Lost queen palms to fusarium wilt

[nessa]

I lost all my queen palms after ordering from moon valley nursery. I was wondering if anyone knows which palms are resistant to this disease. Trying to stay away from fan palms. We live in california and never heard of the disease but we found out how aggressive by losing all 15 palms. Hoping to replant different palms and exotic plants.

Edited January 3, 2024 by nessa

[ryjohn]

My first suspicion would be spread via pruning tools.   Or lawn aeration equipment.  Every other potential transmission option is far less likely, so those two need to be ruled out first.  As far as fusarium resistance in palms, I would reference university of Florida online pdf’s on the subject.

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, nessa said:

I lost all my queen palms after ordering from moon valley nursery. I was wondering if anyone knows which palms are resistant to this disease. Trying to stay away from fan palms. We live in california and never heard of the disease but we found out how aggressive by losing all 15 palms. Hoping to replant different palms and exotic plants.

Welcome to the forum..  Sorry to hear   .. Reason  ...# 20,005 ..and counting...  to stay far  away from the moon..👎👎

You might contact reputable, palm- specialty nurseries, like Jungle Music in Encinitas,  for suggestions..

This CA. - centric guide, accessible via the link below,  and over on Palmpedia discussing different palms you could consider, that will handle the climate there is well worth looking through.

In all honesty, Queens, are a " Bottom of the Barrel " palm option, compared to the much wider diversity of amazing species you can choose from out there.  Enjoy..

https://www.palmpedia.net/palmsforcal/Category:Palm_Genera

[Merlyn]

@nessa sorry to hear about the Fusarium outbreak, it is unfortunately common.  The species that attacks Fusarium Queens also kills Washingtonia, but nothing else.  I have seen entire rows of Mexican Fan palms (Washingtonia Robusta) die one after the next.  The most likely culprit is that one was infected and the tree trimmers spread it down the line while cutting fronds.  I personally had one Queen die from Fusarium, and conside myself lucky that the Queens on the other side of the house didn't catch it.  

Here's a UFL fact sheet on Fusarium: https://idtools.org/palm_symptoms/index.cfm?packageID=1111&entityID=3319

And another https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/miamidadeco/2018/10/26/fusarium-wilt-on-washingtonia-palms/