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Canary Island Date Palm not happy in conservatory
I've just bought a large (rather expensive!) Canary Island Date Palm for our conservatory, which is east facing. It gets very hot in summer (measured 46 degrees recently when it was 28 outside) and cold in winter (3 deg last winter) and need something that can survive that range. I read that they can manage this temperature range, at least for short periods.
However after just a couple of days the leaves (mostly) on the lower fronds are really closing up and looking like they are drying out at the tips already after 1 week. It doesn't look happy. I have watered it least twice in the last week but thought they wouldn't need that much watering (and don't want to over water). I've moved it outside for the time being so it doesn't die before I have worked out what is wrong! I've not repotted it since it arrived but the put is quite small for a large plant (25 cm pot for 140 cm plant) but Patch usually send them in amply sized pots.
Does anyone have any experience with these plants in conservatories and how much watering they need, or other care? I really don't want it to die, or to have to live outside as we really wanted a big palm in our conservatory. Any help much appreciated.
However after just a couple of days the leaves (mostly) on the lower fronds are really closing up and looking like they are drying out at the tips already after 1 week. It doesn't look happy. I have watered it least twice in the last week but thought they wouldn't need that much watering (and don't want to over water). I've moved it outside for the time being so it doesn't die before I have worked out what is wrong! I've not repotted it since it arrived but the put is quite small for a large plant (25 cm pot for 140 cm plant) but Patch usually send them in amply sized pots.
Does anyone have any experience with these plants in conservatories and how much watering they need, or other care? I really don't want it to die, or to have to live outside as we really wanted a big palm in our conservatory. Any help much appreciated.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
it was bought for the conservatory and we don’t have a lot of space for it outside so am keen to make it work if at all possible!
Rather than watering from above, try dunking the pot in a bucket of water till no more air bubbles appear and then let it drain. That way you know every bit of root has had some water but isn't drowning or rotting. Feed lightly during the growing period.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/12767/phoenix-canariensis/details
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.