Finally Tackled My Rootbound Ponytail Palm... ;-)
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
10 years ago
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I Finally Repotted My Huge Ponytail Palm!!!
Comments (5)Hi Josh!!! Thank for the kind comments! This was a project that I kept putting off until I finally felt so bad looking at the massive roots in this container. It is a great feeling to know it is free of all of the congestion and the huge roots circling around the container. I feel better and I am sure the tree is very happy now that it can continue to grow and thrive in the same home, but with more room to grow. So nice to see you and thank you for your comments! ;-) Uaskigyrl... Thank you ! I love this tree too! Take Care, Laura...See MoreMom's 'Ponytail Palm'
Comments (27)Rodden, I like "Ellen," thanks for sharing a picture. :) She looks like rather happy in your office. She looks like she's starting to form that "swiss cheese" look. I wish I knew people like you do, I'd love to have a pot like that! I like how she put what looks like coffee mug handles around the pot. You're welcome about the information. A lot of people's plant knowledge just comes from trial and error and finding "cheap" ways to do things lol. I'm forever getting soil or water somewhere where I didn't intend to. I've broken or damaged enough plants trying to "clean" them, so I just learned the Q-tip trick with AVs after a few failed attempts to remove excess water lol. We have a PUR water filter (the one you stick in your fridge). I use it for my plants mostly (they actually "drink" better water than we do, we don't drink enough water lol). I figure that's gotta be a good way to get a number of contaminants out of the tap water. I let it sit out overnight so it's not cold. I used to let my water sit out overnight, but I started thinking it'd probably be even better to give them the filtered water from our water filter. We buy a 3-pack of refill filters and they're $15 for 3. I think I go 3 months without changing them (they say you shouldn't go more than 2, but it's not like I'm using it every single day, I don't water my plants that often lol). The only plants I can think of that are sensitive to fluoride are 'Spider Plant' and Dracaenas. There may be more, I just can't think of any. I put a lot of perlite in my soil "mix," so I'm sure to clean the perlite real well before I mix it in with the Miracle Gro Cactus & Succulent soil. I've read somewhere that it contains a lot of fluoride (the perlite), so you want to rinse it real well before use to remove most of that excess fluoride before using it. I read something on the AV forum on GW about chloramine (not chlorine) that is harmful to AVs. It isn't a gas so it doesn't evaporate. I don't know if our filtration filters chloramine out, I'm hoping it does. I've seen pictures of AVs on that forum that gradually begin to yellow until it kills off the plant. I figure, better to be safe than sorry. Planto This post was edited by plantomaniac08 on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 17:34...See MorePonytail palm training new owner
Comments (23)If only we'd had this discussion a week ago. My nephew is a master glass blower and just finished a fellowship at the Toronto Institute of Art. He JUST this week packed up after a visit home and in preparation for his relocating to Vancouver Island. He met a young woman from Toronto while studying in New Zealand, fell in love, and is moving to the island where she teaches. While in New Zealand, he blew all the glass steins, bowls, flasks that were used as props and backdrops in the Hobbit movie that came out last year or year before. I'm going to link you to a thread that discusses soil/water relationships and the impact that relationship has on plant vitality and your ability to help your plant realize its genetic potential. If you do spend some time at that thread, please ask the others if they know where a suitable bark product can be found in Toronto. This link will take you there. The fastest way to a green thumb isn't so dependent on how long you've been at it, as it is on how much you know. Al Here is a link that might be useful: This one should be helpful, too....See MoreSorta kinda like a ponytail palm... maybe?
Comments (22)The poor PTP bulbs don't look very good at the moment, mostly because I just bumbled along instead of asking questions when things weren't going well. I'm running on at the mouth as usual, but there's a question in the last paragraph if you don't want to read the whole story. First, I followed the advice to water once a month over the winter without considering the dry interior air and how little soil is on the poor because I've read so much about the danger of overwatering succulents. After a few months of deliberate neglect I noticed the bulbs were very soft, but they firmed up nicely after a few weeks of soaking the pot for 5-10 minutes every few days. Now I'm watering or soaking every 3-4 days, by which time the bottom of the root ball is just damp, and I'm considering potting up to a slightly bigger pot now instead of waiting until June. Now the issue is creased leaves, meaning that the leaves 'break' 4-6" from the base instead of curving normally. The leaves were fine when the plant sat at the coffee shop, but by the time I got it to the car to bring it home several of the leaves were creased. I assumed it was mechanical damage, but the leaves aren't brown or dry at the creases the way you'd expect it they'd been squished. A few weeks ago I noticed that the new leaves at the center of the plants were pale and limp and that even more leaves were bent. I know the pale new leaves meant insufficient light, which is easy enough to fix, though I didn't expect the plant to need more light until at least the end of the month. A gardenweb search brought up some threads about PTP leaves that were bent instead of curving smoothly all the way to their ends. The comments said the problem was probably insufficient light, but the OPs never came back to say whether the suggestions were right. Assuming anyone has made it this far, does it sound like more light will prevent more creased leaves, or could there be another cause?...See Moreplantomaniac08
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9 years agoHey there :) We have about a 6 1/2 foot pony palm with 2 other pony palms that sprouted over a year a go. We live in Chesapeake, VA and yes...the plant grows well here as long as you bring it in in the winter.
I have attached a picture so that perhaps my question will make more sense.
My question is....this has become soooo big and soooo heavy to move I was wondering if I cut off the stalk down where the 2 sprouts are without killing the main plant and starting another plant from the stalk I cut off. Has anyone attempted this? I have had this plant for MANY years and would hate to loose it.
Thank you in advance for any replies.
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