Comments on: King Palm Tree – Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

By: Susan Brian

Susan Brian — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:53:37 +0000

Hi Ming. I don't know where you live, but cold weather is the worst time to plant palm trees. Palms loose a lot of their roots after transplanting and it is important for them to establish new roots before the cold weather starts. At this point you need to make sure to protect your palm from cold. Spray it with freezepruf. Deep watering it when you slow drip water for a long period of time. You just need to make sure the soil is moist enough. Soil moister levels is very easy to check with electronic soil moister meter. Here is a great article on palm watering. ~Susan Brian

By: Ming

Ming — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:11:30 +0000

Hi, Susan:

I planted a new 25 gallon King Palm three days ago. The nursery guy told me to deep water once a week, regular water everyday. How do I know it is deep watering? How many minutes is for deep or regular watering? How do I know the soil is drain properly. You said watering everyday for the first week, then every other day. Is that all deep watering?

I planted the palm in December, and it is cold and lot of wind. Is it the good season for king palm to overcome the transplant shock? How long it will grow new root?

Thanks

Ming

By: robert wisswell

robert wisswell — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:53:02 +0000

Hello, one of my king palms came to seed. I waited until November, and the seeds started to fall off by themselves. It is warm here in San Diego, most of the time. My question is, what’s the best way to plant these seeds and get them to germinate? Thanks. robert w.

By: Susan Brian

Susan Brian — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:31:52 +0000

Hi Crhis. The bud of the palm is the most important part. If it is gone, the palm will not survive. ~Susan Brian

By: Chris Hussey

Chris Hussey — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:30:47 +0000

I just lost the top to my King Palm. My daughter is saying that she may have caught one of the leaves in her car door and then drove off.

Is it possible that the top will regrow?

By: Susan Brian

Susan Brian — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:33:49 +0000

Hi Paradise. There is no guaranteed way to avoid transplantation shock. You did everything you could to minimize the damage. It is very usual for palms, especially for large palms who used to have a large root system, to go into shock. Just keep watering it. Give it few months to recover. ~Susan Brian.

By: Palm Paradise

Palm Paradise — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:46:48 +0000

I just planted 2 Picabeen/King Palms. I left the frawns wrapped for a week while the roots set. After letting the frawns down I realized that there were allot of dried brown frawns. These palms were 30 Gallons when I planted them about 2 weeks ago. On one I noticed that the new frawn coming for the top was green and is now truning brown. I followed the instructions on your site on how to plant them is this just a sign of transplantation shock? I have a 30 Gallon Travelers in between the Kings that is doing AWESOME!

By: Susan Brian

Susan Brian — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:30:48 +0000

Hi Joe. Always provide a good drainage. It would put some rocks at the bottom and drill few holes. ~Susan Brian

By: Susan Brian

Susan Brian — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:26:43 +0000

Hi Alex. Palms go into shock after transplanting. It might take few months for the palms to recover. The palm is definitely dead if all of the leaves are brown and there is not new growth. Give them some time and see if they recover. Do not fertilize. Just keep watering. ~Susan Brian

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:38:53 +0000

We have a few palm trees that we have transplanted from a neighbor. I’m concerned they aren’t doing very well.

Some have lost all their leaves except one spear that’s hanging to the side.

Others have almost all brown, dry leaves except one green one in the center. They all are still tied together.

How do you know when a palm is dead? I heard as long as there’s some green on them they are ok.

How long do we wait until they bounce back from the transplant shock?

Thank you,

Alex