Repotting the easy-care Canary Island date palm should be a regular part of the program. The palm tree grows out of its current pot relatively quickly. Changing the substrate also ensures that the Canary Island date palm is well supplied with nutrients.
When should you repot a Canary Island date palm?
Repotting a Canary Island date palm should be done when the pot becomes too small or the roots protrude over the edge. Choose a larger, deeper planter and replace the old substrate with fresh. The best time to repot is in early spring after overwintering.
When does the Canary Island date palm need to be repotted?
When the pot for the Canary Island date palm has become too small, you should think about repotting the palm. The plant is pushed up by its taproots so that the roots protrude over the edge of the pot.
Even if the pot or bucket is still sufficient, it is worth repotting the Canary Island date palm every year. The old pot is reused and only the old soil is replaced with fresh substrate.
The best time for repotting is early spring after overwintering.
Choose the right planter
Canarian date palms form long, sometimes very strong taproots. That's why deep containers and pots are particularly suitable for these palm trees.
The new planter should be larger than the old pot not only in diameter but also in depth. Only then will the roots have enough space.
How to repot the Canary Island date palm
- Carefully unpot the Canarian date palm
- knock off old substrate
- prepare new planter
- Insert palm tree
- Do not press the substrate too hard
- pour on
When repotting the Canary Island date palm, you must be very careful so that you do not damage the taproots. If the roots break, it can cause the palm tree to die.
Shake off the old substrate. You can also spray the roots with a not too hard shower to remove the used soil. Then place it in the prepared planter and fill it with soil until the palm tree is in good standing again.
Then continue to care for the Canary Island date palm as usual. However, you must not fertilize it in the first few months after moving so that the palm tree is not over-fertilized.
Tip
You can easily put together the substrate for the Canary Island date palm yourself. To do this, you need compost soil (€12.00 on Amazon), which you mix with gravel, sand, expanded clay or lava granules. This palm soil does not collapse as quickly as many conventional substrates available for palm trees.