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Palm damage

SarahA
SarahA
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Hello

My palm has always had these holes, but I've never seen this sap (in 4 years) and I'm wondering if there's anything I can do for it. I googled it but I couldn't find corresponding pictures of possible problems to compare what it was definitively.  It's only at bottom of trunk. Nearby palm has also always had holes at bottom but no sap as of yet. Noticed sap this week. I'm in southern Florida and do have a lot of woodpeckers but it feels like a disease or infestation or something. I'm very interested in saving it vs. cutting down

Thankyou

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Edited by SarahA

I'm going to say there will be no saving that palm. While I'm not sure who's eating it it will most clearly perish from this. There are lots of much nicer palms to replace it with when the time come.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

Agree. It is certainly is not worth saving in its current state. Many of those holes look to be from woodpeckers. Woodpeckers don't do that for kicks to pass the time - they are looking for dinner. Your queen may be infested with borers too. It looks to be neglected, underfertilized and underwatered. The current drought may be its death knell. Queen palms are Class II invasives in FL. There are better qualified replacement palms available in St. Pete. I hope someone here can recommend candidates and local nurseries that have them. I suggest you avoid the orange and blue Big Box stores. The world of palms awaits you. Welcome to PalmTalk.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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