| Growing your own palm tree is not easy. It | | | | in the right type of soil becomes crucial to its |
| requires intimate care and attention for a healthy | | | | development. If your soil is not very nutrient, it |
| palm tree to majestically sit in your backyard. A | | | | can be strengthened with organic or inorganic |
| prospective palm grower should be familiar with | | | | fertilizers. Mycorrhizal fungi that exchange |
| growing palms in containers, though potted plants | | | | moisture and nutrients for its food are the best |
| ready to be transferred to earth are available | | | | growth booster to the palm. Fair and judicious |
| from nurseries. Seedlings are grown in containers | | | | application of fertilizers will rectify manganese and |
| ranging in depth from 10 to 20 centimeters for | | | | potassium deficiency in the soil. |
| the first two years. When the roots start coming | | | | Before choosing a palm variety for your home, |
| out of the bottom, the saplings are repotted into | | | | the average height the species obtains at |
| a bigger container or into the ground. Palms must | | | | maturity has to be considered. A 50-foot tall tree |
| be planted in a hole twice as wide as the root ball | | | | could tower over most of your house and disrupt |
| and as deep as it was grown in a pot. This has to | | | | overhead and underground cables. Choose a |
| be cordoned off around the circumference with | | | | variety that will agree with the overall landscape |
| soil so that the surrounding area of the root acts | | | | of your locality, and at the same time, add |
| as a water body for the palm. Care should be | | | | uniqueness to your garden. |
| taken not to plant them close to buildings as the | | | | Another important factor is the weather and |
| roots might disrupt the foundation of the building | | | | climate of your locality. Palms need adequate |
| as it grows. | | | | sunshine. While some varieties grow well in bright |
| Drip or a bubble water supply is ideal, as the | | | | sunshine, others thrive in shady areas. It is best |
| plants will have a constant reserve of water. The | | | | to check with experts on the weather tolerance, |
| most important concern for palm tree farming is | | | | sunshine and compatibility of a particular variety |
| the quality of the soil. Like all other flora, the tree | | | | before planting it. |
| derives all its nutrients from the soil, and planting it | | | | |