Kentia Palm Care Made Easy (Essential Tips For A Healthy Plant)

How I keep my Kentia Palm healthy and looking great. This video covers all aspects of Kentia Palm care to help you avoid problems when looking after your plant.
Kentia Palms (Howea Forsteriana) are my favorite palm houseplants, and they're not too difficult to look after. There are just a few important things to get right and your Kentia Palm will look great for years to come.
Please share your own tips and advice in the comments section below so we can all learn together. Thanks so much for watching.

[@MoralesCorner]

Cant believe you grew one of these over at the UK. Plants are truly amazing indeed

[@PaulH-hl5hw]

First bought small one of these in 1977 as 14yold budding gardener. only recently bought another..

[@sandyloyst1811]

I love your voice. Hello, I will be picking mine up June 15/24 I think he is about 19 inches tall in a good filled 6 inch pot. Thanks for the information. Love and Peace.

[@jeremycollins2694]

This is a really great guide, thanks for posting.

[@alagill]

Very thorough, thanks champ

[@orchidswithnina]

Thank you for the video ! Your so informative. I'm so excited to get my kentia palm 🌴

[@suninasgardeningathomeinen9231]

Thanks bro for sharing about this gorgeous plant.Good sharing 👍

[@carolmacgill8443]

Thank you from Scotland..

[@jzq8707]

Thank you so much. I just bought this plant and couldn't find info about it. Happy gardening. 🍀

[@thomasfoyle2669]

Great video. Thanks🙏🏼

[@cynthiaewers-cobb6769]

Great video - thanks!

[@gardeninghouseplants1112]

Thank you for sharing creative ideas and tips and so easy to do!😊🤩💕👍Have a wonderful days 🌹🌹🌹watching from japan!🥰💕👍

[@smartgardenguide2550]

Thank you so much 😊 Glad to have a viewer from Japan.

[@spenley8858]

Thank you so much, so helpful. I am about to report, now in third year. Really healthy plant and your advice on incremental repotting sizing is so useful. Just nervous about the soil mix and getting that right. Thanks again :)

[@flavianofloris4459]

I rescued one from the street and now she gift me a flower! I never seen before an ornamental plam flowering. It's beautiful looks like an alien hand yellow flower. Thank you for your video very helpful

[@eefkekrijnen9209]

Thanks for the video! (coming up PLANTy more videos haha nice). Mine currently has some weird brownish really dry leafs and looks like a bit of mold(?) on top of the soil, so might be a good idea to let it dry out, then thoroughly water it (shower?) and let it drain well

[@lordlemond1350]

I can’t unhear “paaahlm” anymore

[@janicealderson4329]

I paid about 50 euros for my plant - a lot smaller than yours! I have not watered it so it drains yet as it's in a large basket - will do this! Winter now and it is not doing much - the cats like to eat the leaf tips - damn 'em - they are being trained! Love these plants - thanks for video.

[@Jorg05111980]

The plant he shows costs upwards of 100 from a garden center

[@jacquelined.1611]

Hi, wondering if an up light placed on the floor would be good supplemental light for my Kentia?

[@boyede48]

Thanks, what about yellow spots with brown tips?

[@stephenduggan3751]

Love it just bought one and reported it does it have to be free draining out the base its in a large pot

[@smartgardenguide2550]

Hi Stephen. Yes, the pot should have bottom drainage holes regardless of the size. It will make keeping it healthy so much easier. :)

[@JanekValgepea]

Do you know why some of my Kentia leaves are curled inwards, unsmooth surface? No brown tips. It's a newly bought plant but just want to make sure I can save these leaves before the die out. I'm assuming they were dried out or over heated in a store? Misting more often would help?

[@rw4956]

Please help. My palm is starting to go brown at the stem and at the leaves. The larger leaves are green, upright and healthy looking, however the smaller ones look brown and starting to curl inwards.

[@saxonhughes]

Is it essential to have sand and not just regular soil?

[@LikaPyramid]

Do big Kentia Plants grow a lot of roots and do the roots grow fast?

[@mehranashkanian2747]

One of the leaves on my Kentian palm has turned yellow. It isn't the oldest leaf. I recently repotted it. Can you tell me the reason please?

[@simoneschnurr3113]

Thanks for your tips. 👍💕 watching from France (Alsace) My kentia got dry brown leaves 😥 I don't know why : too much or not enough water? May be ground needs to be changed? It seems about to die☹😏 thanks for your help🤩😘

[@stephneygreen]

brown leaves = enough water or dry but green crispy leaves = overwatering

[@greyLeicester]

​@@stephneygreen and yellow leaves?

[@drbhashamukherjee]

Is it ok to keep them outdoor over summer and then take them in mid autumn ? Also can I and should I cut off browned leaves

[@MoralesCorner]

This plants don't tolerate direct sunlight

[@girls007kt]

Thanks for the info! Just a question, my Kentia had spider mites unfortunately. I've removed the mites successfully however a lost a few fronds and its growth has completely stopped. I'm now down to 4 fronds that still look healthy but it hasn't pushed out anything new in months (and its spring where I live in Australia right now). Just wondering if you have any suggestions to help my plant out? Thanks :)

[@smartgardenguide2550]

As long as you are focusing on providing good growing conditions, your Kentia Palm should grow new leaves soon. After a bad pest infestation and loss of many fronds, a Kentia Palm can spend many months just recovering, and prioritising survival over growth. Make sure your plant is getting good lighting and add a little fertilizer, as these are the two things that are most likely to trigger new growth. Best of luck with your plant Andrew

[@GameChanger597]

Use slow release fertilizer because the immediate fertilizer can cause a chemical burn on the plant.

