We bought this Palm from a palm tree nursery and are moving it from the pot to the ground. The weather is ideal for the palm but not us as it was around 108 degrees. It actually took us around a 1 1/2 to do but felt like a days work.
I planted one and have two more to plant. I’m glad I watched your video after the first one. I didn’t know to add water in the hole while planting and backfilling! I’ll do it on my next 2!
I just brought 4 of those trees on April 27th they were on sale redoing my garden this video helped me understand what I just planted and it want make my foundation bucker up,thanks
Im a geordie. Heard your accent. Just bought one of these palms from morrisons for £30. Got excited thinking wow someone growing this outside in wet cold GB. Read comments realised you're in US. 😞 yours looks fabulous.
@@EnglandAndy yep. I couldn't get it in my trolley fast enough. It's a beaut. It's not often "up north" find decent tropical plants. But yes think I'll have to treat it as a house plant! Thank you for video anyways.
Good work Andy. I'm doing the same but planting my palm, in nice San Diego spring weather around 74 degrees. Btw, how bout post a video on how it looks now. Thx for the video and tips.
Your video shows up in my feed i thought I'll take a look, beautiful plant. I just got 1, i put it half Sun half shade only 45 mins in a 105 degree heat1 branch got burned a bite. I moved it to full shaded spot woth bright light no more burning. When i see you put it under the Sun i was bite worry
seems no one has done a video explaining the differences between a pygmy date palm and a regular date palm, however, it's also possible that people looking at such a plant knows what to expect a pygmy date palm to be and i'm assuming it's just a smaller variety of the plant that still bears the comparable fruit.
Thanks Andy this is going to help me a lot because I don't have any experience in this. So you're saying do not put any mulch in the hole right? But then once it's fully planted and all the soil and dirt is back in it then we can put mulch around it is that correct? And how much mulch do you think I need? And thank you so much for your help
Yes, according to my local ext office you just use the native dirt and no amendments. Mulch, I put around 3 inches and created a dish so the water wouldn't run away. Don't forget to keep watering.
Andy great video. I have a Pygmy date Palm in the ground next to my spa. It’s actually has two palms coming out from one base. I don’t know what happened but one side died. The other side seems fine. Would I be able to cut the palm at the base to remove the dead half or will it kill the other side?
Thank you for the comments. So this is what you need to do. Put a internet search of UF/IFAS office and find your nearest one. Every county has one and I don't know what zone you are in but these people are excellent in gardening advice . They are free of charge so don't worry about that but they will answer your questions and if you call them they will ask the questions for you. The question you asked me had not enough information , location , soil, diseases,, drainage but the first thing I thought of was Is the palm planted to close to the spa and is the spray hitting the palm ? overtime this will be an issue. Hope this helps.
Thank you so much! I'm a beginner gardener and have a client that has asked for one of these to be planted in their backyard. Showing the whole process was super helpful for me. Also knowing the sandy soil does not need anything added was great info! Not sure if you still check comments, but its January in Florida, is this an ok time to plant one?
I'm in Florida trying to dig through some what rock ground so I dig a little bit at a time daily for an identical pygmy so thanks for the video it's helpful.. ps what br 3:33 eed of dog is that he's or she's cute
Funnily enough, it never changed. It looked as good as ever until about a week ago when the cold came and got a few brown fronds. I will be doing an end of year update video of what I have done in the garden and the palm will be in there but still looks great.
@@EnglandAndy I asked because I actually prefer the more full look even with a few browning fronds. So was curious as to the time period for new fronds to grow back.
Hi ! I got 2 Just like this and I plant them 2 months ago and they are turning brown the new leaves that's growing are turning brown ! can you tell me please How often do I have to water them? Thank you!
7cm? that's still a seedling, so yes I would. Pygmy's are pretty shallow rooted so it would give plenty of time for each plants roots to entwine with each other or you can take a chance with the plant you have and see if it grows of shoots.
When I planted it I watered everyday unless it rained for around 2 weeks and then around twice a week after that for around another 2 weeks and then once a week till now
@@EnglandAndy I lived in orlando before and don't recall dirt like that! My 2nd guess was going to be California. Is that red clay dirt? Is it hard to grow anything in that?
It's been around 2 months since this video and it's been 90 plus each day with high humidity. I have not done a thing to the palm , it has rained at least twice a week . The palm looks awesome. I wish all plants were like this that you had to do nothing in the way of care.
Thank's for your quick reply, looks like you got about the same weather we did. I'm thinking of getting one but I will need to bring in for Winter, I'm in zone 6b so I'm wondering if it will be ok inside with less humidity?
@@sandorspalms I am 9b and it is still in the 90s and just now dropping off. 6b hmmm not sure but check what your local extension office website to see if it's okay to plant. I was surprised about July being the hottest month, Hungarian right?
@@EnglandAndy dug a hole twice as deep (it was all desert rock) and 3 times as wide then cut the roots instead of leaving them alone.Two parts fill dirt,one part organic mulch,one part sand. It isnt doing well,and the water drains off quickly.Dont have patience to drip water it
