Chamaedorea care

Before going on to talk about the care of the Chamaedorea, we will talk about its main characteristics:

• As we have said, camadorea is a very hardy plant It does not need very specific care.
• It is a kind of slow growth that on rare occasions reaches heights above 2 meters and that, very usually, it will remain well below this measure.
• Draws attention to Chamaedorea elegans flowering, and its inflorescences are edible as a vegetable. To do this, you just have to pick the Chamaedorea elegans flower when it is still tender and consume it as you prefer.

If we want to keep our living room palm tree in the best possible condition, it is worth paying attention to the following points about its care.

This plant has its origin in low areas of dense forests, so it is not used to receiving large amounts of light, and even less so directly.

Bearing this in mind, outdoors we will always place it in a semi-shaded area, protected from the direct sun during the most intense hours, as the strong sun can burn its leaves very easily. This plant is very comfortable under other larger palms or trees.

Indoors, we must look for a bright roombut again, we will place it away from direct sunespecially the one that enters through windows or glass doors, since this has a magnifying effect and our plant would burn even more quickly than outside.

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In this sense, camadorea is not a demanding plant. If we plant it in a pot, a universal substrate It may be enough, although a contribution of perlite will help improve its properties a little.

Outdoors, the important thing is that the area has a good water drainage. If the soil in your garden does not drain well, you can prepare a square hole of 1 meter per side and cover it with mesh, to fill the space with better drainage substrate. Coconut fiber and perlite are very useful for this.

This plant requires a moderate watering in which, as usual, is Frequency is more important than quantity.. In the cold months, one or two weekly waterings will suffice, while in the hot months the plant’s demand for water can increase to five waterings per week.

However, you have to pay attention to how quickly the substrate dries because, in a pot, and especially indoors, the plants tend to demand less water. If the substrate is still moist below the surface, your parlor palm doesn’t need watering yet. To do this, you can drive a small wooden stick a few centimeters and check if it comes out dry or wet. Here you can see more tips to know when to water the plants.

Although the plant is not very demanding, in the warm months it will appreciate that we provide it with an adequate dose of fertilizer, if possible, specific for palm trees. In fact, we can alternate the use of specific fertilizer a month, with the contribution of a fertilizer or organic fertilizersuch as compost or earthworm castings, to the next.

This palm tree does not need a specific pruning. So if you were wondering how to prune a chamaedorea palm treekeep in mind that it will be enough to be attentive and sanitize it by removing the dry leaves or with a weakened appearance that we find him on a regular basis. Likewise, you can cut the leaves that you see very old, even if they are the largest, since they will not take long to fall by themselves but until then they will be subtracting energy from the plant. Thus, you can also trim the leaves from their base on the trunk that you consider to be too long or that you see sick.

This palm tends to produce small suckers or secondary stems. Propagate it from these Chamaedorea cuttings It is very simple, since we will only have to separate them carefully and plant them in a new pot and then water them. If you consider that they have few roots, you can leave them for a few hours or a few days in a glass of water and near the sunlight in a window, so when you see more roots you can plant them in soil or in a pot.

If the leaves of your palm tree appear to be wrinkling, the plant is most likely enduring a excessive heat. The solution is as simple as moving it to a new cooler location.

In addition, we recommend you read this other post on How to revive a plant in case you see it very badly, because a change of location may be necessary, but there may also be problems with the substrate or irrigation.

If only the tips of its leaves are the ones that dry, what happens is that the environment is excessively dry or, more likely, that the plant is exposed to drafts, which does not favor it. Move it to a location sheltered from the currents and away from sources of heat or cold, such as air conditioners or radiators. If the entire sheet appears to be yellowing, you may need to more wateringor that the direct sun is burning it, so you have to look for it another location where the sun doesn’t shine so directly. Here you can learn more about Why plants have yellow leaves and solutions.

Now that you know how to care for a Chamaedorea palm tree, you may want to discover more types of palm trees with this other post.

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