- What are you allowed to cut on the golden fruit palm?
- Cut off the brown tips of the leaves
- Only remove completely dried fronds
- Cut bottom shoots for propagation
- The Areca palm is not poisonous
You should never shorten the height of a golden fruit palm. When pruning, you would remove the areca palm's only growing point, eventually causing the palm to die. However, you can cut dried leaves or brown leaf tips.
A golden fruit palm should not be cut back
What are you allowed to cut on the golden fruit palm?
- Dried and brown fronds
- brown leaf tips
- never shorten the height!
Cut off the brown tips of the leaves
The golden fruit palm gets brown leaf tips when the humidity is too low. Since the brown tips are very unsightly, you can trim them with scissors.
However, do not cut into pieces of the leaf that are still green.
To prevent brown leaf tips, increase humidity by spraying the leaves.
Only remove completely dried fronds
In an unfavorable location or with incorrect care, the fronds of the golden fruit palm turn brown or yellow. Therefore, make sure that the Areca palm is in a bright place that is not directly sunny in summer.
You can cut brown leaves. But wait until the whole frond is brown and dry before you reach for the pruning shears.
Cut the frond so that only a small stub remains on the trunk of the golden fruit palm. This rest frays and provides the typical appearance of the Areca palm.
Cut bottom shoots for propagation
Many gold fruit palms form ground shoots on the sides. You can cut these off in the spring to propagate the Areca palm.
Cut off the shoot so that small roots remain on the offshoot.
The Areca palm is not poisonous
The golden fruit palm is not poisonous. However, do not leave any fronds or leaf tips that have been cut off, especially if small children and pets are present.
Protect hands with gloves.
Only use clean and sharp cutting tools to cut the fronds. This prevents the transmission of pests and diseases to the golden fruit palm or other plants.
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Since the golden fruit palm is not that fast-growing, it rarely needs to be repotted into a larger container. When repotting in spring, the old substrate is removed and replaced with fresh soil.