Pink Rot

[BigWaveDave]

Probably about 7 years old; one of the first palms I ever planted and I've done just about everything I can to kill it; but it survived my worst efforts.  I bought it from a generic nursery down the street as A. cunninghamiana.  But I think it's A. maxima.

[BS Man about Palms]

Dave, It looks like your king is trying to grow out of "something"....

Has the emerging leaf ever been red? That could be Maxima.

[BigWaveDave]

I don't recall the emerging leaf ever being red.  The leaflets have a whitish under side and no ramenta.  From the pictures you can see that the fronds are very stiff and do not have the normal A. cunninghamiana twist.  Not sure what it is, but I don't think it is cunninghamiana.

Hey matt, what is the name of the scotts lawn fungicide.  I couldn't find it at Home Cheapo.

[MattyB]

Dave, it's Scott's Lawn Fungus Control

here's the link

Scott's link

I got mine at Home Depot down here.  It's in a red bag just as shown on the link above.  It even says it controls "pink snow mold".  Sounds promising as long as you can get the granules onto the mold to kick some pink mold a$$!  

[M Dub]

Hi all,

I am new to the group, been lurking since the Cali cold spell to see what every one else was doing to deal with unusual temps.

I have seen pink spores showing up on old leaf bases on kings for a few years. I have tried spraying with Daconil but it seems to just run off, kind of like adding a little water to flower. So I tried mixing in some Ultrafine oil with the Daconil and it seems to help smother the spores and keep them from spreading long enough for the old leaf bases fall off on thier own.

mw

[MattyB]

Thanks for the tip M Dub!  And Welcome!  Yeah, that pink powder is like a water repellant.  When I've tried to shoot bleach, H3O or fungicide into the cracks to get at the stuff it starts poofing around like dust...not cool dude.  I'll have to try your oil mix method, thanks.

[el-blanco]

On February 21, 2007 at 9:44:08 PM, MattyB said:

Looks fine for now Dave.  Give the T-Methyl a try to eliminate any pink powder from inside of the leaf bases.

Old Thread Resurrection - 

Matt - Is this the stuff you posted:  http://www.scotts.com/smg/goprod/lawn-fungus-control/prod10330008/

I just had a Kentia take a dive and noticed the pink powder on the trunk flaking off.  I am going to try to save it.  Over the past 14 years of Palm-Tree-itis I have lost

(2) Kentia,

(1) Chambeyronia, 1 King, 1 Burretiokentia to the "The Pink"

I guess that is not too bad considering I have 50+ palms now. I have seen many palm tree tops rot off in the tropics too.  Circle of life I guess.

ALLOW ME TO VENT if I may.... It is always something!!!!!!!!  Cars break, dishwashers go ka-plunk, termites love our houses, paint does not last forever, and you get a palm up to 5 feet of trunk then illness sets in!  Thanks for listening.

[Matt in OC]

The struggle is real. 

[el-blanco]

On February 21, 2007 at 9:44:08 PM, MattyB said:

4 hours ago, Matt in OC said:

The struggle is real. 

Current war you are waging?  SO FRUSTRATING!!  What WAS this palm?

[Matt in OC]

That was a Hookeri that never established well. I ripped it out completely a few months ago.

[Palm Tree Jim]

7 hours ago, Matt in OC said:

The struggle is real. 

Ouch........

[DoomsDave]

Ouch, yeah, been there done that.

Jeff, sounds like you've had more than your fair share of casualties with PR. I think my more inland climate has made it less bad.

Archontophoenix purpurea seems to get it really bad for me.

Keep planting anyway.

And come to the PSSC meeting this Saturday.

[MattyB]

11 hours ago, el-blanco said:

Old Thread Resurrection - 

Matt - Is this the stuff you posted:  http://www.scotts.com/smg/goprod/lawn-fungus-control/prod10330008/

I just had a Kentia take a dive and noticed the pink powder on the trunk flaking off.  I am going to try to save it.  Over the past 14 years of Palm-Tree-itis I have lost

(2) Kentia,

(1) Chambeyronia, 1 King, 1 Burretiokentia to the "The Pink"

I guess that is not too bad considering I have 50+ palms now. I have seen many palm tree tops rot off in the tropics too.  Circle of life I guess.

