Sanips Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hi guys, I wonder if you could help me about some worries and questions I have about certain palms I own. First, I've a butyagrus, a JxB F2 and a Livistona nitida which their newest leaf are very yellowish. I wonder If it's normal or it's caused by some short of defficency (iron perhaps?) or overfertilizing them (I use Palm Focus once a week or every 15 days and I always give them the amount recomended (5ml per litre). I leave you some pics about them. The 3 first ones are the butyagrus, the next 3 are from my JxB F2 and the last 2 are the L. nitida. The second question is about my Sabal uresana. is It alright? I leave some photos. Don you think is too layed? is the soil level too low? Thank you guy in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 The Sabal looks ok to me. — But what is the soil mix of the other seedlings? Pure quartz sand? My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanips Posted July 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Pal Meir said: The Sabal looks ok to me. — But what is the soil mix of the other seedlings? Pure quartz sand? No, only the top is covered by a layer of coarse sand. I was told this would be a good method to avoid fungus gnats and I think it has worked somehow. The mix is like a cactus soil with a bit part of sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 55 minutes ago, Sanips said: No, only the top is covered by a layer of coarse sand. I was told this would be a good method to avoid fungus gnats and I think it has worked somehow. The mix is like a cactus soil with a bit part of sand. The trace element deficiency may be caused by your inadequate soil mix resp. drainage. It looks to me like a poisonous NO3 to NO2 reduction. If you had mixed lots of the corse sand into the soil perhaps (?) you would not have that problem. My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanips Posted July 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 59 minutes ago, Pal Meir said: The trace element deficiency may be caused by your inadequate soil mix resp. drainage. It looks to me like a poisonous NO3 to NO2 reduction. If you had mixed lots of the corse sand into the soil perhaps (?) you would not have that problem. That would be weird because I found the drainage is way fast and other palms which are outdoors are performing great . The pots are like a grid at the bottom. Too much to learn about soil mixes . If next leaves continue to showing that colour, I would change the mix for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Outdoors is a total different matter: The soil mix dries out much faster so that the roots get enough O2. When you use a cacti mix for cacti (indoors) you have normally very small and shallow pots. And you need not water so frequently as for palm seedlings. 1 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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