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Phoenix Rupicola Seedling Not Looking so Good, Can I Save it?

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February 8Feb 8

So I got this P rupicola seedling a handful of months ago, it’s seemed to slowly decline, is looking really yellow. I’ve fertilized it with palm fertilizer with micronutrients, and also ironite. It’s had sufficient water, hasn’t been exposed to freezing temps. Any ideas what I need to do?

Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

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February 8Feb 8

My guess is it's water logged - looks to be in a pretty big pot for a smallish palm, and the leaf browning looks like water damage. I'd probably down size the pot and hope for the best.

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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February 8Feb 8

It can be salvaged, a smaller pot as Jonathan suggested, to do that tip the palm on the ground, hose the soil away, trim dead leaves off, repot with a good quality potting mix. Place your palm in a place out of sun in a nice quiet corner of your garden. Dont fertiliser the palm, it looks like you have over fertilised your palm along with overwatering. Ending up with a heap of soil problems locking up your soil with no air in it has not helped your palm. Phoenix palms are quite tough I suggest set and forget your palm in that nice spot in the garden keep an eye on it for a little bit of water in summer and in about a years time you’ll see some recovery in your palm!

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February 8Feb 8

Like Richard has suggested, Phoenix rupicola is barely tolerant of chemical fertilizers and saturated soil. Imagine a mountain Phoenix growing in acidic soil and receiving seasonal rainfall. How easy is the replication of such conditions in cultivation? In current case changing the soil is the only solution.