I love palms, but they always end up dying on me. This time I tried misting the palm every morning since the humidity in my home is usually below 50%, but it's happening again. I water it twice a week. Any tips? Should I remove these dying branches immediately? What do I do? Thanks!
by Plenty_Classic_7983
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I will add that I have 14 other plants that I manage to keep alive and healthy with no problems. It’s just the palms that have me stumped.
Me today it’s such a shame to watch them die, my Phoenix canariesnsis at the moment is on death row
To much water?
don’t mist the plant. this likely causes more harm than good. it’s generally disliked in the plant community. also, twice a week is wayyyyy too often. you’re overwatering it. water when the soil fully dries out, the soil is visibly wet rn
I watered my last palm that died once a week and the whole thing eventually turned brown, so I decided to try twice a week this time around. And it’s only the small lower branches that are dying at the moment. Not sure if that’s a clue or if they’re just dying first because they’re the smallest/weakest?
Also, is it better to remove the dying branches or let them be?
Humidity humidity humidity. These palms are so hard to keep alive outside the tropics. The only way I was able to keep mine alive was by moving to Florida 💀
Remove lower burned branches…plant is sun-burned being to close to window.
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So for my palm, I use a soil meter and I water it thoroughly when it gets to the 4 range. When I had my other palm before moving to Florida (RIP), I misted it every day and I swear that killed it faster. The best thing I would suggest is to try to move it away from as many cold drafts as possible (dry air is no bueno), give it as much bright indirect light as possible, water it thoroughly, and maybe place it in a room that has a higher natural humidity (like a bathroom). Again, the only way I was able to keep these suckers alive (and looking good) was by moving to Florida and sticking them outside 😭.
That skyline looks familiar….mpls?
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Maybe a bigger pot.
I saw something else looking at your picture immediately and thought to tell you just in case. I am a guitarist as well and in case the window is facing a sunny side, and the sun touches the guitar, I would remove the guitar from that spot. The sun will slowly destroy your guitar. It forms the wood in a bad way and changes the tone quite fast. Greetings
Me personally. 1st stop watering it so much. It’s not going to die if you go over a week if it looks dry all the time, time to repot. Drying out that much means the soil is old and can’t hold the moisture. Definitely repot. Transplant and take off all the dead branches it makes it look bad, and it will be trying to steal moisture from the good ones. Give a little fertilizer to give it a kick start.
I used to work for a florist. Good luck. Let me know how it goes.
Bro if you’re putting a guitar under direct sun light, you sure have done something to the palm too lol