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This is root rot, right?

chad2468emr

By chad2468emr
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Got this guy within the last week, and I got around to repotting him today. I always hose the roots off on new palms that I’m going to pot, since the soil I use is 300% better draining than anything a nursery uses, and I need to make sure there aren’t clumps of wet soil stuck to most of the roots when my potting mix has long dried out and indicates it’s ready for water. After doing so, I found TONS of black mushy roots, but unlike previous cases of root rot I’d uncovered, this guy seemed to be growing new roots from the sides of roots that had previously died. Was it just recovering or something? I thought root rot was a damning condition and a palm was never to recover if it had it unless it was addressed head on? It also has one very dead and rotten sucker that had previously been cut off but was under the soil and is very rotten.  

To be safe (hopefully this doesn’t backfire) I clipped all the roots back that had black ends and then sprayed the roots down with H2O2 before putting it back in soil. It’s in a REAL sunny and hot spot, so I’m hoping that heat in the peak of summer will keep it from continuing to rot. It should dry out fast given the soil mix I used. 

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Former South Florida resident living in the Greater Orlando Area, zone 9b.

Constantly wishing I could still grow zone 10 palms worry-free, but also trying to appease my strange fixation with Washingtonias. 

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It does appear that some rot had set in, but there are also plenty of healthy roots. 

What I can't determine from the pictures are what the white "smudges" or spots are. They almost appear to be root mealybugs, but I cannot tell for certain. 

Also, beautiful color! 

 

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  On 6/13/2021 at 3:05 AM, Dartolution said:

It does appear that some rot had set in, but there are also plenty of healthy roots. 

What I can't determine from the pictures are what the white "smudges" or spots are. They almost appear to be root mealybugs, but I cannot tell for certain. 

Also, beautiful color! 

 

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Thanks! They had this labeled as a European fan palm at a nursery, but I’m pretty sure it’s serenoa repens. 

I’m not too sure what those smudges are either! They were solid and didn’t come off, so I kind of just left them. 

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Former South Florida resident living in the Greater Orlando Area, zone 9b.

Constantly wishing I could still grow zone 10 palms worry-free, but also trying to appease my strange fixation with Washingtonias. 

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I agree: silver Serenoa. Gorgeous color.

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  On 6/13/2021 at 11:21 AM, chad2468emr said:

Thanks! They had this labeled as a European fan palm at a nursery, but I’m pretty sure it’s serenoa repens. 

I’m not too sure what those smudges are either! They were solid and didn’t come off, so I kind of just left them. 

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Yeah, definitely not a chammie. 

I've got a tini-tiny silver saw clump in a pot thats in rehab at the moment. If mine turns out half as nice as that one I'll be happy! 

If the smudges were solid they weren't mealys. 

 

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  On 6/13/2021 at 11:21 AM, chad2468emr said:

Thanks! They had this labeled as a European fan palm at a nursery, but I’m pretty sure it’s serenoa repens. 

I’m not too sure what those smudges are either! They were solid and didn’t come off, so I kind of just left them. 

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Not a silver Chamaerops for sure. But nice!

I’ve had many a palm get the black root syndrome and most times not a problem. It just sends out new roots.

Keep us apprised,

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  On 6/13/2021 at 1:44 PM, PalmatierMeg said:

I agree: silver Serenoa. Gorgeous color.

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Wow, just like a small Bismarckia

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I just bought one I hope it ends up like yours.

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