Thank you Kitty for the photos. My trees are all still green with the center 'stalks' upright or fanning out normally. But, the leaves attached to the central stalks are limp and they hang straight down. There is no 'beard' so to speak; just limp leaves drooping from the central stalk on maybe half or two thirds of the lower stalks.
I agree with another poster that this is serious stuff. If my trees have this disease, I will need to remove them and eat the considerable expense. I have a general plan in mind involving consulting state, county and local arborist resources and see who is available to help me determine the extent of the problem. I fear my trees are beyond Ozzello's ministrations of inoculation but if you see droopy leaves on sabals in your neighborhood, I would probably spend a few bucks to inoculate healthy trees. It would be cheap insurance until we know what is going on for sure.
Again, I don't know for sure my trees are infected with TPPD but they sure have many of the symptoms.
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