⚠️What’s happening to Pygmy Date Palm?⚠️

[PindoPalm]

Recently one of the trunks (the smallest to be specific) has been suffering. The fronds on it lost their color and now are drying out. What is the issue and what can i do to solve it? 

[SeanK]

IMHO, There is insufficient soil to support the biomass. Either double the pot size or plant in the ground.

[PindoPalm]

58 minutes ago, SeanK said:

IMHO, There is insufficient soil to support the biomass. Either double the pot size or plant in the ground.

Ok thank you. I’ll plant it in the ground as soon as possible along with the pindo. 

[Johnny Palmseed]

Ok so… this is the same palm as in the 3 or 4 other threads right? Let’s evaluate this. You bought a palm that looked great and brought it home. It was in a tiny pot and was root bound with not much soil. You transplanted it into a slightly larger pot. You put the plant in full sun. Almost immediately you see a general decline in the plant. Now it looks worse. Most likely, the palm is suffering from a change of growing conditions. It is probably one of three things: too much/ little water, bad soil or too much sun. It looks desiccated from the picture but it could also be a fungal problem. If you used a mucky soil and watered the hell out of it, you may have inadvertently created a poor growing environment. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but I still think that it is getting too much sun. Roebeleniis tend to look their best in partial shade. They can look good in full sun but would generally need more water.

[PindoPalm]

4 hours ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

Ok so… this is the same palm as in the 3 or 4 other threads right? Let’s evaluate this. You bought a palm that looked great and brought it home. It was in a tiny pot and was root bound with not much soil. You transplanted it into a slightly larger pot. You put the plant in full sun. Almost immediately you see a general decline in the plant. Now it looks worse. Most likely, the palm is suffering from a change of growing conditions. It is probably one of three things: too much/ little water, bad soil or too much sun. It looks desiccated from the picture but it could also be a fungal problem. If you used a mucky soil and watered the hell out of it, you may have inadvertently created a poor growing environment. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but I still think that it is getting too much sun. Roebeleniis tend to look their best in partial shade. They can look good in full sun but would generally need more water.

Yes it is. I have received many messages and they have been very helpful. Im hoping to get it in the ground as soon as possible along with the Pindo which is doing well. The area has shade in the morning and a bit of shade in the afternoons (depending on the season), i do currently have it in palm soil I had got from Lowe’s. Are there any recommendations of soils i should use and nutrients i should put in the soil that you have before I put it in the ground, as well with the Pindo? 

[Johnny Palmseed]

10 hours ago, PindoPalm said:

Yes it is. I have received many messages and they have been very helpful. Im hoping to get it in the ground as soon as possible along with the Pindo which is doing well. The area has shade in the morning and a bit of shade in the afternoons (depending on the season), i do currently have it in palm soil I had got from Lowe’s. Are there any recommendations of soils i should use and nutrients i should put in the soil that you have before I put it in the ground, as well with the Pindo? 

I wish I had some better advice for you but I’m not familiar with your area. Generally speaking, Roebeleniis do well here in Florida in sandy soils although they prefer more water under these conditions. If your soil is more clay based, you might not need as much water. Any soil outside of a forest will probably benefit from amendments. What I like to do here is dig down to a reasonable depth and width that I would expect the root ball to eventually reach. I remove garbage/debris and larger rocks. I then mix in peat moss and soil (no specific brand) products with the “native” soil. Of course, the soil is not actually native soil. It’s fill dirt and it’s pretty bad. Mostly crushed shells/coquina with coarse sand. It drains easily but has a very high pH and holds no nutrients. After planting, I fill the hole with the new mix of soil and I top it off with pine bark mulch.