How to grow date palm
Arecaceae, hard to grow
Slow-growing palm; fruits only in hot, dry climates.
Growing date palm for the first time
Difficulty: Hard · Sun: full sun · Ready in: about 1500 days
1. Choose the spot
Pick a sunny spot (6+ hours of sun). It does best in sandy, loam soil with a pH of 6.5–8.0. Avoid clay soil, or improve it with compost.
2. Sow or plant
Start indoors or under cover in Apr, May. Space plants about 600 cm apart.
3. Look after it
- Water roughly every 7 days, more in hot or dry weather. Water the soil, not the leaves.
- Feed every 30 days once it is growing strongly.
- Keep weeds down, and add a daily note and photo to your BeAgric grow diary so you can spot problems early.
4. Watch for problems
Common problems: Leaf spot, Bayoud disease. Take a photo with Check a plant if leaves look spotted, yellow or wilted.
5. Organic tip
Water deeply but rarely; it hates waterlogged roots.
6. Harvest
Expect your first harvest about 1500 days after planting. Record it in Harvests and list any spare on the marketplace.
Growing it organically
Water deeply but rarely; it hates waterlogged roots.
Common problems
- Leaf spot
- Bayoud disease
Spotted something? Check a photo of the leaf.