Wind damage?

[galveston1602]

This is just a standard queen that has really given me some trouble in the past.

does this leaf look like it was just opened too early from the wind or is something else going on?  the tree looks otherwise healthy now.

[MattyB]

It looks kind of soft.  Pour some fungicide down it's throat!  If wind opened the leaf as it emerged I think it would still be more upright.  But I guess if you had some real severe winds that it could be the reason.  Did you have a tornado or something?

[galveston1602]

nah, just the typical 25 mph onshore winds we get this time of year just before a front hits.  its not soft like its going to pull or anything, its just limp....

[DoomsDave]

Yeah, I've got queens, and sometimes, I don't know why, but they just DO THAT.

Then, the following leaves will be normal.  Might as well follow Matty's advice and give it slug of the Copper Elixir.

dave

[spockvr6]

Same here...sometimes Queen just do that...not sure why.

But, when mine have done that, the leaf has still usually come out fine and looked normal in the end.  A few times, this "floppy" end has broken off though.

No real worries in any case as the next leaf is on the way in short order anyway.

[Guest]

If there is a possibility of boron deficiency in your soil it can cause floppy new growth.  I have had it here is Hawai'i on a few of my palms, especially after heavy fertilizing. Boron is a trace nutrient, with an emphasis on trace.  For a mature palm I sprinkle about a half teaspoon of boric acid over the root zone, and in each case it has solved the problem.  Too much boron can cause other problems.

[BigFrond]

This is the result of the constant wind.  I get a constant wind blast at my house and many of my palm fronds are tilted to one side.