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title: "Turns out, I’m a horrible palm parent. I’ve had the Chinese fan palm…"
description: "Turns out, I’m a horrible palm parent. I’ve had the Chinese fan palm in the black pot for about 1 year, and the one in the grey pot for about 4 months. They…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Monique"
published: "2024-08-07T14:23:02.823696Z"
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# Turns out, I’m a horrible palm parent. I’ve had the Chinese fan palm…

_Posted by Monique on 2024-08-07_

Turns out, I’m a horrible palm parent. I’ve had the Chinese fan palm in the black pot for about 1 year, and the one in the grey pot for about 4 months. They have never thrived, always looking half dead. They’re in a room that gets direct sun in the morning and then indirect light for the rest of the day. I water when dry and mist daily. Please help! 😭 I want them to be happy, and they’re clearly not. The one in the grey pot especially has suffered some serious leaf losses.

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## 3 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-08-07

don’t take it personally — these are tough and super sensitive. i don’t bother with them myself lol

### Hort Specialist commented on 2024-08-07

Try fertilizing and more humidity. The sunlight and watering seems to be perfect.

#### Monique replied on 2024-08-08

Thank you!!! I fertilize whenever the app tells me too 😅 And humidity wise, the best u can do other than misting every day would be individual humidifiers as this room is huge 😪

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