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Phoenix rupicola

Palm Hound

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Palm Hound

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I have heard that  Phoenix rupicola usually has yellow or brown tips on it's leaves due to Potassium deficiency when grown in Southern California. Is this preventable? Why does this species tend to do this? Does it do this in other areas?

Palms are life, the rest is details.

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Do you have any photos of the rupicola?

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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PH:

Rupies are definitely on the pale side here, no two ways about that.

I know they don't like the cold, at all, and begin to yellow at the first whiff of fall weather, turning to a nifty vivid green in the summer time.

Hmm.  If potash is a problem, I can solve it, with my fireplace full of ashes . . . .

dave

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear David Setum  :)

i have a p.rupicola in a plastic container..here is a still and the place that i live is south india.and the temperatures here are 84 to 106 farenheat on average ! and i see that these babies don't like full sunlight for our climate since in our summers the leaves turn our yellow & brown and needs daily watering !

here is a still of it its around 2 years old.the young palm sapling came to me from my italian friend.

love,

Kris  :)

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love conquers all..

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eastern.nurseries Proficient

eastern.nurseries

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Kris, any dolomite in that mix?

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear jon  :)

no chemicals or fertz..i have told you all that we got here in india is just raw chemical fertz like di-amoniam sulfhate...

no nutricot or dolomite !

and here is my soil mix still... :(  no hi-tech stuff used...

love,

Kris  :)

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osideterry Grand Master

osideterry

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Hi Dave. Here's a photo of my rupi taken in September. I'll try to take and post a new photo today.

I just keep throwing the Apex PalmPlus and EpsoGrow Johnny sells at it. I know these are supposed to be slow, but I got mine last March, and it looks much fuller and bigger now.

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Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

osideterry Grand Master

osideterry

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Here's mine as of this morning. Definite brown-tipping, but not yellowing.

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Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

toto Enthusiast

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By totos, shot with DSC-T7 at 2008-02-17

Here is mine after 28F yesterday and 33F in the moment. The pic. is taken in the dark......toto

P.S. I keep manure in water for a week and then I use it on the rupicola, that keeps them green on low temps

16E 43N

9b zone

eastern.nurseries Proficient

eastern.nurseries

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Kris, Dolomite is a limestone rock mined at Kurnool, Anantapur and Cudapah in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. It is crushed and sieved to various grades. The addition of dolomite to your potting mix at a rate of 2-3 g/l will improve the quality of your palms. P rupicola originates on limestone cliffs in northern India and has a high demand for magnesium.

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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thanks very much Jon ! i will try to enquire about the crushed limestone,if not avaliable i will give my rupicola & other phoenix_magnesium sulphate chemical shots !

thanks & love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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