My trachycarpus is about 3-4 ft tall but many of the leaves are bending back on themselves, or bending down as if too heavy to support
Is the a way to resolve this or is it something to put up with
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Re: Trachycarpus
mutantpoodle wrote:My trachycarpus is about 3-4 ft tall but many of the leaves are bending back on themselves, or bending down as if too heavy to support
Is the a way to resolve this or is it something to put up with
Outdoors?
In a pot?
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Re: Trachycarpus
mutantpoodle wrote:My trachycarpus is about 3-4 ft tall but many of the leaves are bending back on themselves, or bending down as if too heavy to support
Not too heavy, too weak - so find ways to strengthen it, mostly more light (so winter will be a factor I guess) and nitrogen (or fertiliser in general).
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Re: Trachycarpus
its outdoors so more light isnt an option
its in a large,,,very large pot filled 50\% compost and 50% decent soil
its been in pot 18 months
sunny sout facing garden...no huge winds
its in a large,,,very large pot filled 50\% compost and 50% decent soil
its been in pot 18 months
sunny sout facing garden...no huge winds
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Re: Trachycarpus
mutantpoodle wrote:its outdoors so more light isnt an option
its in a large,,,very large pot filled 50\% compost and 50% decent soil
its been in pot 18 months
sunny sout facing garden...no huge winds
Have a look at the growing tip... is it green.
Hopefully not rotting, they like a lot of water so unlikely to be root rot, but the crown does not like sustained wet, and round our way it has been awfully wet.
Not much you can do now other than feed it, as said. Epsom salts is OK.
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