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- Q.How Is It My Pony Tail Palm Has Different Coloured Flower Spikes This Year? - I have 3 pony tail palms. Last year one had pink flower spikes, 2 had cream flower spikes. I was ...
- Q.The Pups On My Pony Tail Palms Are Allover Th Moms . - Well above the soil. What do I do?
- Q.Are Pony Tales Flower Pod Seeds Edible. - Are pony tale flower pod seeds edible.
- Q.Beaucarnea Recurvata A Threat To My Wall If Close? - I have a Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail tree) planted next to my 4 feet tall garden wall. Wil this tree eventually ...
- Q.Need Urgent Help/advice For My Dying Ponytail Palm - Sir/Madam, first of all good wishes for you. Hope you are doing great. My ponytail palm was submerged in water ...
- Q.Just Bought Ponytail Palm – Bulb Half Gone?!?! - I know I shouldn't have bought one from the big box store, but I wanted one so badly and they ...
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Anonymous on
December 31, 2023Q.How Is It My Pony Tail Palm Has Different Coloured Flower Spikes This Year?
I have 3 pony tail palms. Last year one had pink flower spikes, 2 had cream flower spikes. I was told the pink was female.This year, all three have cream spikes. How is this explained? Transgender plants?
Answered by
GKH_Susan on
January 1, 2024
Certified ExpertA.Our article says that female plants produce pink flowers but I am beginning to think that is a mistake, because I can't confirm that anywhere else in an authoritative publication. University articles say the flowers are cream or "green- to creamy-white or pinkish flowers." It's possible you won't know if it's female till the plant produces seeds.
That would explain your experience. Did any of the trees produce seed last year?
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/ponytail-palm-flower.htm
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/st093?downloadOpen=true
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/ponytail-palm-beaucarnea-recurvata/
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- Asked by
Anonymous on
March 28, 2024Q.The Pups On My Pony Tail Palms Are Allover Th Moms .
Well above the soil. What do I do?
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
April 1, 2024
Certified ExpertA.You don't have to remove them. If you want to propagate them, here is a method similar to air layering:
https://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/yard/2003/051703.html
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Anonymous on
May 26, 2024Q.Are Pony Tales Flower Pod Seeds Edible.
Are pony tale flower pod seeds edible.
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
May 28, 2024
Certified ExpertA.The plant is non-toxic, but that doesn't mean the seeds are edible. They have a tough coat, so that alone may deter any munching. I didn't find a definitive statement that the seeds were edible, though you can propagate new plants from the seeds. I would recommend not eating them.
Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/ponytail-palm-flower.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/propagating-ponytail-palm-seeds.htm
https://ucanr.edu/sites/poisonous_safe_plants/files/154528.pdf
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/st093?downloadOpen=true
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Anonymous on
July 26, 2024Q.Beaucarnea Recurvata A Threat To My Wall If Close?
I have a Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail tree) planted next to my 4 feet tall garden wall. Wil this tree eventually damage (start pushing over the wall)?
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GKH_Susan on
July 26, 2024
Certified ExpertA.The swollen trunk alone may knock it over. They can get 30 feet tall outside. Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/ponytail-palms-outside.htm
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August 5, 2024Q.Need Urgent Help/advice For My Dying Ponytail Palm
Sir/Madam, first of all good wishes for you. Hope you are doing great. My ponytail palm was submerged in water for 10 days about 2 months ago. So I repotted it with normal clay soil mixed with a little amount of cow dung manure, urea and potash fertilizer in a clay pot about a month ago without cutting or spreading the root bound. But all the leaves of my plant are getting yellow and brown severely for last 3 weeks. After seeing this, I've cut the brown part of the leaves. Yet top of the leaves are starting yellow and brown again. The caudex of my plant is getting black day by day. This new pot doesn't have well drainage, I sort it out later. So what should I do now? Should I keep the plant as it is now or repot again? I'm a little bit concerned about repot because I've done this just a month ago, whether repotting now could be harmful and stressful for my plant. I'll be very grateful if you share or give me some tips or suggestion in this regard. Your kind suggestions will be very helpful both for me and my plant. 😊
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
August 7, 2024
Certified ExpertA.I suggest repotting it in fresh, well draining soil in a pot that has at least one drainage hole, preferably more. The clay soil is too heavy for it and it doesn't need a lot of fertilizer, which may be burning the leaves. When you get it out of the pot, rinse the soil off the roots and clip off any that look like they may be rotting. The soil could be a commercial mix for cacti and succulents, or you can mix your own with one half potting soil and the rest a mix of perlite, sand, and shredded bark. Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/ponytail-palm-care.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/how-to-move-ponytail-palms.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/pruning-ponytail-palms.htm
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Beeker on
August 30, 2024
zone 6Q.Just Bought Ponytail Palm – Bulb Half Gone?!?!
I know I shouldn't have bought one from the big box store, but I wanted one so badly and they were the only store around that had them. There was a tray with water and pots on the raised cones in the tray with wicks. I knew right away that was wrong so I checked the trunks and what I could of the bulbs without taking the plant out of the pots entirely. The soil was very moist and spongy. When I got home I removed the wick and let it sit in a west-facing window and allowed it to dry out a bit. It started sprouting a branch so I took that as the ok to re-pot it with cactus/citrus/palm soil. When I pulled it out of the pot, I noticed the bulb was missing its bottom half and was partially hollow with roots that looked like those of a regular houseplant. (I wasn't able to get a picture at the time but if you think I should, I'll re-pot it again and take a picture to post.) I didn't water it in the new soil. I only placed it in new, dry soil and put it back in its place in the west window. Should I return it to the store and try to find a better plant or will it grow a proper bulb given enough time and care?
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
September 12, 2024
Certified ExpertA.It will likely callus over and compensate for the damage. It won't, necessarily, grow back. It will heal over though.
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BushDoctor on
August 30, 2024
Certified ExpertA.Unfortunately, your photos did not come through. I am unable to see the issue at hand. It does sound like it is damaged, and it may grow just fine given the area around missing portion isn't rotting. Whether to return it for a new one might be up to you.
If you decide to keep it, though, I'd not let it sit in dry soil for too long.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/ponytail-palm/ponytail-palm-care.htm
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Beeker on
September 12, 2024A.Thank you!
Sorry pics won't work for me.Will the bulb grow back?
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