Tiki gardeners - help needed with palm - General Tiki

B bananabobs Member Joined: Feb 16, 2003 Posts: 824	B bananabobs Posted posted on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 8:40 PM You will probably find that it will pull right out of the middle. If so, it rotted, too much water, too little drainage or cold. The Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana (We call it a King Palm) is pretty hardy, will go down to -32C or 25 degrees (sustained) here in California, and will go down into the teens here for a short time. I suspect that the soil is your main culprit. Palms need a very draining soil, I use equal parts peat moss and peralite. Palms like to have their faces washed but their feet dry. Hope that helps. Here is a link to the Palm society in Australia http://www.pacsoa.org.au/

You will probably find that it will pull right out of the middle. If so, it rotted, too much water, too little drainage or cold. The Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana (We call it a King Palm) is pretty hardy, will go down to -32C or 25 degrees (sustained) here in California, and will go down into the teens here for a short time. I suspect that the soil is your main culprit. Palms need a very draining soil, I use equal parts peat moss and peralite. Palms like to have their faces washed but their feet dry.
Hope that helps.
Here is a link to the Palm society in Australia
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/

Post #568790 by bananabobs on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 8:40 PM