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One out of three palms is dropping all fronds.

Beach Boy

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Beach Boy

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I have three beautiful 50 foot plus Mexican palms in my front yard which is near Gulf Shores Alabama.  One of the trees drops its dead fronds almost immediately.  Is my tree in serious trouble?  I fertilized last Fall.  Any suggestions?   Thanks in advance.

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We need photos

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Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

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34 minutes ago, Beach Boy said:

I have three beautiful 50 foot plus Mexican palms in my front yard which is near Gulf Shores Alabama.  One of the trees drops its dead fronds almost immediately.  Is my tree in serious trouble?  I fertilized last Fall.  Any suggestions?   Thanks in advance.

Welcome to PalmTalk.  I agree that photos would help.  However, if one of your Mexican fan palms drops its dead fronds, but still has many green fronds, then that is perfectly normal.  Typically, Mexican fan palms retain their dead fronds until they reach a certain height, and then they begin to drop them.

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Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, California.  Vicarious appreciator of palms in other people's gardens and in habitat

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Photos would help, but if they are all 50 footers then it could just be random genetics.  I have a pair of same age/same height Livistona Chinensis in my side yard.  Once of them I can easily pull off old leaf bases by hand...the other I have to hack at them with a box knife to trim them up.  Both are healthy and happy.

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96720

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Consider yourself lucky if you don’t have to pay someone to trim them!!!

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