Canary Palm Tree Browning of New Leaves

[Solanokid7]

Hello,

Can you please help me. What should I do? My Canary Palm tree leaves are turning brown and dying.  This is a 15 year old short Canary Palm tree but the trunk is huge located in Northern California. The leaves and were trimmed and also the seed pods were removed in March and ever since leaves are turning brown including the younger leaves. Palm tree fertilizer was given every 2 weeks since May but just getting worse. Notable about it is its next to a grass lawn which is watered frequently. I dont see any damage by beetles/ weevils on the leaves.

What do you recommend? Pls advise.

I appreciate your recommendations. Thank you

 

Erwin M

[JLM]

Did you sterilize your pruning tools before use? What kind of fertilizer?

[Silas_Sancona]

2 hours ago, Solanokid7 said:

Hello,

Can you please help me. What should I do? My Canary Palm tree leaves are turning brown and dying.  This is a 15 year old short Canary Palm tree but the trunk is huge located in Northern California. The leaves and were trimmed and also the seed pods were removed in March and ever since leaves are turning brown including the younger leaves. Palm tree fertilizer was given every 2 weeks since May but just getting worse. Notable about it is its next to a grass lawn which is watered frequently. I dont see any damage by beetles/ weevils on the leaves.

What do you recommend? Pls advise.

I appreciate your recommendations. Thank you

 

Erwin M

SolanoKid,  Welcome to the forum..

Would look up both Lethal Bronzing,  and  Fusarium Wilt..   Not saying that is what is happening here but fusarium wilt has been taking out Canaries around the Bay Area.

  Grew up in San Jose and watched over a dozen large specimens drop 1 by 1 in the late 2000's  after watching them being planted in a shopping center  .....in the mid 90s

Water turf grass would get won't adversely effect these.

As far as Weevils, not a problem anywhere around the Bay Area, No matter what someone inexperienced might suggest    ..so not something that could cause the issues you're seeing..

[MJSanDiego]

Folks I see the Canary Island Date palms all over here as the weevils destroy them. @Silas_Sancona keeps belitting me as an inexperienced joker who is trying to scare people. He lives in Phoenix and can't see it hands on.  The last pic has similar symptoms. Weevils burrow in the crown not the fronds. You must inspect the crown. The lower fronds die to crispy is an initial symptom.  There is no way anyone can say definitively that weevils are not a problem anywhere in the Bay Area.  It may or may not be. Concerned people inspect and eliminate. Weevils will spread. It's good to be on guard as they are highly destructive

[Silas_Sancona]

2 minutes ago, MJSanDiego said:

Folks I see the Canary Island Date palms all over here as the weevils destroy them. @Silas_Sancona keeps belitting me as an inexperienced joker who is trying to scare people. He lives in Phoenix and can't see it hands on.  The last pic has similar symptoms. Weevils burrow in the crown not the fronds. You must inspect the crown. The lower fronds die to crispy is an initial symptom.  TIt may or may not be. Concerned people inspect and eliminate. Weevils will spread. It's good to be on guard as they are highly destructive

When ya can't tell the difference between a fly larvae, and a beetle grub = VERY  inexperienced   ...when i comes to ID'ing insects at least.   

Reality is reality      << ..See how that works..

" There is no way anyone can say definitively that weevils are not a problem anywhere in the Bay Area. "  Haha!  So far from true..   And i won't explain it for you ..again..

..And it's Chandler ..not Phoenix..   Get it straight

[JLM]

1 hour ago, Silas_Sancona said:

When ya can't tell the difference between a fly larvae, and a beetle grub = VERY  inexperienced   ...when i comes to ID'ing insects at least.   

Reality is reality      << ..See how that works..

" There is no way anyone can say definitively that weevils are not a problem anywhere in the Bay Area. "  Haha!  So far from true..   And i won't explain it for you ..again..

..And it's Chandler ..not Phoenix..   Get it straight

I have only taken basic entomology in a high school forensic science class, what he tried to claim in another thread to be a weevil was most certainly not a weevil. It was 100% a maggot and there’s nothing that’ll change my mind about that.
 

For this situation, I would be more inclined to think some sort of disease rather than pest, considering the decline happened following pruning. On the other hand, this could be an extreme case of fertilizer burn too. 

[Silas_Sancona]

1 minute ago, JLM said:

I have only taken basic entomology in a high school forensic science class, what he tried to claim in another thread to be a weevil was most certainly not a weevil. It was 100% a maggot and there’s nothing that’ll change my mind about that.
 

For this situation, I would be more inclined to think some sort of disease rather than pest, considering the decline happened following pruning. On the other hand, this could be an extreme case of fertilizer burn too. 

That's a thought that crossed my mind also though i would think we'd  see more damage to all the fronds  vs. mainly just the outer ones if fertilizer related burn.. But, it is a reasonable possibility.   Having over fertilized my fare share of things through the years, that error in judgment shows,  pretty quickly, lol

[PalmatierMeg]

My first thought was, "He fertilized every two weeks since May (2024?)? Say what? I've never heard that CIPDs were fertilizer hogs - quite the opposite. Throwing fertilizer at a palm is not a cure-all for every problem. But if the dying leaves started after a March pruning (just the dead leaves or a full monty pencil point hack job?), the answer to your question may be staring you in the face: Lethal Bronzing or Fusarium Wilt - both invariably lethal. If RPW also infest the palm it certainly can't be saved. Fertilizer burn may be a contributing factor but is the least of your palm's issues.

[Solanokid7]

Hello,

Thank you All for the comments and recommendations.  I really am clueless about palms trees and made a mistake getting them pruned. The pruning blades might have caused the disease and further dying of the tree. Overwatering and overfertilization might also caused the further damage. Very disheartened to see this canary palm go this way.

Although this looks like Lethal Bronzing,  and  Fusarium Wilt... Praying to Lord God that this Palm tree can survive as all living things' existence including our lives depend on Lord God who creates and takes away. May God's will happen in this situation and in my life. We're all extremely blessed by Lord God with life in earth, to see His creation, and for the eternal life He will give us through His Son Jesus. John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life". Life does not last. All plants including ourselves die but What matters is where we spend eternity. Don't miss out on Jesus. God loves us so much that he made a way for us to avoid Hell because of our sins. Our eternal destiny depends on our decision. We got to repent and Accept Jesus as Lord and follow God the rest of our lives. We are fading as palm trees fade and die. Time is ticking...

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about the palm trees. I went off topic but pls dont miss out on what matters. Love u all.

 

Erwin M.