Posted by Robin on 6/25/2005, 6:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexican Palm Tree" Thanks,
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Hi Darrell - we just bought 3 Mexican Palms for a vacation home we have in Sargent, Texas (Gulf Coast). I know they are hardy - is there any trick to growing? The nursery I bought them from said to water well once a week and to trim the yellow leaves off so that new ones will appear. The soil is very clay-like - anything special I need to do? Any other hints?
Robin
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: Tammy,
:
: It is perfectly normal for Mexican Fan
: palms to have the hairy cotton type
: threads on them. They will always have
: that-even when they reach heights of 20
: + feet-which they will reach sooner
: than you ever thought.
:
: Sometimes the leaves will shread a
: little-they do that too. If the tips of
: the leaves look burned or brown-you can
: trim off the dead ends with scissors.
: As new leaves open from the center of
: the tree-they will shred (sort of) as
: the fan opens to form a "V"
: shape in between the leaves.
:
: I would not get rid of them. Give them
: plenty of water and when you plant
: them, make sure they have good drainage
: under the rootball.
:
: If you guys want to email me you are
: welcome to do so.
: darellkjones@yahoo.com. I am not a
: Mexican Fan palm expert but I have 6 of
: them in various sizes growing
: wonderfully and I will be glad to
: attach pictures of mine and any info
: that I have.
:
: Darell
:
: --Previous Message--
: HI,
:
: My husband just recently brought home
: two mexican palm trees from Home Depot
: and they are about 3 feet tall. My
: question is the palms are (how can I
: describe this) hairy (It looks like
: white and very curly) It look like the
: leaves are shedding. I even took them
: back to Home Depot, but they informed
: me that is how they came in. They look
: horrible! I was thinking about getting
: rid of them and I know I would regret
: it if I did. Does anyone have any
: ideas??????
:
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