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Roystonea borenquenia muerte

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Looks like my big Roystonea borenquenia out front is on death’s door.

Bummed!

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James B Veteran

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Terrible news Dave. Sorry to hear!

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Do you know the cause of your royal's death?

-John

kinzyjr Grand Master

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52 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

Looks like my big Roystonea borenquenia out front is on death’s door.

Bummed!

Well that sucks!  Sorry to hear this.  Are you planning on replacing it?

Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

D. Morrowii Grand Master

D. Morrowii

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Sorry to hear it. What do think happened to it? 

Palmiz Mentor

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Sorry to hear that Dave, spear looks good still. Hope it pulls through for you.

DoomsDave Grand Master

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I think it got a fungal or bacterial condition that clogged its conductive tissues.

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Que lástima 😕 It was a beautiful palm

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Gosh, it seems like a lot of losses lately? 

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That happened to a regia that I had in the ground for over 10 years. All of a sudden one leaf after another began to die until all them looked your photo. The crown ended up falling to the ground. The trunk shribbled up a bit and then I had it removed.  

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25 minutes ago, T in Vista said:

That happened to a regia that I had in the ground for over 10 years. All of a sudden one leaf after another began to die until all them looked your photo. The crown ended up falling to the ground. The trunk shribbled up a bit and then I had it removed.  

The same thing happened to another royal of mine, the trunk of which had to be removed earlier this season.

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2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

The same thing happened to another royal of mine, the trunk of which had to be removed earlier this season.

What a bummer! I agree this seems like root fungal infection progressing upwards. Not much you can do in the conventional manner to save it. But those fungi will remain in the soil waiting for the next victim. Only experimentally I would apply only a biological treatment with Trichoderma atroviride and asperellum special strains. Breaking wet and cool period will prolong life of the plant and give time to those fungi to establish a symbiosis with its root system. You have nothing to lose except a sick and already doomed palm. But in this worst case treatment will suppress fungal outbreak and widespread to other palms.

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quaman58 Grand Master

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That's not the one that was flowering was it?

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

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T in Vista Apprentice

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5 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

The same thing happened to another royal of mine, the trunk of which had to be removed earlier this season.

This is all that’s left. Pruners for scale.

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5 hours ago, quaman58 said:

That's not the one that was flowering was it?

Yes, it is.

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6 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

What a bummer! I agree this seems like root fungal infection progressing upwards. Not much you can do in the conventional manner to save it. But those fungi will remain in the soil waiting for the next victim. Only experimentally I would apply only a biological treatment with Trichoderma atroviride and asperellum special strains. Breaking wet and cool period will prolong life of the plant and give time to those fungi to establish a symbiosis with its root system. You have nothing to lose except a sick and already doomed palm. But in this worst case treatment will suppress fungal outbreak and widespread to other palms.

Might be worth considering, though I don't think it has very long. Any thoughts on where to obtain?

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6 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Might be worth considering, though I don't think it has very long. Any thoughts on where to obtain?

Search for the product with the brand name Tusal. I think it has a USDA  permission.

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Next time you bring in to your garden a crew of maintainers or a professional gardener, make necessary to spray first their shoe soles with a chlorine 10% solution.  I learned that the very cruel way having first lost to root fungus one Jubaea, two Parajubaea, two Acrocomia, three Pritchardia, several Sabal and one Livistona fulva. I also spray with same solution every garden tool I use (I have my own, I do not trust tools of professionals are properly sanitized) after work.

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peachy Grand Master

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Sorry about that happening Dave.  My climate has become so weird and unpredictable these  last few years that I wonder how anything survives. Probably more stable in LA but one never knows what spores or bacteria are blowing in from where ever.

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27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Cindy Adair Grand Master

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I am so sorry Dave!

I love these big trees that are part of the essence of Puerto Rico.
 

The only threat to them here seems the over zealous “trimming” by the electric company.

Even the rhinoceros beetles leave them alone. 

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Dave-Vero Grand Master

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Roystoneas usually thrive in Florida (almost all R. regia) and are all over the place in Cuba, obviously thriving around people.  But here, they occasionally get sick and croak.  I might be able to check the University of Florida or other locals for guesses.  

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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My condolences, Dave

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Meg

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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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Sorry to hear you may have lost a magnificent stately palm tree Dave.  Long term health of palms in all our areas are not clearly understood in some cases.  Bacteria and moid are always there I think, the plants defenses may have dropped off possibly due to this past cool wet winters impact.  Not likely to see a winter like that in the near future.  Maybe cool plus wet was the issue as florida royals get very wet and Ive never heard of mold killing a royal except after a really cold(lower than 26F snap.

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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