Hello,

My 3 year old coco queen palm tree had been growing profusely and producing lush dark green fronds until about 3 months ago. I noticed each frond losing its dark green and becoming light green and finally browning and dying. Still new growth kept emerging from the palm, but each new frond was emerging lighter green and stunted. Finally, today, I had to remove the palm, as all the remaining fronds were sickly or dead. What happened??!! I loved the palm and took care of it.

2 hours ago, donalt said:

What happened??!! 

Maybe fusarium wilt?  I know it affects Syagrus romanzoffiana which is 50% of the hybrid.  Hard to say without seeing photos.

@donalt, hard to guess without photos.  From the description it sounds like maybe a root rot due to too much water or soil that is constantly wet or mucky.  Iron deficiency shows up as fronds turning pale, and eventually as pale green or even white new fronds.  I had this happen to a Caryota Gigas/Obtusa after some winter freeze damage.  It just stayed pale and barely pushed any spear at all.  When I dug it up it had severe root rot.

it was not fusarium ...... that I'm sure. it may have been a soil issue, but after three years in the ground, it seemed to happen in a short period of time. thank you!