Palms spending winter indoors

[Rafael]

Since i began bringing indoors some palm species i realized that its behaviour is quite differente!

Some of them are quite strong, facing dryness, other dont.

Some want lots of sunlight, others goes fine without it.

Some palms do not agree with indoors heat equipments, then its leafs get dry!

I am quite unsure about how to manage with water, soil moisture, sunlght, heat equipments, humidity (65%)!

Cause my roebelleni (or, as someone said, loureirii) is doing great, but veitchia joannis and alexandrae are geting dry on its leafs!

I havent change these two to bigger pots, cause i am waiting spring and a good moisture.

Any advisements??????

[PalmatierMeg]

Rafael, I suggest you get a pressure sprayer, fill it with water and spray a fine mist on the palm fronds at least 2-3 times per day. Jeff Marcus of Floribunda told me misting the palms was almost as important as keeping the potting mix watered. Misting the leaves will keep the humidity up around them.

[SunnyFl]

Rafael, I suggest you get a pressure sprayer, fill it with water and spray a fine mist on the palm fronds at least 2-3 times per day. Jeff Marcus of Floribunda told me misting the palms was almost as important as keeping the potting mix watered. Misting the leaves will keep the humidity up around them.

That's such good advice. We sometimes haul the plants into the tub to mist them off. And if you're running a heater, the misting is essential, as indoor heat really dries things out. (Our house is so dry even without the heat on that plants can't tolerate it for long.)

So, while Rafael tends his palms indoors, once again my husband is hauling in the huge croton collection and potted palms, as the merc slides down to 43 tonight.

Was down at (unnamed big box) this afternoon ogling their pindo palms. (sighhh)

[Rafael]

I have almost read the article on http://www.seabreezenurseries.com/IndoorPalmTreesCareandMaint.htm, but my problem is that, with an indoor environment with 65% humidity, much light and not over 18ºC temperature, some palms leafs are fastly becoming dry, like paper, not properly brown. It is the case of veitchia joannis and alexandrae. In any case i will repot them in the next days, and with new soil moisture, improving drainage, with yellow peat (70%), coconut fiber (5%) and perlite (25%).

These recent days i have been improving humidity on the leafs!

[Jason Baker Portugal]

Rafael,

you live very close to the beach and your environment is probably very moist (air). Why don´t you just open the windows a couple of hours a day? i think that would help. Also some of your palms might get salt-burnt from the salty air. I have a howea forst. less tahn one metre from my wood-brning stove and it isn´t afected at all. Jason

[Rafael]

Rafael,

you live very close to the beach and your environment is probably very moist (air). Why don´t you just open the windows a couple of hours a day? i think that would help. Also some of your palms might get salt-burnt from the salty air. I have a howea forst. less tahn one metre from my wood-brning stove and it isn´t afected at all. Jason

My indoor environment has something like 55/65% humidity, wich i think isnt too much for palm growing indoors.

These two palms behave strangly when arrived here, however. I didnt change the small pot. I have watered once. I have heat equipments. I water leafs.

Veitchia joannis' leafs are becoming kind of burn. Lack of water, warm environment? cant understand.

Archontophoenix alexandrae's small leafs are behaving like paper, dry. Cant understand, also.

But my lady palm, my loureirii, my two howea fosteriana, my cunnighamiana are perfect in the same environment!!!

What are your bets??

Edited February 9, 2010 by rafael