Usually hemp palms are very resistant. However, care errors can cause the leaves to turn brown.
Every gardener has one or the other plant that they love to look after and care for. Here you just want to do everything right. It is not uncommon for gardeners to suddenly be confronted with brown leaves. What can be the reason?
Don't worry. In most cases it's nothing serious. For example, brown leaves on the hemp palm are often an indication that something went wrong with the care. If you react quickly, you can save your plant.
Possible causes of brown leaves
» Nutrient Deficiency
If your hemp palm suffers from a lack of nutrients, either the substrate is too old or unsuitable, the pot is too small or the addition of fertilizer is not enough.
Newly purchased palm trees usually have roots in a suitable substrate. The plants can remain in the pots until the roots grow stronger through the drainage holes. When repotting, the pot or bucket should always be slightly larger than the one you have been using.
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A mixture of compost and peat is ideal as a substrate for hemp palms. An additional addition of loamy soil increases the stability. In addition, regular fertilization with an ordinary leaf plant fertilizer every two weeks makes sense. If you follow all of the above tips, a lack of nutrients is probably not the cause of the brown leaves on your palm tree.
» lack of light
Hemp palms like sunny locations, but also tolerate partial shade. However, if your palm is constantly in the shade, this can result in stunted growth and limp leaves.
The obvious solution: move your cannabis palm to a brighter spot.
» Low humidity
Low humidity can also affect the leaf he alth of your hemp palm.
Tip: Solve the problem by spraying the palm fronds with a spray bottle every day, especially during the summer monthsfog. The leaves don't have to be dripping wet. A light net of moisture is sufficient.
» casting error
Keep your cannabis plant moderately moist. Avoid prolonged drought as well as standing water in the planter. As with most plants, a prolonged lack of water is indicated by leaves that initially sag, then turn yellow and finally turn brown.
Tip: However, excessive watering is also harmful: the roots of the palm tree begin to rot if there is water in the planter for a long time. If your hemp palm is rooted in the garden, there is only a risk of overwatering if the soil is very loamy. Otherwise, the excess moisture can easily seep off.
» Frost
Hemp palms are among the frost-hardy plants, but can still suffer damage at very low temperatures, which then becomes visible through brown leaves. The limit of frost tolerance for potted plants is -10 °C and for hemp palms in the garden -17 °C.
Winter protection for potted plants
You can protect smaller potted plants from extreme frost by moving indoors to winter quarters. In larger pots that are left outside during the winter, two layers of mats made of organic material, such as jute or straw, will mitigate the frost. Cover the top of the bucket with a layer of brushwood.
Winter protection for outdoors
Hemp palms in the garden protect you with a thick layer of foliage that you spread around the trunk. Then cover the foliage with fir branches to be on the safe side.