Hi, over the last year my three year old Kentia palm has gone from a vibrant green to now browning and pale leaves and getting worse by the week. I'm desperate to revive it somehow but not entirely sure why it's dying. At the moment in UK its summer and my lounge is very light and warm, I currently water it weekly.

Any ideas how I can revive my favourite plant?

Hi & welcome! What is the moisture level of the soil before you add water? Can excess water flow away from the soil?

Hi, thanks for the welcome. It's reached a point where I would usually water it so just put my fingers in the soil as deep as they go and was very dry. Also lots of roots within the soil I pressed into so I also wonder if they have ran out of space!? Excess water can slightly flow into the silver container, the inner container is the plastic one I bought it in. Worth noting I never use fertiliser/plant feed either, is that important for most indoor plants?

Thanks

Good to have you. : )

If the soil is getting that dry, I think that is too dry. It's hard to assess the size of the pot from the angle of the pic, looking down. But if it seems like more roots than soil, yes, it sounds like a bigger pot could help.

MitchellSS1 said:It's reached a point where I would usually water it so just put my fingers in the soil as deep as they go and was very dry. Also lots of roots within the soil I pressed into so I also wonder if they have ran out of space!? Excess water can slightly flow into the silver container, the inner container is the plastic one I bought it in. Worth noting I never use fertiliser/plant feed either, is that important for most indoor plants?

What Tiffany said :)

Hard to tell about the pots from the photo for me too, but I'm guessing the silver pot I see a bit of is a planter with no drainage and the plant's in a regular plastic pot with drainage? Sounds good.

What I see is a plant that's been dehydrated for a while. Some of the older leaves look decent with a bit of edge browning, and some are losing ground fast.

The fact it seems to be the same for the younger growth is what makes me think it's not just a past issue it's growing out of but something still going on.

If it was mine, more water first.

Not until water "slightly flows" but until the the root ball and soil are wet. Drain well.

More soil, second, like Tiffany mentioned. I can get by skimping on soil but you can't skimp on water. If you're hitting surface roots I'm curious what the bottom of the root ball looks like. Up-pot and water well when needed, maybe decrease the available light for a bit.

Any pictures of the pot without the planter?

Good luck, keep us posted. Those plants are awesome.