You can eat the coconuts from palm trees as palm tree coconuts are edible and are used in preparations of a lot of food.
However the young coconut is only edible and the coconut water requires caution when consuming.
Palm trees are not really safe to touch as the palms have sharp tips that grow out of the frond base.
The sharp tips can cause abrasions and cuts if touched and not handled properly with proper hand protection and long sleeves.
Palm plants and palm trees do like coffee grounds and makes good fertilizer for them.
Palm trees require a steady diet of several nutrients and micronutrients, particularly nitrogen (N), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), and iron (Fe).
All are critical to the health of palm trees.
Palm trees can usually go around 2 week to 3 weeks without water before they start to die unless they have deep roots that reach into water underground although some palm trees may die sooner without water.
Newly established palm trees require water at least twice per month during summer and once every 6 weeks in cooler weather.
Palm trees also known as Arecaceae are a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.
Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms.
Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees.
Depending on the species of palm tree, some palm trees can live for more than a century.
That means the palm tree you plant might outlive you.
There is also recent evidence that, at the cellular level, palm trees may even indeed be the oldest living trees because their cells are not replaced with new cells, as is the case with other trees.
Palm trees prefer soil consistently moist, but never overly wet.
Overwatering palm trees quickly turns palm fronds yellow and brown.
Before you water your palm trees, indoors or out, check the soil by hand.
Water when it's dry about a finger's length deep, but still cool and moist beneath.
Palm trees need to be planted in a suitable climate to thrive.
Most palm trees in the United States are grown in the Southern part of the country where temperatures are warmer, but some hardier varieties can grow in cooler climates, as low as zone 8.
Palm trees are often thought to represent the Garden of Paradise and are often used to represent wisdom.
And because a victory often leads to a resolution of a conflict, the palm is also a symbol of peace and therefore connections with paradise.
Most palm trees like full sun, but a few palm trees do well in some shade.
Most palm trees are drought-tolerant, but a few palm trees like wet soil, so make sure you choose carefully.
When growing palm trees in container gardens, it's important to use a pot that's either wide enough or heavy enough so that your palm tree doesn't blow over in strong winds.