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How To Keep Your Majesty Palm Alive In Colder Climates
Being a lover of plants, I have a disadvantage of living in the NorthEast United States. Therefore, my plants can only enjoy the weather outside for several months out of the year. Three years ago, I stumbled upon what is called a Majesty Palm at my local grocery store for $10. It was huge, beautiful and very tropical, so as any other plant-lover, I snatched it. When I got it home and researched its care, I was very disheartened to find that they are very difficult to winter indoors and usually end up dying. This has been determined as indoor enviroments don't usually support the light and humidity requirements needed by these palms. I was determined to make mine live! This is how I've done it for the last three years: I placed it's oversize pot on a humidity tray. For the tray, I took a clear plastic sweater underbed storage bin, placed three bricks on the bottom to support the pot and filled in the remaining empty space with small pebbles. I then placed the plant in the tray right in the center of my largest south facing window (which happens to be my sliding door to the patio). This location ensures that it gets lots and lots of natural sunlight. I keep the palm potted in an oversized plastic pot, as plastic helps to keep the moisture in better as opposed to ceramic pots. I water the palm generously so that the humidity tray fills with the excess water. I will water it so that the bottom inch of the pot is standing in water. This is usually evaporated or soaked in the plant by the next day. Every time I see the humidity tray emptying, I water it generously again. Several times a week, I will spritz the palm with water to help with the hydration. Now the key: palm fertilizer. I purchase mine from a vendor in Florida at mgonline.com. I apply this special fertilizer four times a year. When a frond begins to die, I will not cut it off until it is pretty well dead. I believe you need to leave them on as they draw nutrients from the dying frond. Cut the frond = deplete the nutrients. Incidentally, there should be five fronds per plant at any given time. You do not want to go trim-happy and leave less than five. As I have already stated, continuing this care for the last three years has allowed me to sustain the health of my majesty palm. So, to anyone who has been unable to keep a Majesty Palm alive indoors through a whole winter season in colder climates, give this a try. It has worked very well for me and I hope it works for you, too. |
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