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- Plant date palm correctly - a guide!
- Which location is ideal for date palms?
- When is the best outdoor planting season?
- How should the plant substrate be?
- How to plant a date palm properly?
- Can a date palm be transplanted later?
- How do you multiply a date palm?
- When does the date palm blossom?
- Tips
The sun-loving date palm is a fairly undemanding room or garden plant
Plant date palm correctly - a guide!
Date palms are cultivated primarily in the bucket as a houseplant or on the terrace. If you live in a very mild area, you can also grow a date palm in the field. What you should consider when planting a date palm.
Which location is ideal for date palms?
As a houseplant it likes the date palm warm and sunny. A flower window is ideal.
Happy summer date palms also on the balcony or the terrace. You just have to get them to the house in time before the temperatures drop too much.
For outdoor maintenance, you are looking for a sheltered location where winter is not too cold.
When is the best outdoor planting season?
Plant the date palm outside when the soil temperature is permanently above 15 degrees. In the first winter, the palm needs a good winter protection.
How should the plant substrate be?
Date palms are not very demanding. You can buy palm soil in the garden market. It is cheaper, if you assemble the substrate yourself:
How to plant a date palm properly?
In the bucket you should provide for a drainage. Be careful not to damage the long tap root while planting.
If possible, plant date palms in pairs so that the plants stand straight.
Can a date palm be transplanted later?
In the tub, the date palm is repotted every four to five years. When caring for the garden bed, it is not advisable to replant it later. The tap roots can hardly get undamaged from the ground.
How do you multiply a date palm?
You can multiply date palms from seeds or saplings. Saplings show up in spring. However, not all date palms are saplings.
It may take many months to grow a date palm from seeds.
When does the date palm blossom?
In indoor culture, the date palm rarely flowers. Often she bears no fruit. The flowering period lasts from February to June.
In the outdoor field, the date palm flowers in the summer months.
Tips
Date palms in the tub must overwinter frost-free. Make the palms very bright. Temperatures should be 15 degrees in winter but no colder than 10 degrees.