Yellow fronds on bangalow & queen palms
Karen Dennis
5 years ago
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Comments (6)Welcome to AZ and to the forum. We sure hope you post often. It sounds like you've gotten the information you need from mangled--great information as usual. Despite swearing I'd never buy queen palms since they don't LOVE it here the way so many other palms do, I did purchase some awhile back and they've done well. Mine at only about 9 feet tall and they get ten gallons of water twice a week, plus palm fertilizer in early spring, late spring, and then mid-summer. That *should* help keep the yellow fronds away but you never know. They are not the easiest palm to keep happy here (the way Mexican and California/Desert and date and pygmy palms are) but they sure are lovely when happy. I would never recommend them to friends who like super low maintenance plants, but I do a lot of things I wouldn't recommend. :) Good luck and keep us posted! Take care, Grant...See MoreTrimming palm fronds?
Comments (4)The UF advice on palms is it's healthier for the plant to not cut the fronds until the midrib is brown all the way to the trunk. The reason is that as long as there is green, the palm continues to make food. Any cut is an invitation for insects and disease. You can trim back the fronds if you do not like the dead brown look or the fronds smack you in the face. Since you do not mind waiting until the fronds fall, go with that. It's the best plan for the health of your palms. You were right!...See Morecan I train my queen palm to grow straight
Comments (7)All i can tell you is not to waste your efforts to try and straighten the already leaning fronds. If your palm was container grown, it is probably leaning because the container wasn't set straight. Those existing fronds will only last a couple of months and will eventually be replaced by new fronds. No matter what you do, once you release the pressure, the fronds will go back to the way they were. At the very most, those existing fronds will only last until this following fall, then they will begin to turn yellow and eventually dry up. It's the new fronds that I would stress about growing straight/symetrical. What i would do is make sure the "trunk" is planted straight, and maybe even stake it on three or four sides to keep the "trunk" straight....See Moreproblems with queen palms can't find the answers
Comments (7)Thanks to all the follow-ups. Great advice. We do feed the palms and fertilize...had our gardener start doing it regular once a month. I'll pick up the 3in1, thank you! To TAMPA...yeah..we think our palms look great, too...no frizzle top and all green, but those two smaller ones. It did really freeze hard core this past year. Maybe those smaller two were more susceptible. We've been getting our monsoon over here...lots of wind, rain, and humidity! LOVE IT. Although, my poor palms get blown around like crazy when that wind picks up! Thanks again guys/gals!!...See MoreKaren Dennis
5 years agostanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
5 years agostanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
5 years ago
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