WARNING! Palm Trees Are Dying In THE VILLAGES
 

A terrible palm tree disease called "lethal bronzing" has made its way into The Villages. There is no cure for it and it will kill your palm tree very fast. There are two palm trees in front of the Saddlebrook recreation center that have this disease. This Sylvester palm in this video is not cheap to buy and install. Very sad when this happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHQHzLQDJ1s

Lost my Pinto in about 3 weeks !!!!!!

24 degree freeze Probably didn’t help?

To learn more…..
Lethal Bronzing Disease (LBD) - Gardening Solutions - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

If this is true, why haven't they been removed? Who determined they had the bronzing?

My community has issues with Queen Palms dying, and only Queen Palms. I wonder if this “bronzing” is the cause…..

That's not in The Villages, right? Where?

Yes it's in TV, lost my mature palm here in Lady Lake.

2 palms came with our house and once their gone I wouldn't replace them.

Did you know palms are known as a type of grass?

Very possible, but the issues the Queen's are having now just might be the after effect of the freezing temps we had not too long ago.

I thought it was in the weed family.

This was going on last year too and I haven't seen a dead one down here in the south.

So sad. Interesting that antibiotics might help prevent this...

Charlie O from Boston is the TOTV expert on weed

Nope. We are in Lakeside Landings, surrounded by The Villages, but not of your kind.

This bronzing has apparently affected more than half the counties in the whole state of Florida; one would think the developer would have made sure the Villages was exempt! :a040:

And how exactly is TV supposed to control nature? I did not realize they had this ability.

Darn, global warming is working. Thanks jet setters.

Oh, dear! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

What does this mean?

and I always recommend mixing weed with a little Miles / Coltrane and wine

Also palms are roach and carpenter ant factories/havens I took out three queens 👎🏿👎🏿Palm trees.

The black spots on the fronds tell you it was lethal bronzing that killed this palm.

Oh wow people are taking a beating & now Palm Trees are getting it. Nothing is safe!

I’ve had many homes all over fl for about 25 years , I’ve had palm trees in all of them , one home in south Florida had 12 , my current one has 6 , I have never had a roach or carpenter ant and never saw a rat either, most people I know have had the same experience, even if I did have a problem that’s why I pay for bug service, for me it wouldn’t be Florida without palm trees

It seems to me that many palms were effected by the deep freeze. So far my palms seem fine and hopefully they will stay that way. Thanks for the info.

I just purchased from this site Tree Saver The antibiotic, plugs, and syringe to hopefully protect my palms. Once your palm gets lethal bronzing it will die. Only preventative measures will protect them.

No one EVER cuts the DEAD branches on the palm trees EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Uninformed statement.

Pindo

Although we have tons of queen palms and robelleni palms in TV, our possible freeze temps are too cold for them. If your queens started dying after the freeze this year, that might be why. However, queen palms are also susceptible to lethal bronzing and it can spread from tree to tree.

Palms are not a type of grass, but they are a monocot, as is grass.

I’ll send you the bill. :blahblahblah:

The man speaks volumes!

The developer is omnipresent and omniscient

Nice job. Stole my thunder

It is possible to get an injection that is given to the trunk of the tree that prevents the disease. Unfortunately it has to be given either every month. Or 3 months (not sure) by your landscaper (such as Massey )

Yes, lethal bronzing can spread from tree to tree. This is why its important to sanitize all cutting tools before any trimming is done. Spraying them with a good bleach is better then nothing. Remember this before that guy in his broken down truck starts climbing up his ladder to trim your palm.

You can try and control nature by sanitizing the cutting tool before the palm is trimmed. This will prevent the transfer of any disease from any previous cutting from the job before.

I cut live ones off and a lot of them. My palms are very healthy.

Simply not true. In fact, I was given professional advice by a professor of plant pathology with the University of Florida/IFAS l, to remove dead branches on my palms. This includes removing only the brown/dead portion of the fronds.