Well, that happened! Livistona fulva rapid decline.

[Jonathan]

This L fulva went from healthy to this in under two weeks...no idea what happened but there are six others within a 5m radius that all look like the healthy one below. This is in a fairly wild part of the garden, hence the weeds, but I don't think that's a factor. Rainfall has been reasonable lately, temperature mild to warm.

The patch of dead grass immediately below the victim is very suspicious, I suspect something fungal maybe.

Any thoughts?

[Phoenikakias]

Check for Rhizoctonia or Thielaviopsis. Imo this plant is already a goner, at least take advantage of its demise and bring the whole plant to an expert for autopsy and biopsy. Sorry to say it, but it is is possible that fungus will spread out in the future to the rest of your palms through mycelia unless you resort to biological or chemical prevention.  But first you have to make sure of the culprit. Btw my first fulva in the ground had the same death symptoms. I did not verify the actual death cause, of which omission am still very sorry, but this particular part of the garden was heavily infested by Rhizoctonia.  

[happypalms]

Hmm no fertiliser I take it. Phytophera I suspect! Patch of dead grass African black beetle grub may have had a go at the roots or even eaten up the middle to the heart, that cane grub is a pain. 

[Jonathan]

1 hour ago, Phoenikakias said:

Check for Rhizoctonia or Thielaviopsis. Imo this plant is already a goner, at least take advantage of its demise and bring the whole plant to an expert for autopsy and biopsy. Sorry to say it, but it is is possible that fungus will spread out in the future to the rest of your palms through mycelia unless you resort to biological or chemical prevention.  But first you have to make sure of the culprit. Btw my first fulva in the ground had the same death symptoms. I did not verify the actual death cause, of which omission am still very sorry, but this particular part of the garden was heavily infested by Rhizoctonia.  

Agreed, I reckon it's a goner, just wondering why, and like you mentioned, it would be good to prevent any further infections. I'll look into Rhizoctonia and Thielaviopsis, thanks for the heads up.

[Jonathan]

37 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Hmm no fertiliser I take it. Phytophera I suspect! Patch of dead grass African black beetle grub may have had a go at the roots or even eaten up the middle to the heart, that cane grub is a pain. 

Probably not fertilizer...I only use organics but just thinking about this, I did put a decent heap of dynamic lifter or some similar chook poop fertilizer on them a while back. Maybe phosphorus burn? Can't imagine it was enough to cause that amount of damage though??

Cane grubs would freeze to death down here, wouldn't they Richard!?!

[happypalms]

16 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Probably not fertilizer...I only use organics but just thinking about this, I did put a decent heap of dynamic lifter or some similar chook poop fertilizer on them a while back. Maybe phosphorus burn? Can't imagine it was enough to cause that amount of damage though??

Cane grubs would freeze to death down here, wouldn't they Richard!?!

I would freeze to death down there, so I can’t see why a grub wouldn’t. Organic xtra the pelletised chicken poo is a no no in my garden it has all that extra potash and stuff. I have burned palms before with it. So now it’s just dynamic lifter for me it is only sawdust and chicken poo. The organic xtra not for me and my garden. This is where a garden diary is handy to have, what did I do and when certainly helps.