Last spring I bought two single trunk Pygmy Date Palms from a grower in Florida to try as indoor plants at my office. From the soil to the crown, they're both about 4 feet tall, and maybe another 3 feet to the top of the fronds. They arrived healthy, but in the 9 months or so that I've had them they've been losing their lower fronds pretty rapidly. For a while they still seemed healthy, but now they're looking kinda droopy and sad. And what concerns me is that they both have several new spears, but those fronds haven't opened, or have only opened a little bit.
Here's a picture of one of them:
{{gwi:1123042}}
They're in a humus-y cactus mix and I've fed them with a 13-3-13 Palm Fertilizer (Lesco). They're in self-watering containers now, but I continue to water from the top too. The grower said to drench them twice a day, but he was growing them in full sun in Miami, so I take that with a big grain of salt and water when my moisture meter is on the dry side of moist.
I'm concerned that they're not growing properly because they're not getting enough light, but it's just a guess. I've read that they grow in filtered to full sunlight outdoors, but to place them in indirect light indoors. I have them next to southwest-facing 7-foot windows, but the pots are so tall that it puts most of the leaves above the direct light. And it's winter in Seattle...
So, I know that this is mainly an /outdoor/ palm forum, but I thought you guys might know more than the houseplant forumites when it comes to palms. I would appreciate any thoughts or anecdotal reckonings you may have.
Thanks,
Ben
tropicalzone7
User
Related Professionals
Horsham Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · White Oak Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Billerica Landscape Contractors · Edmond Landscape Contractors · Davidson Landscape Contractors · Dudley Landscape Contractors · Madera Landscape Contractors · Newberg Landscape Contractors · Olympia Landscape Contractors · Parker Landscape Contractors · West Chester Landscape Contractors · San Francisco Window Contractors · Denver Window Contractors · East Renton Highlands Window Contractors · Edmonds Window Contractorsben44Original Author
pj_orlando_z9b
ben44Original Author
User
User
ben44Original Author