Pindo palm stays yellow…

[Miller66]

My Pindo Palm stay yellow year round despite cutting back on water or over watering.

[Harry’s Palms]

Looks like your soil has a nutrient deficiency . I would start with SulPoMag but it won’t start improving until Spring. Assuming you are in Lancaster , California , we are getting into winter right now so everything slows down. Over trimming a palm won’t help it . The palm needs its older foliage to draw from as it pushes new growth. My Butia Oderata was a silvery green at that age and it is now silver/ blue. Harry

‘This was taken in early summer. Palm is 25 years from strap leaf seedling. Planted in full sun , south facing slope. I am 20 miles from the beach , inland valley warm . 

[sonoranfans]

yeah serious Mg deficiency, as Harry said sulpo mag is the ticket.  Its also called langbeinite or KMag and its naturally occurring.

[Merlyn]

@Miller66 what do you currently use for fertilizer?  Sulpomag / Kmag / Langbeinite is good as a slow release fertilizer.  The fronds that aren't yellow also look a bit pale green, maybe more so than normal.  A good fertilizer like Palmgain or Florikan should help too.

[NMPalmjunky]

@Miller66  Butias like acidic soil. I was having the same issue a few years ago despite trying several different fertilizers. The palm was able to green up once I brought the soil ph down with some blueberry bush sulfur. 

[palmnut-fry]

I did not realize they liked acidity, but fine specimens have survived here in Dallas something like 35 years in our native caliche black clay. 

I notice my young plant in a tub by house is more greenish but am monitoring. I use home made compost with a mix of both organic & chem fertilizers but not more than once a year.   

 

[Fusca]

1 hour ago, palmnut-fry said:

I did not realize they liked acidity, but fine specimens have survived here in Dallas something like 35 years in our native caliche black clay. 

Butia are quite variable.  I had 2 planted in the front yard of a small residential lot in San Antonio with slightly alkaline soil.  One did just fine while the other pushed yellow new growth despite regular feeding with Palmgain.  I finally dug it out and gave it to a neighbor who kept it in a large pot.  It greened up for him and grew well in the pot.  I have this Butia odorata here since 2019 in higher alkaline soil and is growing great while one that I transplanted from SA didn't survive!