I google and stumbled upon different discussions on this site. I have 2 separate Pygmy Dates in pots with 3 trunks on each. I live in NY and when Nov. came around, i wrapped them up with Burlap and a blanket. Kept it in a Gazebo with the walls down so no wind would disturb them. I would water them every other week or so when needed so it wouldn't dry up completely. I kept this going until recently about a week ago, when temperatures started to rise above 50. I took off the burlap and blanket off both and this was the result (as seen in images). I did some research and i w…
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Corypha in SoCal - zone 10b
by xtazia- 1 follower
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She’s here !!! A little beat from being boxed up for a week coming from Florida. Really hoping I can get her to thrive. Will be in a container until it gets too large. Anyone else try growing these in SoCal ?
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My small indoor palm collection
by mrjc- 6 replies
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I just wanted to share my palms I have inside my house. and ask if anyone else grows rare palms in pots indoors? Especially açaí. Below is my variegated flame thrower this one is my variegated acaiseed grown sallac not sure what var dwarf açaí left flame thrower rightother salak hasn’t made a new frond since July I have some sabals, queens, fishtails, majesty’s and some Chinese along with a Washingtonia and a windmill for outside. Please respond with your indoor collection if you have one
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I'm actually thinking of growing sem-dwarf fruit trees in 800 gallon pots, but no one does this. I thought this forum might be my best chance of any feedback. I know some landscapers grow palms in huge pots and am wondering if anyone here has and what they were and how they did and how tall they got and if they got root bound at any point. I am building 4 800 gallon pots. That's almost 4 yards of soil each. I might build some 500 gallon if I get more material. Kind of a toss up for me whether to put this in this forum or in off topic.. I can delete and put there instead if it's appropriate. I thought someone growing in large pots might see it more readily here..…
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Nice old Japanese rhapis ayanishiki
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Had this old fella in a container for over 20 years just sitting in the corner of the greenhouse doing his thing not bothering anyone. Today was his lucky day and he gets to be part of the house collection in the screened off room to be admired.
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What's wrong with my Dypsis Baronii?
by Maxman- 1 reply
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Hi! I have a Sugar Cane Palm/DypsiBaronii in a large pot in my house. For a few months it's been having some problems: New spears open way slower than they used to and eventually reveal fronds with very short leaflets. In one of the pictures I am holding up a frond that is more than a year older than the one next to it (but looking a lot bigger and healthier) . Some other spears have stopped growing but not opened in nearly a year. The plants lives right next to a window and gets lots of indirect (and also direct light for 3-4 hours a day). Usually room temp is between 15-25 degrees with low humidity, but I do mist spray the plant. I occasionally fertilize with liq…
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Hi all, Summary: After the winter, I noticed what looks like a disease on the fronds of my potted Washingtonia Robusta. Could anyone confirm whether this is a disease or just damage from bugs, and suggest possible remediations to keep this plant healthy? Background: I purchased this Washingtonia Robusta about a year ago, and it was very healthy in its first year. I live in Austin, Texas (Zone 9a), and keep this plant on my concrete patio, which can very hot in the summer months 100-125 F. After the winter when the fronts started growing again, I've noticed what looks like a disease or damage to the fronds stunting their size and growth. I have noticed spiders…
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Budget Re-Pottery for Spindly Bob
by JohnAndSancho- 3 replies
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Ok y'all. It's time to repot Spindly Bob. He's been in the same pot and same dirt for a few years now. Anyway, for those who don't remember - when I first got into palms, I was a big believer in those self watering/bottom watering pots. Well, now I hate them because having to fish big fat roots out of teeny tiny holes absolutely sucks. Anyway, onto my question. I haven't moved him or done anything other than treat for bugs and clear dead fronds yet, but - do these guys like being root bound? I don't have a bigger pot laying around, and saucers cost as much as planters do these days. Theoretically, if I just laid some old screen in the bottom of the pot, could…
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A few palms in pots
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A nice little batch of palms. Calyptrocalyx benga dawn, licuala robinsoniana, Caryota abertii, licuala triphylia and a chamaedorea elegans with a flower that’s the tinniest palm with such a big flower a real stocky little palm I hope it stays dwarf. The a nice little Sabal mauritiiformis seedling.
