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Palm Autopsy

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Over the weekend I chose to cut down a queen that had been growing with the arcing spear/ leaning palm syndrome for a few years now. I thought it was a Boron deficiency as I've read, but I never did any soil testing. I was chopping along and everything looked good until I had about 15" of trunk left off the ground- and then I found something.  A brown ring, and it was rotten in the darkest part. I could push my finger into it.

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Oakley, California

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Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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I did a little more investigation/ chopping and I found what appears to be some sort of entry point in the side of the trunk...

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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Needless to say, I think this palm was a goner for sure due to this injury. As I cut the stump out I tried to cut through the rot to see how far down it went into the trunk. These are wedge shaped pieces laying on their side:

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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Any thoughts on what might do something like this?

In the end, it was "just a Queen" and I have a Sabal Riverside that has been dying (literally?) to get out of it's trash can sized pot and into the ground. The Riverside is an offspring of the one at the prior residence of Dick Douglas where he let me pick the seeds myself when I was out there for a visit, so it will be a nice thing to get into the ground.

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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