By William K. Tabb
Vintage learn of the financial challenge that gripped long island urban — and masses of city the USA — within the Nineteen Seventies.
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HUMIDITY. Mist your banana plant daily with a spray bottle of water on a mist setting, or use a handheld mister. Put the pot in a saucer or tray of water, making sure the bottom of the pot never sits directly in the water by raising the pot up on pot feet or pebbles. POTTING MEDIUM. Use any good organic, well-drained, general-purpose potting medium that incorporates organic fertilizer, mycorrhizal fungi, and other beneficial microbes. FERTILIZER. Use any balanced organic fertilizer, in either a powder or liquid formulation.
The slender leaf-stalks arise from a fibrous, net-like, brown sheath that envelops the trunks. OPTIMUM HOUSEHOLD ENVIRONMENT Read the Introduction for the specifics of each recommendation. MEDIUM LIGHT. In spring and summer, while the plant is in active growth, it does best in filtered or dappled bright light as from a south, east, or west window. But it cannot tolerate full sun unless the light is filtered by Venetian blinds or gauzy curtains. In winter, when the plant is not growing as much, it gets along with low light.
Most of the time, when you acquire a parlor palm it is C. elegans, or a hybrid between C. elegans and C. seifrizii. Regardless of the label, the cultural requirements of any of these parlor palms are basically the same. The single biggest difference is that some are singletrunked and some are multi-trunked. OPTIMUM HOUSEHOLD ENVIRONMENT Read the Introduction for the specifics of each recommendation. MEDIUM LIGHT. Bright but indirect light such as from an east or west window with sheer curtains to filter and soften the light is perfect for parlor palms.