My #1 concern now about the California Fan Palm is the soil toleration. Here we have some of the thickest, heaviest clay soil there is, Houston Black Clay. This soil can stay moist for days after a rain. Sometimes it seems the moisture is a few inches beneath the surface, you can walk on the ground/lawn without getting feet wet, but it sinks in slightly as you walk.
Would that be considered poor drainage? There's no trapped water on the top, it runs off and as I said the very top of the soil drains quickly, but below that water is trapped (forever?). It seems to me that the water that gets into the clay isn't really going anywhere. It can't get into the aquifer here because there is a stone layer beneath the clay. Water simply stays a ways down and eventually dries out.
Most plants it seems prefer well drained soils. It is said of the California Fan Palm that it prefers the lighter sandier soils but can adapt to clay but needs drainage. So what does that mean for me
Would that be considered poor drainage? There's no trapped water on the top, it runs off and as I said the very top of the soil drains quickly, but below that water is trapped (forever?). It seems to me that the water that gets into the clay isn't really going anywhere. It can't get into the aquifer here because there is a stone layer beneath the clay. Water simply stays a ways down and eventually dries out.
Most plants it seems prefer well drained soils. It is said of the California Fan Palm that it prefers the lighter sandier soils but can adapt to clay but needs drainage. So what does that mean for me
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