I have a poneytail palm that is about 9 years old- it was given to me as a gift when my grandfather passed away. It was in a small clay bowl with a hole at the bottom. I just repotted it, as it definitely had outgrown the bowl. There was hardly any dirt in there when I took it out- it was also topped with stones that I would just water over once a week. I repotted it to a larger pot that does have holes at the bottom with regular potting soil and used some fertilizer too (I reported it after reading this info). I then put that pot into an even larger decrotive pot that does not have holes in it. The pot with holes fits pretty snug into the pot with no holes, the pot inside is a plastic pot, and the decrotive one is clay. I used to water it once a week- when I repotted I gave it about 4 times as much water as I typically do, since there is now so much dirt in there and thought I’d wait awhile to water again.
This was about two weeks ago, and today the underneath leaves are starting to yellow. This has happened in the past before also. But now I am worried since I changed the pot. Any advice I would greatly appreciate!
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I have a poneytail palm that is about 9 years old- it was given to me as a gift when my grandfather passed away. It was in a small clay bowl with a hole at the bottom. I just repotted it, as it definitely had outgrown the bowl. There was hardly any dirt in there when I took it out- it was also topped with stones that I would just water over once a week. I repotted it to a larger pot that does have holes at the bottom with regular potting soil and used some fertilizer too (I reported it after reading this info). I then put that pot into an even larger decrotive pot that does not have holes in it. The pot with holes fits pretty snug into the pot with no holes, the pot inside is a plastic pot, and the decrotive one is clay. I used to water it once a week- when I repotted I gave it about 4 times as much water as I typically do, since there is now so much dirt in there and thought I’d wait awhile to water again.
This was about two weeks ago, and today the underneath leaves are starting to yellow. This has happened in the past before also. But now I am worried since I changed the pot. Any advice I would greatly appreciate!