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Whats going on with my cat palms?


Starsky396

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Hi i have been trying to figure out what is going on with my cat palms. It seems they start getting brown at the tips of the leaves along with yellowing on the entire leaf aswell. Ive been continuously pruning all of the yellowing fronds however it seems to keep happening. Ive tried adjusting how much and how often they get watered however nothing seems to make a difference. I have attached pictures of the palms below

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Hi Starsky, welcome to the forum.

You could take the palm out of the pot and inspect the roots and potting mix, it's a long shot but you may see something obvious.

Cats are less sensitive too overwatering compared to other palms I think, so I would not worry about overwatering them.

The other variables to consider are the amount of: light, heat, humidity, nutrients and aeration/drainage of the potting mix.

I don't have experience with Cats in pots, I hope someone else does. 

 

Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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Mine did the same thing for a little bit. I cut the yellow off at the soil level, then squirted hydrogen peroxide into the wound. Growing like a beast now. I mist it every other day, and it gets plenty of water. I'm getting 3-4 new leaves a week. Inside. 

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Here's my big one.  Towel is under there since I kinda flooded it the other day. Bottom-watering pot even though I top water it. Roots are all the way through the water reservoir in the bottom. 

 

I really think a lot of my yellow issues had to do with bugs - I bought a Kentia that showed up with mealybugs. A couple treatments of insecticidal soap and a couple showers cleared it up. 

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