ALLOW ME TO VENT if I may.... It is always something!!!!!!!!  Cars break, dishwashers go ka-plunk, termites love our houses, paint does not last forever, and you get a palm up to 5 feet of trunk then illness sets in!  Thanks for listening.

Yes that's the stuff.  2.3% T-methyl is the active ingredient.  Make a paste and shove it, stick it, wrap it up, where you can.  I fill the leaf base, where the petiole meets the crown shaft, up with granules and mist it in so it filters down behind the crownshafts.  I'm using it right now on a few purple kings.  Seems to work.  I've never lost a palm to pink rot since I've been using it.

 

[Cocoa Beach Jason]

Is pink rot in Florida? This has me nervous.

[Peter G]

Great thread, pink rot is something  I need to deal with on a daily basis (almost). The only product I found with T-Methyl in was Banrot, I use this when a Palm is in trouble, otherwise I spray hydrogen peroxide into the crown areas and into the leaf bases of those palms that have struggled against Pink Rot in the past. This problem doesn't want to go away :(

[el-blanco]

On February 21, 2007 at 9:44:08 PM, MattyB said:

On May 17, 2016 at 5:24:05 PM, DoomsDave said:

Ouch, yeah, been there done that.

Jeff, sounds like you've had more than your fair share of casualties with PR. I think my more inland climate has made it less bad.

Archontophoenix purpurea seems to get it really bad for me.

Keep planting anyway.

And come to the PSSC meeting this Saturday.

Will keep on planting.  I have to work Saturday unfortunately.

Dave - Will keep on planting.  I have to work Saturday unfortunately.

 

Matt - I lost a Hookeri too.  It started to look a little funny and simply snapped off.  Look just like your picture.

[el-blanco]

I am still trying to save this Kentia that has pink rot.  

2 weeks ago I took the advice of a palm grower and scrubbed a 50/50 bleach to water mix using a sturdy brush; A brush like you would scrub car tires with.  On the areas I scrubbed I have notice that no more pink rot has grown back, and I have clean scabbed over trunk in that area.  Today I I noticed some more pink rot higher up on the trunk.  So, I gave it another good overall scrub.  Further more a new spear appears to be opening and the crown shaft appears solid.  Hoping this bleach/water will do the trick.

Anyone else ever scrubbed an affected tree with this mixture?

[PalmatierMeg]

On ‎5‎/‎18‎/‎2016‎ ‎2‎:‎11‎:‎07‎, Cocoa Beach Jason said:

Is pink rot in Florida? This has me nervous.

It's alive & well in FL. Last year I lost a variegated Adonidia to PR.

[DoomsDave]

On 5/17/2016, 8:44:08, el-blanco said:

Old Thread Resurrection - 

Matt - Is this the stuff you posted:  http://www.scotts.com/smg/goprod/lawn-fungus-control/prod10330008/

I just had a Kentia take a dive and noticed the pink powder on the trunk flaking off.  I am going to try to save it.  Over the past 14 years of Palm-Tree-itis I have lost

(2) Kentia,

(1) Chambeyronia, 1 King, 1 Burretiokentia to the "The Pink"

I guess that is not too bad considering I have 50+ palms now. I have seen many palm tree tops rot off in the tropics too.  Circle of life I guess.

ALLOW ME TO VENT if I may.... It is always something!!!!!!!!  Cars break, dishwashers go ka-plunk, termites love our houses, paint does not last forever, and you get a palm up to 5 feet of trunk then illness sets in!  Thanks for listening.

Good to see you back!

We all need to vent once in a while. This physical universe gets to be a real pain sometimes.

[konarikcy]

Hi Kathy Konaris from Cyprus here. Panic Panic!

3 of my 15 archontophoenix palms  (min 2m high)  growing in pots until I can get them down on my plot where I am building in Ayia Napa, have got pink rot. I was totally unprepared as the ones planted in my garden are incredibly healthy and no sign of fungus.

They are mainly double and triple and so far appear to have  1 affected on each. Have read your incredibly informative bits above esp from Matty so thanks! and am off to get my Cu oxychloride  and T-methyl from local pesticide shop. Question - Do I spray the all the garden palms generally including livisonas, trachycarpus, arecastrum, robellinas, etc.? And is this something I should be doing periodically as a preventive measure.

Also any pictures of early symptoms of pink rot indications to look out for because obviously I left mine too late. Should I cut out the affected one of the triplet and treat the rest or discard everything in same pot?

thanks