Date palm - this exotic beauty was able to win your love with its unusual appearance and huge size. You bought it as a ready-made houseplant or you grew it yourself from a stone. By the way, it is quite expensive. This beauty, so dear in every sense, can be easily ruined by just improper watering.
Instructions
Step 1
Use boiled tap water for irrigation You can also buy regular drinking water in plastic bottles and pour it over. But just don't need it to be carbonated. And the water should not contain a high percentage of salts and minerals.
Step 2
Water as needed When watering, do not let the water in the pot stagnate. The homeland of the palm tree is a forest, not a swamp.
Step 3
Spray Your date palm in the wild gets rain almost every day. Therefore, she expects from you frequent water spraying. Don't be lazy. Or she will start to be capricious and covered with yellow leaves. If you suddenly moved it to the balcony or outdoor terrace for the summer, then in addition to spraying, you will need to rinse the leaves.
Step 4
Wipe the leaves Dust will accumulate on the leaves. Remember that the palm breathes through their surface. Take a damp cloth and wipe it down. The more often the better.
Step 5
Fertilize In the summer and spring, you need to fertilize with a complex fertilizer. Feed the date palm with other flowers once every two weeks.
Step 6
Water the date palm in summer with water cooled down to room temperature after boiling. Water daily. In this case, waterlogging is unacceptable. It leads to decay of the roots and death of the plant. How to determine the dose of watering? Very simple. Saturate the soil with water until it readily absorbs. When absorption slows down, stop watering.
Step 7
In winter and autumn, the palm requires less water. Once a week, not more often. If the air temperature in the room is low, then even once a month. Make sure that she does not stand in a draft. A cold wind will not benefit a thermophilic palm tree.
