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Growing shorter


Brad52

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So I bought a/some palm(s) I believe that 3 were planted in a cluster, I forget what they were labelled.  It/they've been getting shorter with the new growth, the new leaves look healthy and green but they are not as large as the previous leaves and overall each one is as much as 2' shorter than it used to be.  Have I planted in some type of space/time portal or is this a known issue caused by???

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Older fronds likely opened up when the palm was being grown under shade, the new shorter fronds that you are seeing is what they are supposed to look like.

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Palms - 4 S. romanzoffiana, 1 W. bifurcata, 2 W. robusta, 1 R. rivularis, 1 B. odorata, 1 B. nobilis, 2 S. palmetto, 1 A. merillii, 1 P. canariensis, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 3 P. roebelenii, 1 H. lagenicaulis, 1 H. verschaffeltii, 9 T. fortunei, 1 C. humilis, 2 C. macrocarpa, 1 L. chinensis, 1 R. excelsa

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Yup. Shade leaves. look mo bettah now

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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A bit more info, I had planted this in Sep and moved it in Dec, it had made new leaves in full sun that were getting taller, even after moving it to this new location in Dec it made larger leaves, it is only the recent crop that is smaller.  This guy has had standing water up the trunk a few inches for several hours a few times since moved so I was wondering if those somewhat brief water inundations might be a factor.  It seems to push new leaves pretty often so this most recent crop are the runts.

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