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Growing Ponytail Palm Houseplants: Watering, Lighting, Repotting, and Pests
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I have a triple ponytail that I just repotted but did not break up. I am in Palm Springs, CA. So now it is loving being outside and just the long shadows of afternoon sun. Your previous answer gave rise to my question though...your answer would seem I could still leave it outside through the summer if I just shade it more? August will bring 115 temps often. It is a little too big to bring inside and no where inside has sunny windows.
thank you so much ! We live in Pa and have been getting a very varied mix of weather this summer - nothing cold though. We have been getting heavy rains and high temps. Sounds like we may have probably too much of both extremes though. I will try to put it in a more shady spot that doesn't always get sun through out the day. Sounds like that may work ? thanks again !
I got my Ponytail plant from Wegmans; it is in a pot with stones over the "soil" which appear to be glued somehow. It's about a foot high and seems to be doing well. I've had it about 6 months now. My question is how do I water it because I can't see the soil? I give it a light watering down about once a week but most of the water seems to run off because of the stones. Should I re-pot it? As I say it seems to be doing very well as it is but I don't like it that I can't actually see what I'm doing when I water it.
I too have a ponytail palm where the stones are glued in. I was going to try to replant it but I'm afraid that if I pull the plant too hard, I'll lose the roots. Will the roots grow back?
Thanks for any advice.
Hi there. The top of my pony tail plant broke off during moving it. We have now planted the bottom in the garden and hope it will take. Is there a way I can try to get roots from the top tuft? Shall I stand it in water or put in in the soil for it to maybe develop roots? Thank you.
The base often survives and grows back again if properly replanted so hope it takes! We've never tried re-rooting a tuft. The usual practice is to take the suckers or offsets shooting up from the trunk and reroot. Cut with a sterile, sharp knife and coat the base of the cutting with rooting hormone and plant in a sterile, well-drained potting soil (such as that sold for cacti). The optimum time of year to remove those offsets is spring, but yours may still root at some point.
I live in SETexas and my ponytail palm lives outdoors year round. I've had it about 25 years and the total plant is about 8 ft tall. It is beautiful.
i have just bought my ponytail palm, which came with four, i separated them and put two in each pot, I had some moisture stay soil and switched it out about 3 days later into cactus potting mix, but now my palm is browning rapidly, I have not watered it since I figure It was feeling over watered, what did I do and if I cut back the brown leaves will it continue to grow? Any advice would be great..
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Be sure that your plant is not sitting in water.
The "moisture stay" soil, which from the sounds of it retains moisture, may not have been a good idea.
Propagation such as you described can be tricky; several methods have been recommended. The "baby" plant, or offset, could be given a dose of rooting compound and rooted in sand or a very well-draining potting soil. Another treatment would have been be to wrap/layer the offset in sphagnum moss and alternately moisten the moss and then allow it to dry. This would encourage roots on the baby; when those appeared you could remove it from the mother plant and pot it separately in well-drained potting soil.
This plant like to be watered deeply but does not like to sit in water; the water must be allowed to drain out. (Too much water can/will cause root rot and drown it.) Allow the soil to dry between waterings.
About the browning leaves: this could be from excess salt in your water. Repotting into cacti soil is recommended. However, some sources say some browning of leaves is normal; new leaves should appear from the center.
By the way, this plant is not a true palm; it is a succulent.
We hope this helps. Best wishes!
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