Windmill palm seeds «Fortune»

Chinese windmill palm, windmill palm or Chusan palm «Fortune» / Trachycarpus fortunei - a plant of the genus Palmaceae, Arecaceae family. Decorative period - all year round, size 100-200 cm. Flowers small yellow, fragrant. They form a fruit in the form of a blue-black berry with a bluish bloom. Leaves: large, on both sides dissected to half the length, segments at the end are two-toothed, dark green above, grayish below, petioles along the edge are finely toothed or smooth.

Trachycarpus Fortune - best adapted to the conditions of existence in the room. The plant is undemanding to temperature. In winter, it can be kept at a temperature of 6 - 8 ° C, a feature of this palm tree is its ability to tolerate a short-term drop in temperature to -15 ° C.

For planting seeds of a fan palm, the following soil composition is used: one - two parts of sod land, one part of leafy soil, humus, peat, sand.

You need to place the trachycarpus in a bright, sunny place. In summer, the palm tree is watered abundantly, in winter - watering is reduced to moderate. Trachycarpus Fortuna leaves are regularly washed or sprayed. Young palms in the summer usefully take out to fresh air.

From spring, trachycarpus begin to be fed with mineral fertilizers, and they do this two to three weeks before autumn. Young palms up to three years of age are best replanted every year, adults - as needed. For very large specimens, replace the topsoil every year. Trachycarpus propagates by seeds, the period of germination of fan palm seeds lasts about 30-50 days.