Tropical Zone Gardening: Toddy Date palm-help?, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
P. roebelenii are rainforest plants and can take a lot of shade. But they still should be okay in full sun. They do like a lot of water, although I did read on this site that in cooler climates they they will develop crown rot from overhead irrigation.

They have long sharp spines so are best placed where there's less chance of close encounters of the painful kind. Not being self cleaning, trimming off the old fronds is a very delicate operation.

The photo's of one of mine in complete shade most of the year. I've some more in full sun (except earlier mornings) that aren't doing as well, but they get very little water. Water is a bigger issue than sun/shade.