How to grow potted palms? These care methods you need to master

Palms have strong cold resistance and can withstand low temperatures of -8-7°C for a short time without freezing, but seedlings and newly emerging young leaves have poorer cold resistance. They are strongly shade-tolerant and can be kept indoors for a long time.

The potting soil needs to be fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic soil. When transplanting, seedlings can be bare-rooted, while young plants need to be moved with a soil ball, and they should not be planted too deep.

Palm trees are large and imposing, and they need watering every day during the busy season, and watering 1-2 times a month. In spring, pay attention to good drainage. In the hot, dry summer season, spray the leaves with water 2-3 times a day to increase air humidity and lower the temperature. For palms, except for appropriate shade at midday in midsummer, they should be in full light in other seasons.

It is necessary to control watering in early winter to let them enter dormancy. After it warms up in spring, this will help them resume growth. Palms have a certain cold resistance. They should be moved outdoors to a leeward, sunny spot as soon as possible after spring, to prevent new leaves and flower buds from being kept indoors, because tender leaves and flower buds cannot withstand sun exposure and dry wind.