Palm damage

[SarahA]

Hello

My palm has always had these holes, but I've never seen this sap (in 4 years) and I'm wondering if there's anything I can do for it. I googled it but I couldn't find corresponding pictures of possible problems to compare what it was definitively.  It's only at bottom of trunk. Nearby palm has also always had holes at bottom but no sap as of yet. Noticed sap this week. I'm in southern Florida and do have a lot of woodpeckers but it feels like a disease or infestation or something. I'm very interested in saving it vs. cutting down

Thankyou

Edited May 8, 2020 by SarahA

[redant]

I'm going to say there will be no saving that palm. While I'm not sure who's eating it it will most clearly perish from this. There are lots of much nicer palms to replace it with when the time come.

[PalmatierMeg]

Agree. It is certainly is not worth saving in its current state. Many of those holes look to be from woodpeckers. Woodpeckers don't do that for kicks to pass the time - they are looking for dinner. Your queen may be infested with borers too. It looks to be neglected, underfertilized and underwatered. The current drought may be its death knell. Queen palms are Class II invasives in FL. There are better qualified replacement palms available in St. Pete. I hope someone here can recommend candidates and local nurseries that have them. I suggest you avoid the orange and blue Big Box stores. The world of palms awaits you. Welcome to PalmTalk.