Help windmill Palm sick

[Laura8]

Why is Palm not healthy looking? Live on NC coast. Palm planted in Oct. 2023

[SeanK]

A couple things are possible.

1. Soil is sandy.

2. Winter has just ended.

a. Dig up a couple teaspoons of the soil.

b. Mix with distilled water

c. Test the pH

Perhaps it's nothing.

[NC_Palms]

It looks fine and it should perk up as spring progresses. 

Worst case it’s a nutrient deficiency. Throwing a good palm fertilizer down can help with that.

If it’s related to sandy soil it would be dying from the spear first typically (based on what i’ve seen)

 

[Chester B]

Generally speaking all the Trachycarpus I’ve seen grown close to the ocean look like this.  Very yellow so it seems there is a nutrient deficiency.  The ones along the west coast start looking like that when you’re within a mile or so of the ocean. Regular fertilization with a palm fertilizer should help. 

[Merlyn]

@Laura8 generally yellow leaf tips are either Magnesium or Potassium deficiency, or both.  That also happens a lot after winter, even if the palm is generally hardy enough for the cold.  I'd add some "palm" type fertilizer, about a handful sprinkled in maybe a 6' diameter around it.  The most recommended types on here are PalmGain and Florikan, though I tend to use Sunniland 6-1-8.

[Harry’s Palms]

As others said , a good fertilizer for your area , see a good nursery man for advice in your area climate. Trachycarpus are very hardy and generally can go it on their own even in full sun here in warm inland valleys ., though they do look better with a bit of shade . Mine burns just a bit in warmer months but is dark green year round . I do not get that cold low temp in winter , 38f is the coldest. Harry

Full sun , south facing slope . About 8 years old from small 10” container.