Tropical Ponytail Palm Tree and Ponytail Palm Bonsai Plant
The Beautiful Tropical Ponytail Palm Tree with its unique and long flowing fronds simulating the look of a ponytail, they also are grown as beautiful ponytail palm bonsai, perfect for indoors.
These to me are one of the most tropical and unique looking palm trees it has a exotic topical look like no other exotic tropical tree or plant.
Learn the secret to Ponytail Palm Care a beautiful tropical palm by neglecting this plant, yes I said neglect, but it must be done just right to guarantee its long life!
This is when everything you have learned about caring for palms needs to be thrown out the window because when you are growing a tropical pony tail palm tree you will need to do just about opposite of what you have been learned when it comes to growing traditional tropical palm trees.
You will only need to fertilize your ponytail palm once at the beginning of the summer, this is enough to sustain it till next year, they really don’t need much.
When it comes to watering the pony tail palm depending on how hot the environment and humidity is where you live you will only have to water your ponytail once every two to three weeks, letting it dry out between watering is perfectly healthy for it as a matter a fact this tropical exotic palm prefers to go through a bit of drought.
You will have to hold back your given instincts to want to water it constantly but if you do over water your tropical ponytail palms it can do much damage and even kill it because it is sensitive to rood rot which is cause by too much watering.
So make sure to hold back on the watering no matter how bad you will want to when you see the soil dry and cracked around the base of your palm because your plants life can be cut short if given too much water.