[@rosieHolliday5887]

I'd like to see a video about the palm in the background....what is it? I think I prefer the shape of that one :)

[@alcurtis93]

Dypsis I think

[@nickeriksson]

Will my Kentia Palm survive outside during the summer months from April > September? We have lots of palms growing outside all year round here in Devon as the climate is largely subtropical especially close to the coast.

[@GameChanger597]

If you live within 10 mi of the coast then your plant will grow fine in full sun but any further out than that- especially more than 20 mi from the coast, constant direct sunlight can burn the plant and also make them a pale yellowy green. If you're far from the coast, you're better off putting the plant in filtered light or under the canopy of another tree during the hotter months.

[@nickeriksson]

@@GameChanger597 Thank you for your help. I live in a north-west facing apartment in central Exeter (within the 10-mile range of the coast), so my balcony only receives direct sunlight early morning and late afternoon during summer, but plenty of bright indirect light throughout the rest of the day.

[@marydebonis2659]

What's the best way to clean the leaves? We picked up our kentia palm from the nursery and it has dirt/dust on some of the interior leaves.

[@charliehmi76]

Give each frond a wipe with a clean damp cloth every couple of weeks.

[@jackhnatejko8830]

Damp cloth or a damp sponge will suffice

[@ogs1951]

My palm appears to be tiling to the side it looks like it's going to fall apart

[@elizamclovin8542]

My plant is shrivelled...tips are going brown. Couple of brown ones at the bottom. Ive watered it twice since jan but it continues to shrivel. Ive moved it too. What would u suggest. Can i take a pic to show u?

[@GameChanger597]

It may have a nutrient deficiency if you're not fertilizing it

[@cherylalexes6540]

My kentia palm leaves are going brown I have to move it from kitchen as no sunlight there and living room is no good so where do I put it ? Can I buy a special light for it ? Why are the leaves going brown ?

[@MoralesCorner]

If there's no good sunlight spots at your home then you need to be realistic, plants won't thrive under those circumstances

[@nourhalabi7302]

Hi 👋 there, Texting from Germany, I have mine exactly one year ago, not a single new leaf 🌿 is coming, is it normal like that?!

[@uchehasenpai727]

Did you repot it? I heard that they don't like being disturbed. Mine's growing quite fast in a poorly lit room...

[@nourhalabi7302]

@@uchehasenpai727 thanks for replying. Yes I did report it honestly. Where it's placed is moderate light I would say at north facing window, just it's very long winter and less bright hours. Was thinking to bring a growing light not sure if it's gonna help. And if reporting was the problem, how long do you think it will keep taking it personally 😅?

[@uchehasenpai727]

@@nourhalabi7302 mine is next to a north facing window with a large building opposite, in the UK...so pretty low light😀 But the fluorescent lightbulb is on for most of the day and the palm has been thriving, growing the second set of new fronds. I think with trees in general, they need their roots to feel snug in the pot before they resume adding height; my rubber plant stopped growing for a whole year after I repotted. As a human, I wouldn't want to run or jump while wearing loose shoes...maybe it's similar for trees😁. Hopefully you'll get some growth once the roots fill up the pot a little bit. Good luck!

[@nourhalabi7302]

@@uchehasenpai727 thanks once again for replying, obviously similar circumstances for both the palms, hoping for new shoot this spring 😃😃 thanks again. And good luck for you too.

[@GameChanger597]

@@nourhalabi7302 I repoted mine AND separated it from another kentia and it still grew new shoots. I think one of the main reasons a kentia won't grow new fronds is if the lighting is too dim. Also, a North facing window is the worst place for a kentia, South facing is the good unless it's in direct sunlight, and East and West are the best placement as long as they're getting sufficient indirect light. I've read Kentias can live in dim light but they just won't grow and thrive. A fluorescent light for your kentia would help it a ton.

[@BridgetKerr-rg3wk]

My husband took our palms outside for sun and scorched the leaves should I do as you say and leave entire frond until brown to the root? They just look so horrible … Is this the price we pay?

[@greyLeicester]

Same!😢

[@MoralesCorner]

This plants don't tolerate direct sunlight. I had one before and I'd always trim the yellow leaves as soon as they appear. That one slowly died and it was really hard to get it to grow new leaves. Now I have a new one, I'm spraying water on it daily to keep it moisture and I'm leaving the yellow tips on. It seems to be doing fantastic this time. So I guess his advice of leaving the yellow leaves on up until they're brown makes sense cause the plant seems so be able to still use those for energy as he explained in the video

[@NailsByAdanja]

3:29 Wait a quarter of what? I don't understand! :(

[@MoralesCorner]

Sand

[@PaulH-hl5hw]

was it perlite? small volcanic white bits..

[@jacobmulry3401]

He says put it near a window? - Kentia don’t like direct sunlight?

[@madgebishop5409]

not all windows will have direct sunlight shining through them obviously

[@jonhohensee3258]

I just wish he'd learn to speak English better.