IMHO pygmys look best when planted as a multiple...

that said everyone has their own tastes :)

untangling these palms is really not an option. they will all most likely die..

cutting off all the other plants to leave 1 plant will leave you with your desired single pygmy so I guess that is an option.

Were is this Homedepot?

Yeah...plant was marked down in the closeout section. I figured for that kinda money I can't go wrong.

I also like the look of the multiple plants when they are small but when they start tyo develop a trunk I think a single plant looks nicer. So I leave it like it is for now. If I can actually get them to grow to a decent size maybe I'll trim them down to one plam.

I'm still inclined to think even though some palms do look nice in small groups, they still require some distance between the trunks to survive, once those trunks get a bit bigger ,and often the plants are actually already touching each other in the pots, so I'd be skeptical how long they'd survive in that condition! In the case of the larger types sometimes seen in groups, I'd guess most have at least a few feet between them in that case! I see the same overcrowded ones offered here and only assume the growers don't plant them with long term survival in mind for folks who'd prefer to keep them more than a short time in a healthy condition. That way, if you like the look, you will have to buy replacements frequently. Having said that though, those relatively cheap prices perhaps make buying them worthwhile?

Bird, I agree. I have one that has 5 trees in a pot and all are from 3 1/2' to 1 1/2' trunks. Now that they are getting more trunk size, they are needing more room and they are starting to grow the trunks sideways instead of up.
I LOVE the single look, so I did take a cheap one and seperated them. My single looks GREAT now, but not without lossing it's BIG brother of about 4' trunk:-( due to air pockets with that horrible root system. I learned with that one to just leave them alone.