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What is happening to my pseudophoenix vinifera?


Rafael

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OMG Rafael, I have a bad feeling for this gem of yours. :crying: It looks to me to be basal rot and in an advanced stage :sick: Were I you I would first clean all rotten issue, to asses extent of damage, and then I would apply on the seemingly healthy tissue copper lime ON THE ROCKS. I would also remove some soil immediately surrounding stem's base to replace it with pumice only. But as said initially I have a very bad feeling, rotting process has gone to far sneakily. Whether your palm is gonna survive on long term , you will be able to find out next summer, as the palm will increase metabolism in order to resume growth again and feed existing foliage.

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This is why you don't remove leaf bases

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I am very sorry to see this Rafael. I don't think its salvageable unfortunately but really hope i am wrong. What Phoenikakias suggested should give you the best chances for survival and recovery

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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I've seen this before on sargentii. It's almost like trunk rot?

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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I managed to save this way a trachy seedling but I failed with a Hyophorbe seedling. It is imo vital during the cleaning process that most of healthy roots are mantained. In the Hyophorbe case only a hair like thin single rootlet I was able to save, while in the trachy case I saved all the root system springing from the healthy other haf of the root base. But both plants were still in pots in my cold frame, so growing conditions during recovery were quite controllable. Besides I discovered that extra heat in the root zone promotes recovery enormously. Of course for my potted palms I used a heated pad, but in Rafael's case....? Maybe some underground heating cables could do the difference, but I am not sure of anything! Anyway doing nothing means plant is doomed, taking all above measures may rescue an otherwise doomed palm and in case they do not, you gain knowledge and experience for the next time. If I had not lost the Hyophorbe, I might have been not able to save the trachy. It's all part of the hobby!

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This palm is actually trunking, far more advanced than any seedling we might have this occur and recover. This may recover as well, but it's such a slow growing species that it's not easy for it to do it. Eventually the whole rotted base will have to be burried with a very well draining soil such as a pumice mix to enable root production as it can't grow any new roots as it is right now. I am afraid of the meristem's condition as well with so much rot so close to it. The rot rings the trunk all around, there is only some healthy inner tissue left probably, ok for water transport but very vulnerable to rot.

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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This is why you don't remove leaf bases

Yep - Matty is right, that's what happened, leaf base was removed and some minor tear or cut allowed a pathogen to enter. Mine is well over 7 ft with over a 6 " diameter stem and it still had the leaf bases securely attached.

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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This is why you don't remove leaf bases

Yep - Matty is right, that's what happened, leaf base was removed and some minor tear or cut allowed a pathogen to enter. Mine is well over 7 ft with over a 6 " diameter stem and it still had the leaf bases securely attached.

I think you did not read the post number 5 :)
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This is why you don't remove leaf bases

Yep - Matty is right, that's what happened, leaf base was removed and some minor tear or cut allowed a pathogen to enter. Mine is well over 7 ft with over a 6 " diameter stem and it still had the leaf bases securely attached.

I think you did not read the post number 5 :)

I think they mean the leaf bases prior to this one.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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This is why you don't remove leaf bases

Yep - Matty is right, that's what happened, leaf base was removed and some minor tear or cut allowed a pathogen to enter. Mine is well over 7 ft with over a 6 " diameter stem and it still had the leaf bases securely attached.

I think you did not read the post number 5 :)

I think they mean the leaf bases prior to this one.

Maybe then :)
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