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Help with my Kentia Palm

Posted by commplus6 QLD Australia (My Page) on
Sat, Dec 31, 05 at 19:19

The centre trunk of my Kentia has rotted out and the fronds have all died very quickly - I suspect over watering. That aside, the palm has two nice but small, growing palms shooting from eiher side of the old trunk. Any suggestions on how to remove them (without damaging them) so that I can replant in the garden? My late mother sucessfully grew Kentias for 30 years - in pots in the ground - should I use pots with these two? Thanks John


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RE: Help with my Kentia Palm

Welcome to GW. As Kentias don't usually send up side shoots, these are most likely seperate plants that have grown from seed (single trunked palms are often triple planted). If that is the case, and they are in a pot, remove from the pot and hose off the mix and shake to try and separate the roots, then replant singly. Or you could just cut off the rotten one and leave the others to grow.


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RE: Help with my Kentia Palm

Thanks for the advice - will see how I go.....


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RE: Help with my Kentia Palm

g'day john, i've never known kentia's to grow side shoots like most single trunk palms when the main trunk dies that's it. if the palm was at mature age and had flowered and produced vuiable seed then those growths could be young kentia's? if so i would just dig them out pot them up get them growing nicely again before replanting them into the garden, or as goldhills suggested leave them there the old trunk will rot away anyway , just they maybe very close together. if there are other mature plams around the seedlings could be from them. len

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