Help / Advice Needed With Queen Palm

[orlandozone9b]

Good morning,

earlier this year I planted 2 queen palms in my yard among my palm collection.

the palm seen in pictures seems to be opening fronds incorrectly and they are just hanging. I think this may have happened from me pruning too early on. Regardless, I have no pruned since then in hopes that this will rectify itself. It’s been months and a few new fronds and they are still droopy.

 

does anyone know what is causing this and will it ever look normal? Or should I rip out.

 

[SeanK]

Water plus a fert with Mn just in case. As a point of reference, you should check the soil pH with a cheap pool kit. 

FYI - A landscaper never plants singles. He thinks about the mowers that will come through during the summer months. 

[Harry’s Palms]

The coloring looks pretty good on them for relatively new palms . I would let them do their thing for now , maybe as @SeanK says , a bit of fertilizer.. one thing about palms planted out in nice lawn areas  is , if you use a lawn fertilizer which normally has a high nitrogen content . This could be more than what the palms want. When I started my recent collection in this house , 1997 , the developer had put beautiful fescue sod everywhere . To keep it green I used Scott’s and had cut outs like you for my palms . I ended up taking out the lawn and covering with beach pebbles , mainly because it was a hassle to get the mower around the palms as my collection grew . I noticed the palms did better after that. Harry

[Merlyn]

It looks like the new fronds are coming out substantially shorter than the old ones.  That's in the 3rd picture with your hand.  That's normal for shade-grown palms to grow short fronds when put out into sun.  I'd check the new fronds just to make sure they aren't "stuck" in the crown.  Otherwise if they are just short but normal coloring then I'd just leave it and fertilize as mentioned above.  It'll probably push a longer frond for the next one, but it might still be partially buried in the crown.