T. Fortunei with yellow tones

[Peachs]

Hello,
 

Transplanted from a pot 16 months ago.  Regular water like the other palm trees I have.  Should I wait longer for them to establish or do the palm trees have a problem?

 

[Peachs]

Can anybody help me?

[Chester B]

Looks fine to me.  Not that yellow at all, I've had them much worse.  Just give it some good palm fertilizer in spring and it should green up fine.

[Looking Glass]

The necrotic tips look a little like potassium deficiency, the yellowing near there could be potassium or concomitant magnesium deficiency.  Dry air can also just make for brown tips, and that with too much intense sun can cause yellowing.  

Yellowing of new growth can be iron deficiency, and this is usually the result of pH problems, low temperatures or soggy soil interfering with iron uptake.   General yellowing of old growth can be from nitrogen deficiency.  

Fertilizing with a good quality, palm specific fertilizer (University of Florida recommended formulation for palms is great) should solve most nutrient problems over time.   

What’s your fertilizer and fertilizing schedule like?  
 

[richnorm]

That's very common with Trachycarpus but that's a great looking planting all the same.

[Peachs]

1 hour ago, Chester B said:

Looks fine to me.  Not that yellow at all, I've had them much worse.  Just give it some good palm fertilizer in spring and it should green up fine.

 

1 hour ago, Looking Glass said:

The necrotic tips look a little like potassium deficiency, the yellowing near there could be potassium or concomitant magnesium deficiency.  Dry air can also just make for brown tips, and that with too much intense sun can cause yellowing.  

Yellowing of new growth can be iron deficiency, and this is usually the result of pH problems, low temperatures or soggy soil interfering with iron uptake.   General yellowing of old growth can be from nitrogen deficiency.  

Fertilizing with a good quality, palm specific fertilizer (University of Florida recommended formulation for palms is great) should solve most nutrient problems over time.   

What’s your fertilizer and fertilizing schedule like?  
 

 

49 minutes ago, richnorm said:

That's very common with Trachycarpus but that's a great looking planting all the same.

Thanks!

I do not use fertilizer, but within walking distance there are several avenues with neglected T. fortunei with better appearance and with many years.  I will try to fertilize in spring and wait a little longer for them to establish.