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Bactris major
by idontknowhatnametuse- 0 replies
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I'm getting a Bactris major for real this time and I would like to have it in a big pot to keep it safe from cold temperatures since it's a thin-trunked clumping palm, I assume it could do well in a pot just like Chrysalidocarpus lutescens? Has anyone had one in a pot before?
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Johannesteijsmannia altifrons care
by xtazia- 1 follower
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Hi ! I have a little Joey seedling. I am scared to death on ever transplanting this guyv (since they hate their roots disturbed). My climate is not suitable for it to be outdoors yet so right now I have it in my greenhouse cabinet. I'm just not sure if Joeys like to dry out in between waterings ? or kept wet ? Also when would it be time to repot this guy into something larger ? Please send any care tips ! Are they slow growers ? For reference I am in zone 10b.
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Licuala Peltata var. sumawongii Care
by xtazia- 2 replies
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I have had this little guy for almost a month now. Lives indoors, never gets direct sun. Lives by an east facing window. Indoor humidity is around 50%. I try to keep the soil moist all times. Does this palm grow so slow like agave slow ? Or am I doing something wrong with its environment ? I'm not sure what the brown spots are on one of the fronds. I'm thinking just shock from being delivered & traveling from Florida. Please send me tips ! I have no idea when to repot this guy.
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A perfect 10 variegated rhapis ayanishiki
by happypalms- 3 replies
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Japanese rhapis are graded by score the higher the score the better quality plant shape, form and health are all graded with a score and this one I have to my friend Phil many years ago is certainly a top score with with such perfection in colour and overall plant health with great form and shape. Top marks my good friend Phil.
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PLEASE URGENT HELP, KENTIA MISTERY MULTIPLE DESEASE PROBLEM. IT ALREADY MAY BE TOO LATE. PLEASE
by Bojan- 1 follower
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Dear all, I'm dying from inside for a month, not having solved the issue yet, although contacted and asked almost all fito medicals and nurseries. Have the plant since 2020, it was 2 meters tall, 1 meter wide that time, possibly more than 10 years old that time. It was all honey and milk since last month and a half. First, the tallest and biggest frond started yellowing from one side to the another, turnung into brown, gray, dark brown, looked like classic over watering sign although i let the soil almost completely dry before next watwring. It's on the North Side, 2 meters from window, having few plants in between, but it didn't mind them for those 5 years, was doin…
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Problematic over-potting
by Darold Petty- 9 replies
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Recently I had the good fortune to acquire a well-grown Laccospadix, suckering form. I needed one more to complete my landscape design for a corner of my garden. The plant came to me in a "15 gallon" pot. Although full and well grown, it seemed to be in too large a pot. Palms from Southern California growers are often sold this way, leading to the joke that one is "purchasing a small plant, with a lot of very expensive potting soil!" let's compare pot sizes. The 15-gallon is not truly a 15 gallon by liquid volume, and measures 14 inches diameter by 17 inches tall. (36cmx43cm). The pot I prefer is a Pro-Cal #7 Tall, measuring 11.5 inches diameter by 14 …
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I was wiping my plant and accidentally broke like 1 inch, about 2 cm, of newly born peak of the frond. It is the smallest peak, about 6,7 cm long. Since it is still, i would say, unformed, and haven't started to take final shape, it's still just a green homogenous spike, would it survive and how will impact the growth of the new frond. Other spikes are almost to open up, and are way bigger and you can see the future unopened but formed leaves. If i had broken that one, i would know that it will affect the frond pretty much, but since this is still just a green biomass, are there any chances that Kentia will recover since it ain't that big wound. I read here that people of…
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Sabal minor
by 5am- 1 follower
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Are there any photos of minors flowering in containers? I found a thread from a few years ago with a mention of it but no pics. My largest 2 have been about the same size for 7 months now and I'd really like several more.
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The collection is growing
by happypalms- 7 replies
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It’s a love thing growing plants in containers for planting in the garden. I prefer to germinate them myself and grow them on to decent planting size or buy small plants for growing on to plant out. Either way I need more room for the personnel collection A lot will get planted out after there winter holiday in the greenhouse to acclimate them a bit before hitting the ground for the big summer holidays in the garden. Some may never get planted due to the rarity and the risk of losing them in the ground.
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