A coconut palm should be repotted about every two to three years. If your coconut palm is in a pot that is too small when you buy it, you should replant it immediately so that it can develop well.
The most important preparations
Before you start repotting, make sure your planter is big enough. If the roots in the old container hardly leave any space for soil, then the new planter must be significantly larger. Also get new potting soil for your coconut palm. This can be special palm soil from the hardware or garden store, or you can use garden soil mixed with sand.
How do you properly repot a coconut palm?
The coconut palm can also grow two to three meters tall as a houseplant. Of course, their roots are correspondingly large. And they need a sufficiently large planter to be able to develop properly. Put a few pieces of pottery shards in the bottom of the bucket so that excess water can drain away and there is no waterlogging. Your coconut doesn't tolerate it at all.
Then fill the pot about two-thirds full with palm soil or a mixture of garden soil and sand. Carefully place your coconut palm on it. Be careful not to damage the delicate roots of your palm tree. Now fill the planter with more soil until the coconut is half covered with soil.
Then water the coconut palm generously with lukewarm water or rainwater. The loose soil should be washed well to the roots. It may be appropriate to refill some soil afterwards.
The essentials in brief:
- choose a large plant pot
- loose potting soil
- Always let the coconut look halfway out of the ground
- do not damage the delicate roots
- water well
tips and tricks
The coconut must never be completely covered with soil and the delicate roots need a lot of space to grow.