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new fronds cut short?

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April 1, 20242 yr

A few of my smallest potted palms have pushed out new fronds which appear to be cut very short. Nothing larger has been affected. Is it a pest? There has been some animal destroying my aloes and cactus. Also, I do have 2 S. causiarum with a severe white scale infection, but I haven't seen bugs on anything else. Is it cold damage? There were 2 nights below freezing in mid Jan.

Should I toss them or just watch and wait?

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April 1, 20242 yr

My Kerriodoxa put out a leaf just like this (very small, foreshortened and browned at the end). I think it probably had some root rot going on in its then pot and/or nutrient deficiencies. When I re-potted it the root ball completely collapsed, and it looked very sorry for itself for half a year (I thought it probably wouldn't make it), but now seems to have made a full recovery, and is putting out perfect leaves again.
So I don't think this phenomenon is pest-related, but possibly root and/or nutrient issues (root rot itself causes nutrient issues).
Certainly don't throw away your palms, which otherwise look healthy. There must be a common environmental denominator for multiple palm seedlings all to be doing this. I'd check the roots for a start.

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April 1, 20242 yr

8 hours ago, 5am said:

A few of my smallest potted palms have pushed out new fronds which appear to be cut very short. Nothing larger has been affected. Is it a pest? There has been some animal destroying my aloes and cactus. Also, I do have 2 S. causiarum with a severe white scale infection, but I haven't seen bugs on anything else. Is it cold damage? There were 2 nights below freezing in mid Jan.

Should I toss them or just watch and wait?

They'll be just fine and will start pushing out normal fronds soon. I believe it's cold damage. I had 3 palms spear-pull and a couple others showed new spears with damage. Although our ultimate low wasn't horrible we did spend an unusual amount of time below freezing coupled with high winds.

Jon Sunder