Help - Queen palm

[dub671]

Hello palm enthusiasts,

Looking for help/suggestions/tips/information for a queen palm that looks like it might be a goner.

It was planted last august and had been doing well through the winter in a relatively mild 9B winter season although pretty rainy toward the end. 

over the past month-month and half the leaves have yellowed quickly. I thought maybe the soil was too wet since drainage and air circulation in that corner isn't great.

Today, i noticed that there appeared to be a sticky honey like substance under one of the old fronds. I pulled it back and took a photo of the "stuff"

Anybody have any idea what's going on here? There is another queen maybe 10 ft away that is nice and green and doing well with similar drainage but gets considerably more air circulation.

Save-able? Or am I digging in a couple weeks?

-Ed

[LoamWolf]

Gliocladium blight possibly? 

[PalmatierMeg]

I'd cut it down. Queens that size are cheaper than dirt. That's a terrible location for a palm that needs sun, light and air flow and at present is crammed in a dark corner.

[Ben in Norcal]

2 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

I'd cut it down. Queens that size are cheaper than dirt. That's a terrible location for a palm that needs sun, light and air flow and at present is crammed in a dark corner.

Agree, and a Queen will really get too big for that spot.  What part of NorCal are you in, Dub?  So many more interesting things to try in that spot...even a single King would be more fun, depending on your location.

[dub671]

Thanks Meg and Ben. Its looking worse by the day so its going to be coming out. 

Ben - I'm in south san jose. So it gets pretty hot down here in the summer and that spot gets direct overhead-ish sun in the summer from about 11 till 7pm. Drainage is rather poor as i've got some pretty solid clay about 2ft down. The direction of the photo is facing mostly South, a little west. I'm already trying a king a few feet over. Its one of the "teracarpa" ones from Phil/jungle music and can "take a bit more sun". Was trying to use the queen for some protection since it can get pretty cold in the winter here too.  Tried to put the king between two queens to try and buffer the wind/sun a little.

Any other thoughts as to something to try there? 

 

-Ed

[The Gerg]

 

31 minutes ago, dub671 said:

Thanks Meg and Ben. Its looking worse by the day so its going to be coming out. 

Ben - I'm in south san jose. So it gets pretty hot down here in the summer and that spot gets direct overhead-ish sun in the summer from about 11 till 7pm. Drainage is rather poor as i've got some pretty solid clay about 2ft down. The direction of the photo is facing mostly South, a little west. I'm already trying a king a few feet over. Its one of the "teracarpa" ones from Phil/jungle music and can "take a bit more sun". Was trying to use the queen for some protection since it can get pretty cold in the winter here too.  Tried to put the king between two queens to try and buffer the wind/sun a little.

Any other thoughts as to something to try there? 

 

-Ed

I bought a “teracarpa” from Phil about 4 years ago maybe. As advertised, it has been a more robust grower than my other kings and has also consistantly stayed pretty green without brown tipping.