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title: "I have a large palm on my balcony and the leaves keep getting brown…"
description: "I have a large palm on my balcony and the leaves keep getting brown at the tips and/or dying!!! Help please! What I’m I doing or not doing?"
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author: "JillZ"
published: "2023-06-25T18:18:18.849Z"
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# I have a large palm on my balcony and the leaves keep getting brown…

_Posted by JillZ on 2023-06-25_

I have a large palm on my balcony and the leaves keep getting brown at the tips and/or dying!!! Help please!

What I’m I doing or not doing?

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## 9 comments

### Jacob commented on 2023-06-25

It’s getting scorched by the sun

#### JillZ replied on 2023-06-25

Even though my balcony is north facing and covered??

#### Lay.grew.it replied on 2023-06-26

Mines does the same thing and it’s never directly in the sun

### Lily commented on 2023-06-25

Could be the temperature. Either it’s too hot, too cold or the temperature dropping is too much of a difference like in the morning it could be in the 80s but once it gets dark it goes down to the 60s?

#### JillZ replied on 2023-06-26

That might be exactly right!

### Lucy Frü commented on 2023-06-26

Could also be mites or another pest infestation. 🫣 You may need a flashlight (even in daytime) but check between the leaves for tiny, almost-invisible webbing or other creepy crawlies. You can’t see spider mites but you can see their destruction (crispity crunchity leaves) and webs.

### Ada commented on 2023-06-26

Is it a majesty palm by chance?

#### JillZ replied on 2023-06-26

I think so!

#### Ada replied on 2023-06-30

They are pretty finicky plants and need the perfect humidity, light, and water levels. So I would try to do some research on them if you’re serious about keeping him alive (i have one right now and he has the same burnt tips)  
I wish you the best of luck!  
Ps, Fun fact they are endangered in the wild and are native to Madagascar!

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