Sabal disease

[Rafael]

I think this is some kind of deficiency. 

Anyone with this problem in sabals before?

[Walt]

It may be some type of bacterial infection of the meristem or the overall palm itself. I wouldn't think it would be a mineral deficiency that manifested itself that fast, especially if you've been fertilizing your palm with a good analysis that has all the minors in it..

In any event, if it were my palm I would bud drench and root drench the palm with a wide-spectrum systemic fungicide, such as Cleary's or something even superior.

In any event, I hope your palm grows out of whatever problem it has.

[Umbrae]

I get fronds like that on my Bizmarcks sometimes after cold wet weather 

[Phoenikakias]

Watch out for hooked segment tips. They may not be instantly obvious on Sabal like on Butia or Jubaea. Some Sabal specimens suffer from manganese deficiency. Latter could be accute and provisory or chronic. Not much you could do about last one and no necessary action for the first one. I tend to believe such plants are weaklings.

[Pal Meir]

After a severe winter a Chamaerops of mine showed similar symptoms.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

I have a several hundred palms that look like this after this winter. 

[Phoenikakias]

Problem is that winter in Portugal is milder than in Greece, and my Sables do not show this kind of stress. 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

3 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Problem is that winter in Portugal is milder than in Greece, and my Sables do not show this kind of stress. 

We show this damage more in texas in milder winters when the palms are growing year round and then the temp drops from 80F to 20F in 8 hours time. Cooler overall winters when the palms stop growing/go dormant we see less of this damage. 

[Phoenikakias]

2 hours ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

We show this damage more in texas in milder winters when the palms are growing year round and then the temp drops from 80F to 20F in 8 hours time. Cooler overall winters when the palms stop growing/go dormant we see less of this damage. 

Climate is not comparable. The northern latitude is much bigger in Europe with weak sun during a mostly cloudy winter (no east coast weather pattern). Winter can be mild, cool, cold but under no circumstances warm! This is the reason why even in entirely frost free places Coconut can not grow...

Edited April 24, 2017 by Phoenikakias

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

I was in no way insinuating that the two climates are similar.  My point is that when palms are actively growing in the winter they are far more susceptible to cold damage.