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Tara

I’m not sure what my new issue is with my pony palm. I have replanted him into a smaller pot and mist between watering. He continues to get brown tips and. Now this 🤦🏼‍♀️

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  1. Swamp Witch

    That’s not a pony tail palm. Looks like Yucca to me. I could be wrong though.

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    • Sunny

      I think it is a ponytail palm that’s buried too deeply that the round base of the plant is hidden.

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    • Swamp Witch

      Ponytail palm leaves are a lot skinnier.

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    • Swamp Witch

      Yucca leaves are more broad. This is my Yucca.

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    • Sunny

      I looked at her photos of the plant. It really looks like a ponytail palm based on the trunk. The yucca has banding marks where the leaves fell off. Ponytail palms don’t have these markings. Your picture and a photo of my palm is shown.

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    • Swamp Witch

      Good point!

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  2. Dipshit Gardening

    Does the bark feel solid and firm? Or is it weak and able to pull off easily?

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    • Tara

      It’s solid and firm

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    • Dipshit Gardening

      Then it's likely not rot, which is good

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  3. Sunny

    You are misting and watering with no root rot. Then, it’s likely a lighting issue. My very old ponytail plant gets about 12 hours of full sunlight. It lives outside. You can try a grow light within a foot of the plant for 14 hours a day. Let the soil dry out completely since the plant stores water in that round base and thick trunk.

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    • Tara

      I live in Indiana so it’s hard to have it outside all year long. I will open my sheer curtain for full sun and try that. It seems like when it had direct sun before the leaves got brown quickly/

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  4. Magneticgarden_

    I would recommend NOT misting. It appears to be a watering and lighting issue. Pony tail palms store a lot of water in their trunks, most only require a once a month watering. I water mine every 6-8 weeks. 😊🪴

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    • Sunny

      Mine is huge. It lives outside. I water once week or more often. He’s a big drinker.

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    • Magneticgarden_

      Very beautiful!! I should have noted it really depends on your location/hardiness zone. Mine is kept indoors (zone 6b) under grow light 12 hours a day.

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    • Magneticgarden_

      This is when I purchased it in 2022. 😊

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    • Tara

      I amnewer to the planting world .i am happy to have invested in a moister meter

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  5. Melanie

    I love mine! It’s about 1 year old now

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  6. Love My Greeneries

    I have a question about my plant as well. I've had it for about 7 years but it lost all the leaves on the branch behind. I thought it was a corn plant. I think I've over watered too much. I repotted the plant last month and the branch had dry rotted but still firm and plenty of roots. I replanted it after cutting off the rotted part. It sits on my fireplace with a plant light pointed in its direction.

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  7. Tara

    That doesn’t look like a pony palm at all

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    • Love My Greeneries

      Yes I know. I'm having some issues with the leaf browning and leaves dropping. Any suggestions?

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