Lytocaryum

[ROCHA]

[ROCHA]

Hi. I have this lytocaryum for a few months. The tips of the leaflets have dried. I imagine it was due to over-watering. Is it possible that it will survive or will it end up drying out completely? Thank you.

[Pal Meir]

I would repot it and use a very fast draining soil-mix as below. Be careful not to hurt the roots!

[ROCHA]

Hello Pal Meir. Thank you very much for your advice. As soon as the confinement is complete, I'll buy that mix and transplant the lytocaryum. It is a palm tree that I love but it is quite delicate. I hope it survives. 

[sashaeffer]

On 4/7/2020 at 10:32 AM, Pal Meir said:

I would repot it and use a very fast draining soil-mix as below. Be careful not to hurt the roots!

Pal,  When I put Seramis in a amazon search it only comes up like LECA in your picture, not small granuals. Could it be called something different in the states?  I was at a hydroponics store yesterday and noticed they had a bag of volcanic pumice that looked like that. Same thing?

[Laaz]

Here in the states look up Turface MVP, I get it for $15 for a 50 pound bag at a local landscape shop.

[ROCHA]

Hello Pal Meir. I have read that Seramis for orchids contains pine bark. Would it be suitable for lytocaryum?

[ROCHA]

El 7/4/2020 a las 16:32, Pal Meir dijo:

Lo trasplantaría y usaría una mezcla de tierra de drenaje muy rápido como se muestra a continuación. ¡Ten cuidado de no lastimar las raíces!

Hola  pal meir He leído que Seramis para orquídeas contiene  corteza de pino . ¿Sería  adecuado para lytocaryum ?

Edited June 12, 2020 by ROCHA

[Reynevan]

10 hours ago, ROCHA said:

Hola  pal meir He leído que Seramis para orquídeas contiene  corteza de pino . ¿Sería  adecuado para lytocaryum ?

I've seen that Orchid Seramis mix - pine bark in this mix is way too big compared to the <8mm used by many here.  Also it's more like 70% of too big bark and 30% of seramis - totally not worth the money. Just buy the regular Seramis and add Pine bark from garden centre.

[ROCHA]

17 hours ago, Reynevan said:

He visto esa mezcla de Orchid Seramis: la corteza de pino en esta mezcla es demasiado grande en comparación con los <8 mm utilizados por muchos aquí. También es más como el 70% de la corteza demasiado grande y el 30% de los seramis, no vale la pena el dinero. Simplemente compre los Seramis regulares y agregue la corteza de pino del centro de jardinería.

Thank you so much for your advice.  I'll do that.