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Originally Posted by Bonanza
Your rant is missing the point of many of the posts to this thread. Yes, there are many Queen palms that are healthy, although I must say many of them have frizzle top. Okay -- healthy, green, trimmed properly, etc. BUT -- they are on Florida's do not plant list. This has nothing to do with a personal opinion. This is from the U of F.
There are plenty of Brazillian Peppers and Melaleucas that are healthy. Should you be planting them or not taking them out because they are healthy? No! Of course not.
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Frizzle Top: Not sure what you call "many", but I see very little. I did have a customer with a queen almost dead from frizzle top last year. He began adding Manganese sulfate, and the palm has completely recovered.
Frizzle top is listed as a disease, but it is simply a Manganese deficiency, typically caused by adding Epsom salts without additional Manganese.
You say queens are on Florida's do not plant list, then you say it is from UF. As I said before, this is NOT UF's nor the State of FL's list, merely the opinion of one man hosting the Master Gardener Club.
Brazillian Peppers and Melaleuca ARE on the States invasive species do not plant list, hardly a comparison to the queen palm.