Any success with Majesty Palm as a 'houseplant'?
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Comments (3)About your tips - MP's like it moist. Are they becoming too dry? Like rhiz. said, if we keep paying, they'll keep selling. Plants are not excluded from capitalism. Caveat Emptor. The onus is on the customer to know what they are buying and what to do with it. Many people are knowledgeable and have green houses, or just like a challenge. On the one hand, it's sad that most will die, but would you prefer to not even have a chance? Lots of people expect these plants to die and think of them as disposable. My Mom buys them for her porch every year and does not want to bother with them in her house for the winter. It would be ridiculous (to me) to make several trips in the car for me to try saving them. They're usually full of scales, too. It's very difficult here to NOT bring a colony of ants inside with potted plants and it's just not something she's interested in. My porch plants have to survive having their pots submerged or they're not allowed in. (Submerging causes the ants to freak out. If they swarm out, I know this plant must be repotted if an overnight underwater is going to kill it.) I was given a fuchsia for Mother's Day that is already dead. This has been an annual experience since I moved here from OH a few years ago. I've finally learned that although fuchsia will thrive in most OH summers, they literally get baked to death here in AL. It's counter-intuitive. I'm thinking it's a tropical plant and I've moved closer to a tropical climate so these should do better here, right? I just thought I was underwatering/overwatering/put it in the wrong place, etc... If I had done my research sooner, I would have known that I could have brought it inside and had much better chances. I also would have known that the pot it was in was also going to make it waterlogged - almost certain death for fuchsia. (It was in one of the common plastic hanging baskets with the hook & recessed drain hole about 3/4" above the actual bottom of the pot.) So would it be better to not have fuchsias for sale at all here? No way! They're welcome to die at my house anytime! LOL! Same thing goes for orchids. Your chances of keeping that beautiful thing alive even for the car ride home are questionable. So should almost-certain death prevent you from enjoying it while it lasts if you want to pay for it? Luckily as a consumer, you have the choice to buy it or not. The poinsettia, Norfolk island pine, easter lily, and many others are also in this category of "death by purchase." All I can say is that I'm thankful for those folks who keep propagating plants for us even though we keep killing them, whether on purpose, by neglect or coddling it senseless. As hopeful said, you are doing something right any time you keep a potted plant alive that long. Keep up the good work!...See MoreI need some advice on my Majesty Palm
Comments (6)Majesty palms dont really like being indoors for the most part. They can sucessfully stay indoors but they must be misted if your house is dry, and watered pretty well. My majesty palm looks pretty healthy except that the newest frond might not be opening fully. Im getting a little concerned, but Im going to buy a water spritzer and hopefully it will hang in until spring. Good luck! -Alex...See Moremajesty palms-winterizing
Comments (9)Hi Margaret, For the past two years I have been buying a Majesty palm for the summer and potting it up as a patio plant. I read a few articles on the internet in my research as to whether I should overwinter indoors. They cannot take any temperatures below 30F nor be stored "dormant", so you must bring them inside if you want to save them. However, unless you have ideal conditions with bright light and warmth and humidity, they gradually deteriorate indoors and yes, are likely susceptible to spider mites. In short, I read that despite being sold in huge quantities and basically at every retailer as houseplants, they make terrible houseplants unless you have great conditions. So, I made the decision in the past just to buy new plants every year. Chances are, if you were successful in overwintering them indoors, the plant going back outside next spring wouldn't look as good as it does now anyways, by the time it gets used to the poor light of indoors and back to the bright light of outdoors next spring. FYI, are you zone 7? There are some palms that are hardier than this one and can be protected and possibly survive winter in your zone. Just mentioning in case you might want to experiment with hardier palms. Regards, Glen...See MoreYellow fronds on my Majesty Palm
Comments (16)HELP please! I bought a beautiful Majesty palm at Lowes 2 days ago and even though I've watered it the leaf tips are starting to turn yellow. It's over 5 feet all and I haven't repotted it yet although I suspect I will have to since I believe the roots are growing over the top. Nevertheless, I've watered it well and even stuck watering spikes and still I see the yellowing tips increasing. I need some help (PLEASE!); advice and/ or lessons as I'm really a novice - this IS MY 3rd palm and I'm getting really discouraged. I realize I don't have high lighting but where I found this palm was among a bunch of other palms, shades and In the indoor plant area. I believe i lost the other 2 because of my inexperience, I repotted them in a pot more than twice larger and they died....(I found out only later that too big a pot is only a death trap!) So, questions : should I leave this palm in its own pot and leave it where it is right now so as to give it time to acclimate itself to that area of my house or should I repot it tomorrow to a pot just a size larger? I am misting it every morning since I bought it 2 days ago (I just learned here I have to put a 50/50 alcohol water which I will start to do) but still the leaf tips are turning yellow FAST!! I really hate to lose another one....please help! Lastly, I Iive in Oyster Creek, Texas and I've always thought that Lowes or Home Depot carry plants that are for these neighborhoods, am I wrong? i really can't lug this plant to and from the shower simply because it's too tall, can't I just leave it where it is? although I could roll it out my back porch to spray it with a water hose but is all this moving around doing it any good? THANK YOU SO MUCH!...See MoreUser
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