Help! My Sylvester Palm boots/bark is falling off.

[cswilson]

We have an adult, 30ft Sylvester palm in our backyard that appears to have been over saturated for too long. We had an irrigation company add a new sprinkler about 4 months ago that was hitting the tree directly and have had a ton of rain in northeast Florida the past few weeks. We didn't catch the sprinkler damage in time and now it appears we have a fungus that is loosening all of the boots/bark to the point of them falling off easily. We've obviously stopped the sprinkler head from hitting it but is there anything we can do to help the tree repair itself? Thanks.

[Allen]

Your remedy might be similar to this.  A pic would help too.  Old boots fall off on their own as long as the trunk is healthy underneath you may be ok.  A pic will help because there are some nasty fungal diseases someone might spot.   A palm that important I might suggest to call in a local professional.

 

Edited September 5, 2022 by Allen

[Merlyn]

@cswilson a palm trunk won't "heal" itself, but you can stop the damage just by letting it dry out and maybe dusting it with some sulfur powder.  Regular household hydrogen peroxide is a great mold and fungus killer and is commonly used on palms to cure crown fungal infections.  I take a 32oz Sam's Club bottle of hydrogen peroxide and add 4tsp of Daconil to it, then shake it up and squirt it in crowns or on fungal infections.  I'd recommend doing the Daconil + H2O2 squirt onto the trunk, then dust with sulfur powder.  If it bubbles up with hydrogen peroxide then there's definitely some fungus in there.

[cswilson]

Thank you for responding and your feedback. I'll see if I can attach some pictures tomorrow and confirm the suggestion of h202 and sulfur you reference above. Again thank you for your help.