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Old 12-27-2014, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist View Post
Yep. The research based answers come only from U F trained people. my first response to wilt is to water, as it has been dry recently...but please follow thru with seeking advice from Master Gardeners.
Nothing against UF, heck I bleed orange and blue, but a horticulture degree can be obtained from most any college in FL or the US, and the Master Gardener's program though fun and informative, is far from a degree in horticulture and very light in the palm information category.

My suggestion is find someone with extensive palm tree experience and a true higher education, and have them look at the tree. Not ask a person with a couple dozen hours learning about a wide variety of horticulture subjects and 40 hours of volunteer service.

Palm trees are expensive, the wrong diagnosis could cost you the tree.