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Hello! We planted this parajubaea in april, I would like to know how to water it in our hot hungarian summers? We have black, hard soil with a high organic content, I mixed a little gravel into the planting hole to improve drainage. It is often 35-39°C from the beginning of June to the end of August and only cools down to 20-23°C at night. The air humidity fluctuates between 20 and 50%. The palm is in full sun from morning to evening. Occasionally, severe summer thunderstorms occur with sudden large amounts of rain, but our summers are generally dry. I flood the grass with water once a week, is this enough for the palm, or should I water it separately with the drip hose? If so, how much? I have read that they do not like heat combined with humidity, but I do not want to kill it or dry it out, because as I wrote, it is a fresh planting. This is a very new species in Europe, there is hardly any experience. If anyone has experience, please share it with me so that it can become a nice big palm. Thank you everyone!

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Difficult to give you any advice given that your climate is obviously very challenging for this species, which is probably why no one has replied yet!

Based on my experience in a cooler summer climate, I'd say that watering once a week would be more than enough. I never water mine, other species that need it more get priority. My soil is dry beach sand, very dry but coolish summer, although sometimes up to 40c. 

Warm nights will be the bigger problem most likely...I wonder whether watering in the evening to cool the soil down might be a good idea? 

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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20 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Difficult to give you any advice given that your climate is obviously very challenging for this species, which is probably why no one has replied yet!

Based on my experience in a cooler summer climate, I'd say that watering once a week would be more than enough. I never water mine, other species that need it more get priority. My soil is dry beach sand, very dry but coolish summer, although sometimes up to 40c. 

Warm nights will be the bigger problem most likely...I wonder whether watering in the evening to cool the soil down might be a good idea? 

I water my parajubaea torallyi microcarpa in summer period October- April  3 times a week for 1hr on dripper system and it loves it.

 

 

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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