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Sad Kentia palm!

jiciZT1SMuCXvpOdDg4vv3PMwZlmGJBXjiciZT1SMuCXvpOdDg4vv3PMwZlmGJBX Posts: 1
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Hi all, hoping for some guidance on my new Kentia palm! She is looking very sad and droopy and a little dry to the touch. We were gifted her as a wedding present and she sat in her pot for a week or two in all the hustle and bustle post wedding, probably lacking in water if I’m honest! I then repotted her (into a pot with no drainage holes) and it was a tight squeeze, so I’m concerned it may also have disrupted the roots. I guess I’d like some help on firstly, is she salvageable; and secondly, how do I go about that? I am watering her a couple of times a week when the top 3 inches of the soil is dry and misting every day now but I don’t know if that will be enough…

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The pot should have drainage holes or the roots will rot. If you had to squeeze it into the pot, the pot is much too small.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Hi @jiciZT1SMuCXvpOdDg4vv3PMwZlmGJBX,

    I agree with @B3 that you should repot it into a pot with holes and a size bigger than the current pot.
    I suggest you then keep up the misting, and only water when needed.
    A month or so from now any bits that are dead will be obvious, and could be cut off.
    It should also be obvious if you've got live bits too.

    Good luck.
    Bee x
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I agree, a bigger pot with drainage holes. Without them it can be soggy in the bottom even if the top few inches are dry. You can stand it on a pot saucer or in a decorative outer pot if you like, but make sure that you empty out any water that collects there.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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