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Old 09-30-2013, 05:23 PM
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Default Magnesium Defeciency in Palms

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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa View Post
Cut off a palm frond and take it to the county extension office, It looks like a mineral deficiency which can be corrected with some magnesium and mangenese simply spread on the ground around the tree. The magnesium part is very cheap -- epsom salts from the drug store. The mangenese may be available at the garden shop at Home Depot or Lowes.

BUT, don't do that right now. Take a frond to the Extension Service office. You might take a cup of soil from under the tree too for a soil analysis.

The tree should recover.
The University of Florida has a download that you can look at for yourself and compare with your palm.

I would take a frond to the extension office and ask for the advise from an expert as Carl advised.

Hopefully it isn't butt rot.

Below is the link to the website.

ENH 1014/EP266: Magnesium Deficiency in Palms