Coastal Palms at Elbow Beach

[Palm Guy]

Hi all,

Went to celebrate Father's day lunch with the family at Elbow beach. Took some photos of the surrounding areas for you all. Most of the palms here suffer great potassium deficiency and the closer to the beach the more deficient they seem to be. According to a University of Florida professor, Bermuda's soil has less potassium available than most areas of South Florida hence the grey tips on the lower fronds and the fewer fronds present. Anyways, hope you enjoy the pics!

Anybody know how to get rid of this blotch on my camera? I think its the humidity but the same spot keeps coming back in the exact same place!!

[Palm Guy]

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Mom heading down to the beach. I was holding her up with all the pictures I was taking. Other locals must've thought I was a tourist.

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Mom heading down to the beach. I was holding her up with all the pictures I was taking. Other locals must've thought I was a tourist.

[Palm Guy]

Odd looking Hyophorbe Lagenicaulis'. Typical potassium deficiency symptoms. I might have to talk to the grounds managers about setting up a fertilization program. It's especially bad near the coast. Perhaps, its the salt combined with potassium deficiency.

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Silvery clumping phoenix...

[Palm Guy]

Whats this??

[galveston1602]

Great Pics! looks wonderfull.

For what its worth,

If you have a constant seabreeze, and any sort of "surf" your going to get salt problems with almost all palms.

what ive noticed here is that the palms with salt spray issues turn brown/black at the tips and then they turn grey. whereas a nutritional deficiency will be just grey

unfotunately theres not alot that can be done about it

[Palm Guy]

Great Pics! looks wonderfull.

For what its worth,

If you have a constant seabreeze, and any sort of "surf" your going to get salt problems with almost all palms.

what ive noticed here is that the palms with salt spray issues turn brown/black at the tips and then they turn grey. whereas a nutritional deficiency will be just grey

unfotunately theres not alot that can be done about it sad.gif

Allen,

Thanks for your comments! We do have a breeze going on pretty much all the time, but especially in the winter. Many of those palms are just recovering from the gales we had this winter so I'm sure most of them got hit with salt.

This palm professor from Florida came down in April to analyze pest and disease problems on the island and gave an informative talk of his findings. He found no major diseases like LY or Ganoderma but did notice a high rate of potassium deficiency in our native soils. He provided some recommendations about amending the soil which I will try in my own yard first. If it works, I might be able to help out with a fertilization program in Bermuda.

Thanks again.

[paulgila]

the pritchardia & other fan palms dont look too bad.thanks for the great pix!

[Palm Guy]

the pritchardia & other fan palms dont look too bad.thanks for the great pix!

Thanks. Fan palms for some reason do much better regardless of soil. There are quite a few feather palms that do great here also. I'm guessing it all depends on what soil their parked in.

Here are some examples of palms planted in good soil!

Better looking Spindles.

Royals do fine here.

[Palm Guy]

Syagrus and Pytchospermas doing great...

Dictyosperma not looking too shabby. These do really well here!

Some better looking Cocos...I think cocos look better when they are younger. For some reason the older guys have trouble uptaking enough nutrients.

[Really full garden]

Mike, the water is such an incredible color blue.I have found that salt is the usual culprit for this type of leaf burn here.A palm that is on good feeding schedule will most likely be more vigorous and recover more quickly .

I have the worst looking Royals.They always look like crap despite all my efforts.

[DoomsDave]

YOWZA!

The problem I have with Bermuda is that I probably won't be able to stand upright for long from all the S W O O N I N G from the palms and great plants in that glorious tax-free paradise . .. .\

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[bubba]

Wow!All pictures of Bermuda are just about perfect.Incredible colors.

Post#9=An extremely stout and bent Pygmy Date.

Last Post=I believe the Hamilton Princess!Still glorious pink and spot of our Honeymoon a little too long ago to admit.

The Bluest water I have ever seen.So Blue "it almost hurts your eyes"so blue!

[Palm Guy]

Mike, the water is such an incredible color blue.I have found that salt is the usual culprit for this type of leaf burn here.A palm that is on good feeding schedule will most likely be more vigorous and recover more quickly .

I have the worst looking Royals.They always look like crap despite all my efforts.

But Scott, the coconuts I've seen in your pictures look picture perfect!! What variety are they btw. All we have are the Jamaica Talls. Also, what soil are do you have around the property? We have an alkaline limestone based soil(7.5 avg PH).

Royals, can look like crap here also, especially after high winds.

YOWZA!

The problem I have with Bermuda is that I probably won't be able to stand upright for long from all the S W O O N I N G from the palms and great plants in that glorious tax-free paradise . .. .\

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Haha . Dave, I'm sure you can hold onto a coco trunk or two. Tax free in a sense yes, but its damn expensive to live here! I believe tax just gets rolled into all the prices. It does make it easier to calculate how much you would have to pay at the grocery store though (the palm store in my case)!

Wow!All pictures of Bermuda are just about perfect.Incredible colors.

Post#9=An extremely stout and bent Pygmy Date.

Last Post=I believe the Hamilton Princess!Still glorious pink and spot of our Honeymoon a little too long ago to admit.

The Bluest water I have ever seen.So Blue "it almost hurts your eyes"so blue!

Bubba, thanks. I thought it may have been some hybrid.

Yep that is the Princess! I stole that pic off the net. Thought you might like it! Tiger has confirmed he is coming to Bermuda btw. Grand slam! You might have to convince the wife to go on a "shopping trip"

[Really full garden]

Mike our cocos are a mixed lot.I have Panama Tall,Malayan Yellow and Green and some others.The "soil" we have is black volcanic sand.I always back fill with good top soil and use soil polymers when planting.The pure sand dries out very quickly and these polymers really help to get small palms established.When I first saw my future property it was planted with corn and chili peppers.Sesame seed and luffa sponges are also grown here very close to the shore.