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Can you split a kentia palm?

Vicky-W

By Vicky-W
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Vicky-W

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Hello! 🙂
I’m UK-based and have a few indoor palms that I love. My favourite is my large kentia palm, which I picked up for free (yay!) after a wedding - they were shipped in as decor and then not wanted so it came home with me.
 

It was repotted about 5 years ago, and has sat in the same spot for the past 3-years which it seems to like. However, the palm is starting to look a bit sad - lots of regular new growth but brown ends on the frond's of each palm. It’s watered every 2-weeks and given palm feed too. Any advice on why it’s going image.thumb.jpg.3825cc5dffc6c4a152315cd4271d2c35.jpgbrown?

I’m also looking to repot it and, for the first time, have noticed that it could actually be four palms that have been planted together. If so, can these be separated out or will the roots be too closely interwoven? Happy to keep it as one plant if splitting the palm means they could all die. There are currently new fronds still growing so is it best to split and/or repot when the plant is dormant. 
 

Thanks very much for any suggestions or advice. 🌿

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More water and a bigger pot, for starters.

As for separating them, good question for 5 years ago. I will defer to our West Coast growers as I've never seen Howea east of the Mississippi River.

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