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Posted by eemedrelyt MN (My Page) on Thu, Nov 19, 09 at 20:05
| Iv had questions bout palm on here before, but i have never encountered this.
So i have a little mexican fan palm about 1.5 ft high and in a 10 inch pot. I brought it in one day because i saw some animal had ate a frond off....well that was bout 3 months ago. I kept it inside because temps were going down here(and my house was bein remodeled and i didnt want it to get trampled). Well...i forgot to water it until i noticed the older leaves just turned brown. id say it wasnt watered for a month. 2 older fronds went straight to brown and died. another frond is bout hald dead and another is just turning brown at the tips. On the new growth in the middle, it is brown on the tips about an inch in. I can see another new frond growing under it and that frond is perfectly fine as far as i can tell.I watered the palm once i noticed what had happened.
I'm just wondering, do you think this palm will survive? do you think the fronds turned completely brown cuz i didnt water? Also, will the new fronds finish opening up this year? or will it finish next spring? |
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RE: Little Mexican fan palm
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| The fronds definitely died from lack of water. It also needs good sunlight. Keep it in a south facing window and water it regularly. Don't keep the pot in a deep dish/ bowl where it can stand in water, though. Soil should be moist but not soggy. It will come back. |
RE: Little Mexican fan palm
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| i agree with desertlvr, washies r very tough palms! it should come back. & if u havent gave it fertilizer you should try some. goodluck! |
RE: Little Mexican fan palm
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| i have a mexican fan palm in my front yard (50 feet tall, 20 years old), and let me tell you, it has been through a lot of stuff from winds that have uprooted trees in my neighborhood, to frosts that froze about 10 trees here, sadly, 3 were mine :(. The point is, i highly doubt that a month without water could kill it, even though it is only 1.5 feet tall. i dont think the new fronds will not grow this year, but next spring. also, once it reaches about 3-4 feet tall, i would take it out of pots and plant it in the ground. good luck! :D |
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