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Things that can be done to ensure plams develop a nice thick trunk

Plantking165
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When palms are developing juveniles what are good ways to ensure your palm develops a good trunk and not a thin trunk? I've heard water can directly correlate to trunk size on some palms. The palms are coconuts for me. 

Coconuts grow fine for me giving them full sun, watering every 1-2 days, especially on hot and dry days. and fertilizing them every 3 months.

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    1 minute ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

    Coconuts grow fine for me giving them full sun, watering every 1-2 days, especially on hot and dry days. and fertilizing them every 3 months.

    I ask Because mine seems on the thinner side of things especially from the side view this is the back view once those old leaf bases fall off the trunk will start revealing itself and it's not at a size I want it to be.Screenshot_20220914-225804_Gallery.thumb.jpg.d01408b23d285116459ac9945f84b13b.jpg

    5 minutes ago, Plantking165 said:

    I ask Because mine seems on the thinner side of things especially from the side view this is the back view once those old leaf bases fall off the trunk will start revealing itself and it's not at a size I want it to be.Screenshot_20220914-225804_Gallery.thumb.jpg.d01408b23d285116459ac9945f84b13b.jpg

    Still a juvenile palm with lots of growth left before the trunk reaches its mature width. Yes those smaller boots will fall off, but that doesnt mean that portion of the trunk is finished developing. 

    Palms - 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 4 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chamaedorea cataractarum, 1 Chamaedorea elegans, 1 Chamaedorea microspadix, 1 Chamaedorea radicalis, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 2 Phoenix roebelenii, 1 Phoenix sylvestris, 1 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 4 Sabal palmetto, 1 Sabal minor, 2 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 3 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta
    Total: 37

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    3 minutes ago, JLM said:

    Still a juvenile palm with lots of growth left before the trunk reaches its mature width. Yes those smaller boots will fall off, but that doesnt mean that portion of the trunk is finished developing. 

    I hope so its a Fiji dwarf and the base just seems thin for a palm its size and fijis are supposed to be really fat trunked palms. Here is a full picture of the palm.

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    5 minutes ago, Plantking165 said:

    I hope so its a Fiji dwarf and the base just seems thin for a palm its size and fijis are supposed to be really fat trunked palms. Here is a full picture of the palm.

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    Your palm looks healthy

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    Just now, idontknowhatnametuse said:

    Your palm looks healthy

    Thanks I've been trying pretty hard to baby this thing and give it the best I can offer.

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