Slicing sick or brown fronds of gold fruit palm

Content

• Slicing sick or brown fronds of gold fruit palm
• What are you allowed to cut at the Goldfruchtpalme?
• Cut off brown leaf tips
• Remove only completely dried-up fronds
• Cut soil shoots for propagation
• The Areca palm is not poisonous
• Tips

A gold fruit palm should not be cut back

Slicing sick or brown fronds of gold fruit palm

You must never cut a gold palm in height. When cutting, you would remove the only vegetation point of the Areca palm, so that the palm finally comes in. You may, however, cut dried leaves or brown leaf tips.

What are you allowed to cut at the Goldfruchtpalme?

Cut off brown leaf tips

The Goldfruchtpalme gets brown leaf tips, if the humidity is too low. Since the brown tips are very unsightly, you can cut them with scissors.

Do not cut into green leaf parts.

To prevent brown leaf tips, you should increase the humidity by spraying the leaves.

Remove only completely dried-up fronds

In an unfavorable location or with incorrect care, the fronds of the golden fruit palm become brown or yellow. Therefore, make sure that the Areca palm is in a bright, not directly sunny place in summer.

You can cut brown leaves. Wait until the whole frond is brown and dry before you reach for the pruning shears.

Cut the frond so that only a small stub remains on the stem of the golden fruit palm. This rest freaks out and ensures the typical look of the Areca palm tree.

Cut soil shoots for propagation

Many golden fruit palms form ground shoots on the sides. These may be cut off in the spring to increase the Areca palm.

Cut off the shoot so that small roots remain at the branch.

The Areca palm is not poisonous

The gold fruit palm is not poisonous. Nevertheless, do not leave cut off fronds or leaf tips, especially if small children and pets are present.

Protect your hands with gloves.

Use only clean and sharp cutting tools to cut the fronds. This prevents the transmission of pests and diseases to the gold fruit palm or other plants.

Tips

Since the gold fruit palm is not as fast-growing, it rarely needs to be repotted into a larger vessel. When repotting in spring, the old substrate is immediately removed and replaced by fresh soil.