Severely leaning palm

[Jswnutt]

This palm has been slowly leaning more and more over the past five years we’ve owned this home. Rheee are four palms around this pool and they are all approx 20-25 years old. The other three are straight. I absolutely love the way this palm looks and want to save it so I had a master arborist look at it. He confirmed it’s healthy and fed the roots with fertilizer twice over the period of a year. According to a string we hung, it’s still continuing to lean. I really want to keep it. Thinking of finding someone that knows how to brace it up. But I don’t know if we should remove it. If it does fall, it will take out some fencing and a brick pillar and maybe concrete. Suggestions? 

[Harry’s Palms]

That palm would concern me. At the very least I would stake it in such a way that you could slowly start to correct it. I fear it will eventually fall without intervention. That is a very heavy palm , be careful. Harry

[Merlyn]

@Jswnutt welcome to PalmTalk!  It looks like it may have been originally planted a bit too high, which might be why it doesn't have enough solid roots to keep it upright.  That's just a guess.  Here in FL root regenerated Sabals are dirt cheap.  They chop all the fronds off, and all the roots, and just stick them in the ground with braces to hold them up.  I would also be concerned about it falling over, especially in a hurricane.  It's probably a 3000lb palm.  A couple of initial thoughts:

• You could try staking it up a foot or so at a time, maybe cutting a few of the roots on the bottom side to allow it to rotate upwards.  This might take years to prop it all the way up, and it might not do so well in hurricanes.
• Find someone who installs root regenerated Sabals and pay them to basically dig it up and replant it in the same spot...but straight!
• The above people could also dig it out and replace it with an already regenerated palm.

Here's an info sheet on how they do it:

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP543

[palmnut-fry]

Wow that's amazing it is still standing! If you raise it like the way they do at In&Out burgers but they are at a like 50°angle and it would have a curvy part @ top for now on, i would imagine! Still cool, Sabals are amazing🤩

[necturus]

It looks cool but is very concerning... probably not long until it falls.

I have seen palms and live oak branches with metal braces holding them up. Over time the growing point will shoot upward and give it an impressive curve. 

I would get someone with significant palm installation and culture experience to help. Maybe Palm Professionals in Sugar Land?