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| I decided to buy these decent size majestic palm plants priced at $6 a peice. I am very new to this plant. First bad thing I noticed is that they were bone dry, second thing I noticed was a dead plant, I pulled it out and there were some bugs where the dead stump was. When I got it home I noticed I would have some work to do with pruning the dead ends and that there were round brown spots in plenty various places.
Is this plant helpless, should I bring it back? Whats the best way to prune? When I re-pot should I break up the individual plants and loosen/cut the roots as I would with other plants? Thanx for any help/advice! |
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- Posted by summersunshine 5b (My Page) on Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 11:57
| Majesty Palms in particular are really hard to keep alive in normal house conditions. The best strategy would be to put it outside for the spring/summer and then (assuming you live in a cold climate) bring it inside only for the winter. They really prefer the warmth, sunshine, and humidity of being outside and it will be hard to keep it happy inside a home. |
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| I repotted it and pruned it using a home made potting mix. I put some old fish tank gravel at the bottom to help with drainage. I did not break up the roots or anything because I read in a few places that it likes being root bound. I then cut off all the ends I saw that were browned, I think there is a bunch of new growth that died off but I am going to wait and see what happens before pruning it. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 10:48
| Hi, welcome to gardenweb. round brown spots in plenty various places... Do you mean dead spots on the leaves or bumpy spots? Trimming off the dead parts is a good idea. Rarely is a plant helpless, so I doubt yours are. Would you have an interest in showing us some pics? The thing about "likes to be root bound" is a fallacy, IMO, and in most plant-o-phile's O's. You can find more discussions about this by searching this forum. |
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- Posted by summersunshine 5b (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 13:05
| If you meant that there are "bumpy" spots on the plant, that concerns me that the plant might be infested with the scale insect. If that is the case, I would definitely say to return the plant to the store if you can. As I said before, Majesty palm is extremely hard to keep alive indoors even if you start with a healthy plant. Don't feel like it was your fault if this plant dies because many other people have had this plant die too. If the plant has bugs, then I wouldn't even try to keep it alive. I'd just take it back to the store. |
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