AZJakeB Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Hello Everyone, I've had this mule in the ground for about 3 years now. It was doing great but now I'm seeing a frond that came out dead. Also, a couple adjacent fronds are half dead and half green. Any ideas? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusH Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 49 minutes ago, AZJakeB said: Hello Everyone, I've had this mule in the ground for about 3 years now. It was doing great but now I'm seeing a frond that came out dead. Also, a couple adjacent fronds are half dead and half green. Any ideas? It could be a fungus causing bud rot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmatierMeg Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Do you know if fusarium wilt is in your area? Meg Palms of Victory I shall wear Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise) Florida Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal Elevation: 15 feetI'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtee Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I HAD a mule this past summer…..RIP anyways it was doing great, looked fantastic and grew fast and then all of a sudden the fronds one by one started doing what yours is doing. Half brown and half green. I’d cut one off and then within days another frond would start to do it, eventually it took over the whole tree. It’s gone now. Its wilt and unfortunately the damage is done, it will contaminate the soil around it even. where is the mule palm from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtee Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 This is what it looked like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmatierMeg Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I suspect fusarium wilt. I hope I’m wrong. The symptoms you describe are classic for this disease. Leaves start to die, one half at a time. The palm goes from green to dead in just a few weeks. I lost all my queens, mules and a Washy to this disease in 2015/16. It is often transmitted by contaminated pruning tools. It is always fatal. I stopped planting the Syagrus genus even though a few species of that genus survived unscathed (picrophylla, kellyana, schizophylla). 1 Meg Palms of Victory I shall wear Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise) Florida Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal Elevation: 15 feetI'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig The Soil Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 I also believe it is due to contaminated pruning tools. My grandfather stressed cleaning after each use with rubbing alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZJakeB Posted January 21 Author Report Share Posted January 21 Thanks for the responses. I sure hope it isn't fusarium. Typically how long before the whole palm dies? I got it from Pacific Palms here in Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmatierMeg Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, AZJakeB said: Thanks for the responses. I sure hope it isn't fusarium. Typically how long before the whole palm dies? I got it from Pacific Palms here in Phoenix. From the time I noticed symptoms the palm was dead in about 3 weeks. I also noticed dead fronds were a peculiar grayish-brown color. Meg Palms of Victory I shall wear Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise) Florida Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal Elevation: 15 feetI'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtee Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, AZJakeB said: Thanks for the responses. I sure hope it isn't fusarium. Typically how long before the whole palm dies? I got it from Pacific Palms here in Phoenix. How is your mule palm looking now? i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZJakeB Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 7 hours ago, Jtee said: How is your mule palm looking now? i It looks about the same. This palm is on the north side of my house. I'm wondering if it's from too much shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtee Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, AZJakeB said: It looks about the same. This palm is on the north side of my house. I'm wondering if it's from too much shade. By now you should be noticing other fronds doing the same thing, everytime I cut off a half green/brown frond, another would die off within a couple days. I’m not sure if wilt is a thing in dry areas but I know it’s fairly common in the Deep South. I hope it’s not wilt but it really does look like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZJakeB Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 Well everyone I think it's a goner. It is slowly declining. Going to end up losing it when it warms up I think. I need to replace it but I'm afraid that whatever I put in will suffer the same fate. Is there anything I can do or is this spot doomed for 2 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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