Palm soil

[Davidl]

I mix mine like PiousPalms does and I water every two days in the summer if we get no rain. This is a good mix for here. I sometimes add ground up pine bark when I can get it and that works well also and cuts down on the peat.

[canelgat]

Hi everybody, this is in my experience "the best" soil for more than seedlings here in my sunny, and very dry part of the world.

I think Sonorapalm has the same problem than I, here in spring and summer the soil is HOT, so if the soil drain very quick you can be in trouble.

What I am doing right now is small composted wood chips mixed whit sand and top soil, sometimes I add perlite and on top of the pot usually fill whit 2 inches of worm humus, (humus de lombriz don't know if it is well traslate to english). Also feed the palms with osmocote, nutricote or any other slow release with micronutrients.

The best part of the thing is... it's free, and the big wood chips are used to mulch the soil.

[eastern.nurseries]

How do you determine the liming rate for your media? And which sources of calcium and magnesium do you prefer for palms? I have been using some magnesium oxide with good results.