http://desert-trees.com/954/mexican-fan-palm-questions/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://desert-trees.com/954/mexican-fan-palm-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-412 tyler d Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:36:46 +0000 http://desert-trees.com/954/mexican-fan-palm-questions/#comment-412 Mexican fan palm, Washingtonia robusta, is a sun lover, and will usually take all the water and fertilizer you can give it. They are a lot more like grass than a true tree, so it loves nitrogen fertilizer. Judging by the nice green new leaves produced at the center, it seems healthy enough. But if you live in a cool rainy climate it is likely just starved for sun. Yellow spots like you show are often caused by sunburn, which may be due to intense rays coming through a window, or if water sits on the leaves in the sun causing a burn just as a magnifying glass will in direct sunlight. So give it more sun and feed well to help this fellow grow out of the doldrums. Mexican fan palm, Washingtonia robusta, is a sun lover, and will usually take all the water and fertilizer you can give it. They are a lot more like grass than a true tree, so it loves nitrogen fertilizer. Judging by the nice green new leaves produced at the center, it seems healthy enough. But if you live in a cool rainy climate it is likely just starved for sun. Yellow spots like you show are often caused by sunburn, which may be due to intense rays coming through a window, or if water sits on the leaves in the sun causing a burn just as a magnifying glass will in direct sunlight. So give it more sun and feed well to help this fellow grow out of the doldrums.

]]> http://desert-trees.com/954/mexican-fan-palm-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Mo Plants Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:34:42 +0000 http://desert-trees.com/954/mexican-fan-palm-questions/#comment-413 I can tell you that Washingtonias do not care much for humidity. I live in a city with desert climate and they're all over the place. What you describe sounds like the normal leaf cycle. :-/ If you own a digital camera, maybe you could upload a picture of your tree for us to see. BTW: How big is the container? Washingtonias produce VERY long roots that don't extended much horizontally.   I can tell you that Washingtonias do not care much for humidity. I live in a city with desert climate and they’re all over the place.
What you describe sounds like the normal leaf cycle. :-/
If you own a digital camera, maybe you could upload a picture of your tree for us to see.
BTW: How big is the container? Washingtonias produce VERY long roots that don’t extended much horizontally.
 

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