Profile of the date palm
- Botanical name: Phoenix dactylifera
- Family: Arecaceae
- Genus: date palms
- Occurrence: Phoenix - Canary Islands, Africa
- Appearance: Feather palm with tuft of leaves
- Height: in culture up to five meters
- Leaves: green leaflets, up to 60 cm in culture
- Flower: yellow-white
- Flowering period: February to June
- Fruits: golden yellow, small in cultivation and not edible
- Use: useful tree in nature. Ornamental plant in the house
- Winter hardiness: conditionally down to -6 degrees
- Toxicity: non-toxic plant
Using the date palm indoors
In our latitudes, the date palm is primarily used as an ornamental plant for the house and garden. While date palms can grow up to 25 meters high in nature, they only reach heights of around five meters when cultivated in the room.
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- The growth of the date palm
- The right temperature at the location of the date palm
- The date palm is not poisonous but inedible
Fruits only develop to a limited extent on the cultivated specimens. In contrast to the fruits of the real date palm, they are not edible in nature.
Proper care
Date palms prefer a warm, sunny location. In summer, temperatures can be as high as 25 degrees and more. In winter, the date palm should be placed in a cooler place. At the Overwinter the ideal temperature is 15 degrees.
Date palms need a lot of water, but cannot tolerate waterlogging. It is always poured when the top layer of the substrate is completely dry. It is fertilized every 14 days with a commercially available liquid fertilizer.
You need a date palm in the spring every four to five years repot.
Date palms are not poisonous
Date palms do not contain any Toxins and can therefore also be grown in households with children and animals. However, the stems and the leaf tips become quite pointed and sharp, so that you can get injuries if handled improperly. Therefore, place date palms in a safe location.
Tips
In the Arab and African regions, the date palm plays an important role in food. In nature, it produces many fruits that are not only eaten by humans, but also fed to animals. The trunk and leaves are used for house building and everyday objects.
