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Should I separate offshoot yet?

2 years ago

I bought this majesty palm plant from Ikea last August and kept it outside until it began to get too cold. On Nov 11, I noticed this little guy at the edge of the pot. It's grown since then. Because it's small I wanted to leave it be but now as it's growing taller, should I separate it?

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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

Your little plant looks like a newly emerging palm seedling. (It's certainly not an offshoot of the Majesty Palm). Can you pull a bit of soil away to see if there is a remnant of a small seed attached to it?

If you don't want to save the seedling, just pull it out and toss.

If you want to save it, I'd wait until spring. Since it's close to the edge of the rootball, you should be able to remove it and most of its roots fairly easily once you unpot the entire plant. Try not to damage any Majesty roots in the process.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
i would probably do so when i next repot the plant ... which shouldnt be done in winter short of some emergency ...

what i wonder about. is why they and off color.. IF they are attached to the mother plant ... so i might suspect the are rogue seedlings .. not necessarily of the mother plant ...

besides.. whats your hurry???

ken
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2 years ago
It's probably the bad lighting but it's the same color as the mother plant.

The seedling seems so close to the edge... I'm trying to find ways to keep the fronds up, usually they'll flop to the side and have dents in it if I don't readjust
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
what are all the yellow butterflies?? .. sticky traps?
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
well if it has immature roots.. and you separate it.. its going to flop anyway ...

flopping is usually associated with lack of proper light levels ... and secondarily.. lack of nutrients.. but i would not suspect a plant 5 months from the grower.. would NOT be lacking nutrients ... unless you flood the thing every other day ... and have washed it all out the bottom ...which might lead to fungus gnats.. which might be why you need the sticky traps ...[unless you repotted it into barren peat of something ...]

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2 years ago

When I noticed the gnats, I didn't realize it was coming from the plant initially. But it felt too cold to bring the plant back outside, so I got the stickys to help and put rocks at the top of soil.When I noticed the gnats, I didn't realize it was coming from the plant initially. But it felt too cold to bring the plant back outside, so I got the stickys to help and put rocks at the top of soil.

I bottom water it once a week even in the winter. But the infestation seemed to get worst. So I wanted to repot and hoping the new soil would help.

It thrived in the sun when it was outside but with winter, it seems to struggle a bit

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