Help!! We've had these 2 queen palms for about 5 years. On both trees, the older fronds always collapse at the base while they are still green. The new fronds always come out fine and look healthy. I have noticed that they start getting some brown spots where the bend occurs, not long before they collapse. This is definitely not freeze damage or even wind damage, as this has happened to every single frond on both trees for several years. Has anyone had any experience with this? In the pictures, I tried to show the dark spots at the base, and also show the older fronds that collapsed and then turned brown (I usually cut them down right away, but we have been out of town for a couple months). Any help is greatly appreciated!

This is just an outside observation , but the palms look to me like there is a nutritional deficiency. The trunks seem to be smaller as the height increases .

Queens are quite sensitive to deficiencies . The area around the base of the tree with the roots showing , seems to be indicative of some cultural problem . The roots seem

dry . Are they functional ?

They are " water hogs " as well . A good quality Palm fertilizer is very important ,and a good consistent watering as well .

Good luck .

Thank you! We have been concerned about the irrigation since the water seems to run off, away from the base. We are looking into a way to fix that, and keep the water from escaping. We will also look into getting some palm fertilizer.