Areca Palm Planting Tips: Areca palms are the best indoor and outdoor palms. The most special thing about this tree is that you can make many new plants every year from a single palm plant.
Areca Palm Propagation: Areca Palm is a plant which not only enhances the beauty of the house but also purifies the air. Its specialty is that from a single palm plant you can produce 3-4 new plants every year, and in a short time you can have not dozens but hundreds of palms. Here we are going to tell you the correct way to make a new palm from a single palm.
remove the parent plant
First of all, slowly take out the Erica Palm present in the old pot. Keep in mind, many small palm stems emerge from a single bush.
separate the roots slowly
After taking out the plant, dust its soil gently. Now you have to separate the palm stems from each other very gently. Keep in mind not to damage the main route at any cost. Each stem will now become your new palm plant.
New plants emerge every year
After planting one palm, two new plants are produced in about a year. These can also be separated and planted in new pots through the same process. In this way the number of your palms will increase every year.
What should be the pot and soil?
Take a 10 inch pot. There must be a drainage hole at the bottom for water to flow out. Make the right soil like this-
Soil Mix (Best Mix for Areca Palm)
Ingredients Quantity
- Garden Soil 60%
- cocopeat 20%
- Bonemeal 5%
- Neem cake 10%
- Rice husk 5%
Cocopeat often gets fungus, hence it is necessary to add rice husk. This mix is lightweight, drainage friendly and best for root growth.
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Plant and position the palm
- Spread the roots of the palm and plant it in a pot.
- Add some water and keep it in the shade for 2–3 days.
- After this keep it in proper sunlight (indirect bright light).
Benefit
If you go to buy a palm, its price ranges from ₹ 250 to ₹ 300. But if you remove 3–4 new saplings from the parent palm every year, the house will become green in a few years. You can also gift it.
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