Does my palm have fungus?

[Borosbobo]

Hello guys!

Does my brahea armata have fungus or what is going on with it. Can you guys help me?

 

[Merlyn]

@Borosbobo it looks like a crown rot to me.  It will kill your palm if not cured, though some just grow out of it.  I have cured several of my palms using doses of hydrogen peroxide followed up by Daconil a couple of hours later.  Repeat a couple of times per week until the H2O2 stops bubbling on contact.  I would also try lightly pulling up on the brown spear to see if it pulls out.

[Borosbobo]

5 hours ago, Merlyn said:

@Borosbobo it looks like a crown rot to me.  It will kill your palm if not cured, though some just grow out of it.  I have cured several of my palms using doses of hydrogen peroxide followed up by Daconil a couple of hours later.  Repeat a couple of times per week until the H2O2 stops bubbling on contact.  I would also try lightly pulling up on the brown spear to see if it pulls out.

Thank you! I will try out theye methods and hopefully my palm will be cured

[Borosbobo]

And should I water my palm less frequently while on this treatment?

[Borosbobo]

And can you tell me how to apply h2o2?

[Merlyn]

@Borosbobo just get a bottle of regular household hydrogen peroxide, generally 3% concentration.  You can get it from any grocery store or pharmacy, etc.  Squirt some over the top of the spear, letting it dribble down to the crown.  And then squirt a bit more into the base of the new spear, it likely will bubble up like mad.  That means it is attacking a fungus. 

After it quits bubbling that means the hydrogen peroxide has converted to oxygen and water.  At that point repeat with Daconil with the same process.

Repeat a couple of times per week.  It may be useful to mark the spear horizontally with a sharpie, so you can tell if it's still trying to grow taller.

I'd water it normally, just don't water the crown or have sprinklers spraying the crown or new spear.

[Borosbobo]

19 hours ago, Merlyn said:

@Borosbobo just get a bottle of regular household hydrogen peroxide, generally 3% concentration.  You can get it from any grocery store or pharmacy, etc.  Squirt some over the top of the spear, letting it dribble down to the crown.  And then squirt a bit more into the base of the new spear, it likely will bubble up like mad.  That means it is attacking a fungus. 

After it quits bubbling that means the hydrogen peroxide has converted to oxygen and water.  At that point repeat with Daconil with the same process.

Repeat a couple of times per week.  It may be useful to mark the spear horizontally with a sharpie, so you can tell if it's still trying to grow taller.

I'd water it normally, just don't water the crown or have sprinklers spraying the crown or new spear.

Thank you so much!