Leaf tips brown,and colour fading

[palm789]

What's going on with my chamaerops humilis,the leaf colour is fading and brown leaf tips,I water this palm 3 times a week with 6liters of water but I don't know if it's enough water as its in a 110liter pot,but it's growing like crazy,please please please help advice needed.

[palm789]

Bump

[PalmatierMeg]

It looks good to me. Palms exposed to a lot of sun will show lighter green, i.e., "fading". Palms kept in shade or perpetually cloudy sky will be darker green. They regulate chlorophyll production according to light levels. If your palm is growing well, it is probably quite happy. Adding more water isn't the answer to every issue. You should check how dry/moist the soil is before pouring on water, i.e., water according to demand not a preconceived schedule. That's important in a climate like yours where temps seldom rise above cool and rain is common. The brown leaf tips appear to be non-issues. Palms develop little blemishes. As long as you don't see wholesale die-off of leaves, don't worry.

[palm789]

1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

It looks good to me. Palms exposed to a lot of sun will show lighter green, i.e., "fading". Palms kept in shade or perpetually cloudy sky will be darker green. They regulate chlorophyll production according to light levels. If your palm is growing well, it is probably quite happy. Adding more water isn't the answer to every issue. You should check how dry/moist the soil is before pouring on water, i.e., water according to demand not a preconceived schedule. That's important in a climate like yours where temps seldom rise above cool and rain is common. The brown leaf tips appear to be non-issues. Palms develop little blemishes. As long as you don't see wholesale die-off of leaves, don't worry.

It gets sun from morning till night,growing a couple of new spears from eatch trunk every week and opening up quite fast,flowers starting to open and grew more roots near the surface,the only thing I am concerned about is that faded colour and brown tips.

[PalmatierMeg]

I addressed those concerns. Grab a beer, relax in a lounge chair and admire your beautiful palm.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Make sure that when you water the palm that plenty of water is exiting the drain holes. If you only water enough to wet the soil with no drain-off, calcium and salts will build up and increase brown tipping of the leaves. My neighborhood is full of Chamaerops growing in the ground and none of them exhibit brown tipped leaves but yours doesn't look serious at all as Meg said.

Do you feed this palm occasionally? 

Edited June 16, 2018 by Jim in Los Altos

[palm789]

5 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Make sure that when you water the palm that plenty of water is exiting the drain holes. If you only water enough to wet the soil with no drain-off, calcium and salts will build up and increase brown tipping of the leaves. My neighborhood is full of Chamaerops growing in the ground and none of them exhibit brown tipped leaves but yours doesn't look serious at all as Meg said.

Do you feed this palm occasionally? 

This is the first year I have this palm,I water lots but only a little drips out of drainage holes,it does not flow out,do I need to water more?I just applied a 15-5-15 +trace elements slow release fertilizer.when I water how many liters would be sufficient for this palm that's in a 110liter tub?

[palmad Merc]

Don't water if it doesn't need it.

Stick your finger in the soil to second knuckle, if it feels moist, leave it.

When it needs watering water the hell out of it.

Never water to a schedule, water to it's need's.

 

[John in Andalucia]

19 hours ago, palm789 said:

When I water how many liters would be sufficient for this palm that's in a 110liter tub?

If your soil mix is porous enough and you have a pot with good drainage, water it until it flows freely out of the drainage holes.

As mentioned, do this copiously when the soil gets dry, but not frequently, and as Jim said, it will flush out salts and calcium. Allow the soil to dry between watering. I'll guess it's in the same container you bought it in, so if you are really concerned, and since it's summer, why not get a slightly larger container and fill the bottom with stone chippings to aid drainage?