You must never shorten the height of a golden fruit palm. When cutting, you would remove the areca palm's only point of vegetation, ultimately causing the palm to die. However, you can cut dried leaves or brown leaf tips.
What can be cut from the golden fruit palm?
On a golden fruit palm, dried and brown fronds as well as brown leaf tips may be cut. However, the palm should never be shortened in height as this can cause the plant to die. Increased humidity prevents brown leaf tips.
What can you cut from the golden fruit palm?
- Dried and brown fronds
- brown leaf tips
- never shorten the height!
Cut off brown leaf tips
The golden fruit palm gets brown leaf tips when the humidity is too low. Since the brown tips are very unsightly, you can shorten them with scissors.
Don't cut into parts of the leaves that are still green.
To prevent brown leaf tips, you should increase the humidity by spraying the leaves.
Only remove completely dry 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 entire frond is brown and dry before reaching for the secateurs.
Cut the frond so that only a small stub remains on the trunk of the golden fruit palm. This residue frays and creates the typical look of the Areca palm.
Cutting ground shoots for propagation
Many golden fruit palms form ground shoots on the sides. You can cut these off in spring to propagate the Areca palm.
Cut 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 cut fronds or leaf tips lying around, especially if there are small children or pets.
Protect hands with gloves.
Only use clean and sharp cutting tools to cut the fronds (€14.00 on Amazon). This will prevent pests and diseases from being transferred to the golden fruit palm or other plants.
Tip
Since the golden fruit palm is not so 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.