\u00a9 2020 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. Under the right conditions, an areca palm may grow as much as two feet a year. About the Areca Palm . The palm will also do better with morning sunlight than afternoon sunlight. Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker.

This image is not<\/b> licensed under the Creative Commons license applied to text content and some other images posted to the wikiHow website. Areca palms are relatively fast-growing and are usually planted in clumps. You may have to look hard to find different varieties, but these are possibilities:Like many tropical plants, areca palms need soil with plenty of nutrients that drains very well. Clipping brown tips may cause frond growth to cease. Even if you use these preventive strategies, your palm will probably need to be leached once or twice a year.Leaching is easy, but you must be able to get the palm into the bathtub or outside. Several leaf-spotting fungi attack areca palms. Adding material that will promote drainage, such as peat, also helps give an areca palm the growing medium it prefers. Let water drain completely. For container plants, apply 1 to 2 teaspoons for a 6-inch pot and 1 to 2 tablespoons for a 1-gallon pot three to four times a … This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc.
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