A coconut palm should be repotted approximately every two to three years. If your coconut palm is in a pot that is too small when you buy it, you should transplant it immediately so that it can develop well.
How do I properly repot a coconut palm?
To successfully repot a coconut palm, you need a large plant pot, loose potting soil, careful handling of the sensitive roots and sufficient watering. The coconut should always be halfway out of the ground.
The most important preparations
Before you start repotting, make sure your planter is large enough. If the roots in the old container hardly leave any room for soil, then the new planter needs to 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 to a height of two to three meters as a houseplant. Of course, their roots also grow correspondingly large. And they need a sufficiently large plant pot in order to develop properly. Place a few shards of pottery at the bottom of the bucket so that excess water can drain away easily and waterlogging does not form. Your coconut can'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 top. Be careful not to damage your palm tree's delicate roots. Now continue to fill the planter with 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 add some more soil afterwards.
The most important things in brief:
- choose a large plant pot
- loose potting soil
- Always let half of the coconut look out of the ground
- do not damage the sensitive roots
- pour well
Tips & Tricks
The coconut must never be completely covered with soil and the sensitive roots need a lot of space to grow.
