Small leaves on European Fan Palm

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:38 pm

Anybody else's have small leaves?

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Had this little guy for approx. 7 or 8 years.
What's the trick to growing these things?

Barb

Stevea07 · Post by **Stevea07** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:15 pm

Barb, your soil is too wet. Remove the moisture holding rocks and allow the soil to dry to the point that you can barely feel any soil moisture in the peat. That is the ideal moisture level for Chamaerops.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:49 am

Thanks Steve, will do.

Those 3 rocks on top were to keep the neighborhood cats from using the soil as a toilet during summer when palm is outdoors.

Full sun? or shade?
I had placed it in a bit of shade to get the petioles to "stretch".

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:55 pm

Princeps,Bizzy other Trachys etc, do this too,if there is some trauma or stress,
usually root related,they will eventually grow out of it,if healthy.

Reducing that light might make the petioles longer but what you want is a speedy recovery

Stevea07 · Post by **Stevea07** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:50 pm

Barb, full sun for sure.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:15 pm

Prime spot at the south window it is then.

Thanks folks.
Barb

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:51 pm

I agree with the soil being too damp and I am not sure about planting chamaerops in the shade -this works for trachycarpus but the one at my dad's place has been in the part shade for 4 years and is still only about 6-7 feet tall. It is however suckering quite a bit now. The other chamaerops that I planted in the sun with a dry sandy soil had done very well grew this season.
see video attached-chamaerops at 1:22
Cheers
mike
http://youtu.be/Df0R2wNO5V8

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:41 am

That's one beautiful C.humilis cerifera, Mike!

The entire video is total eye candy!

Barb

coconutmike · Post by **coconutmike** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:13 am

Thanks Barb-try to feed your palm more often -try different types to see what work best
have fun
mike

PalmsNorth.com

Small leaves on European Fan Palm

Small leaves on European Fan Palm

Hey Barb

Thanks Barb