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Palm Fronds Breaking

PetitCote

By PetitCote
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Hi All,

I inherited this palm with the property and it was doing very well with many fronds. Around six weeks ago the fronds all broke one by one, apart from two or three at the very top.

For a few weeks little activity, then today another one has broken. I tried giving it lots of water/no water, nothing seems to help.

I have seen many posts here about broken fronds, however I can’t seem to find a common theme amongst them. It’s hot here in the day (30-35C), and cool at night (down to around 14C), with wind gusts up to around 20mph.

Any advice welcomed.

 

 

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idontknowhatnametuse Veteran

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Could be a fungal infection

PetitCote Apprentice

PetitCote

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20 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Could be a fungal infection

Is there any way I can confirm this?

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3 hours ago, PetitCote said:

Is there any way I can confirm this?

The fronds too thin, like not opening correctly, breaking easily, looks like there's some discoloration too.

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Could be a Pritchadia suffering from LY disease.

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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PetitCote Apprentice

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An update: a guy rang the bell of my house and presented himself as a Bio Gardener. He carries small samples around in a satchel and demonstrated one by licking some of it off his wrist.

He sprayed my other citrus trees as a white fly damages their leaves. He had a product for this palm so the tree was sprayed.

That was a couple of weeks ago and it’s looking a lot better with new fronds which haven’t completely opened, however the colour looks a lot better and they haven’t broken as yet.

 

 

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Tomas Experienced

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It would be interesting to know the name of that product or what it was made from. It surely looks like it works.

PetitCote Apprentice

PetitCote

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Here’s the label:

Copper sulfate, calcium hydroxyde and savon noir I believe is a vegetable based product for cleaning and degreasing, some use it on their skin and hair.

 

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Tomas Experienced

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It is a contact fungicide and bactericide, works very well when there is a spear rot, but I do not think there was this issue in the first picture.

Have you started to fertilize or give more water since?

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