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heres a pic of my washington robusta (mexican fan palm). I said above that its 6 years old. I should correct and say that I bought it in 2005, so I've had it 6years. It was a tiny little thing when I bought it maybe 10-12 " tall. Its been a trooper over the years. I keep it in a west facing window and never had any problems with it. 
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 02/12/2011 7:11 pm
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It looks great as far as I can tell. I just bought a 200watt fluorescent bulb to put up over it to give it some full spectrum light during the day since my windows are on the North side. Trying to keep from putting it in a little used front bedroom that faces south.
Posted : 02/12/2011 11:32 pm
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How frequently should I water it? I planted it today and put a gallon of miracle grow infused water in. Everything is nice and damp. Soil is indoor potting soil from walmart.
Posted : 02/12/2011 11:34 pm
Others who know more will chime in, but I let 'em get fairly dry as if to simulate the desert winter. They don't grow much for me until March and that is with light (like you are doing).
Posted : 03/12/2011 12:14 am
That's a nice looking palm, wheelman.
And the light from glass door and opposite window is better than I thought you had.
Erik's correct, now let the palm dry out (probably for a couple of weeks) before re-watering a bit.
Re the 200w bulb, that's a lot of wattage.
Wouldn't put it too close to the palm...maybe 4 feet above (even at the ceiling).
Maybe take a bit of soil away from the palm's base...looks a tad high.
That nice specimen will be scraping a ceiling in a few years, LOL.
Barb
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Posted : 03/12/2011 1:10 am
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