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Old 29-04-2010, 06:17 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Poole Dave Poole is offline
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Default Butterfly (Areca) Palm

On Apr 28, 5:21*pm, linda porter linda.porter.
wrote:
... I re-potted about 18-24months
ago, would you advise to do it again now? I'll also get some feed
pellets and hopefully by following your advice my little plant will
"recover"!


Generally, I look at repotting or potting-on my palms every 3 - 4
years depending upon the vigour of the plant. Your best bet would be
to *carefully* repot as outlined above and water more thoroughly from
now on. Imagine the 'donkey and carrot-on-a-stick' situation; by
allowing the compost to become dryish before watering deeply and
thoroughly, you encourage the roots to grow and search for moisture.
This keeps them active and healthy. Insufficient moisture over too
long a period causes the roots to become inactive or even start to
die, while too much water all of the time causes the compost to
degrade rapidly and the roots to rot.