Windmill palm spear pull
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Comments (4)Your windmill looks very healthy to me. You have gotten good advice here and I do concur. I have had new spears sometimes do that before and it has never caused a problem. The pale coloring you see is just because the inner part of the unopened spear has not yet been exposed to enough light for it to start producing enough chlorophyll to turn it green. It should green up for you just fine. Good luck!...See MoreChopping down my Windmill palm... :(
Comments (14)Tennessee,I had three Trachys,a C.cerifera and T.campestris with spear pull last Nov,we were in the 70s the first week and then it went down to 18F,thats when all the damage occured.I am still waiting on the C.cerifera as it's still alive,one wag/fort Trachy was not well established and died by Dec,I pulled the Trithrinax campestris as it was very small(it was still green though)and planted a S.louisiana.So,the T.wag/fort and T.Naini Tal are both pushing up new spears,(probably started a month ago)the wag/fort kept all it's leaves and is moving faster with a stubby spear leaf and also another spear,the Naini Tal had all it's leaves fried off over the winter months,so, it's moving slower.I will post some pics this weekend on the Some pictures from around the garden 4-26-09 thread,good luck with yours,I hope that they come back! I might add that what knocked them out in Nov was the combo of warmth,sudden cold(as mentioned) and rain before the cold that I should have protected them from....See MoreI saved the windmill palm! And palm ID
Comments (3)What wetsuiter said. Even if some fronds may not look the best but are still mostly green, they are probably still doing their jobs and providing the plant with much needed energy from photosynthesis. Leaves, while they are pretty/ nice to look at, are an extremely important organ for any tree/ plant. Leaves also perform sevreal important functions on plants such as respiration and transpiration. If you ever get the chance to study plants / trees and all of their organs that help to make them function you will be amazed at the complexity. The palm you got from walmart, ericthehurdler got it right. Parlour Palm. The scientific name or botanic name is Chamaedorea Elegans. Those are a fantastic family of palms. Chamaedorea Elegans are in fact a SOLITARY palm. The reason they come how you got them, with many plants all clumped together is because growers often just germinate 10-20 or so seeds in a pot, and poof, you have a 'plant'. But, what you in fact have in that pot, is probably 10-20 small individual palms. It is up to you if you wish to separate them out. Often in the past what I have done is separated out the 1-3 largest ones and left the others to grow more. Also another thing that can, and does happen is that some of them may eventually die off. Personally, I find a single one of these palms in a pot by itself more appealing, espeically when they get older. I have a few, and one of them I got from a pot similar to yours. It was the largest, but still a young plant with no trunk. It now has about 7 to 10 leaves, has shed about 6 leaves, and has about 4 inches of clear trunk on it and is taking on the classic palm tree appearance. Mine is about 4 years old now, (the amount of time I have had it) but it is probably more like 6 years old in total. They grow fairly SLOW. They are probably one of, if not THE easiest palms to take care of. Virtually bullet proof. Very hard to over / underwater them, though I would err on the side of underwatering them because they can handle that easily, and also do not need tons of light. You can successfully grow one of these in a north facing window that gets hardly any direct sun with no problem. In fact, since they are an understory palm that grows only several feet or so high on the forest floor, they prefer mainly indirect or very filtered light, and NOT direct sunlight. Direct sunlight can burn the leaves. I have had one burn on me with just one day's exposure to full sun. Also, this palm, and all the other palms in its genus (Chamaedorea) are mainly jungle palms, so many prefer the lower light conditions, somewhat elevated humidity, and fairly warm temps. Definitely NOT cold hardy. That said, there are some that can HANDLE some abuse, and the palm that you have gotten is one of those palms. Anyway Best of luck with both of your palms!...See MoreWindmill palm spear pulled
Comments (6)I think you need to dig it up,if the roots are still alive and the top is dead cut it back untill you find some green,then bring it inside and keep it inside untill it makes a full recovery which may be a year from next spring.I can't imagine a palm having any chance to make it through the winters up here unless they are in near perfect shape.I f it is alive you know the routine,superthrive,fingicide,you might try some potassium on it after about 6 weeks to strenghthen its defences agaainst rot,etc.from what you discribed in your old posts I would be surprised if this palm is still alive,I hope thats wrong,good luck Islb-can you post a pic?...See Moresara82lee
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