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Repot, identify, pot size, soil mix, help needed


kentia

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Hi everyone,

 

Since I'm still a beginner, I need your help. I want to repot these palms, properly identify them, which pot size should I chose for each of them, which soil mix should I use, etc. (the beer is standard 330ml just to get the real size of the palm, i will drink it later)

1. Howea forsteriana (Kentia palm) - I'm 99% positive about this

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2. Phoenix canariensis or Phoenix dactylifera - Date palm?

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3. Cycas revoluta or other Cycas?

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Except the Kentia which looks healthy, the other two have some yellow/brown leaves. Should I cut any of them?

About the soil mix, will the same mix soil be ok for all three of them? What recipe should I use?

I found here in the store seramis, perlite, pine bark...

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I have some other palms which were recently potted using some standard palm soil + perlite and they seem fine so far, but I don't like the soil drainage.

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Thank you, any advice would be appreciated greatly.

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None of your plants look under-potted to me. They would probably appreciate slightly deeper pots of the same diameter, however.
I'd leave the kentia as it is unless it has really rooted-out the pot, as they don't like root disturbance, and water it carefully, as the mix does not look terribly free-draining.
The Phoenix (I'd guess canariensis) and the C. revoluta look fine. Phoenix mixture looks a bit too water-retentive, but they are fast growers with strong roots. You could repot, or just water carefully. It wants plenty of light if indoors. It ought to recover from root disturbance reasonably quickly.
The cycad looks fine. Old leaves are browning; this is normal. I can't really make out what it's potted in. If it's something that doesn't drain well then it ought not mind be repotted—I'd suggest a deeper pot—although this might put it off crown growth for a season or two.

As to what to repot in, I don't know what's in your 'Palmy' palm soil, but assuming it's a sandy compost mixture, a quarter of each of those would probably produce a good medium.

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