Please Help!

[sunpalms]

Hi All:

I had this Pindo Palm planted in early December. I live on the cusp of 8A/8B. We had a crazy winter in NC - temperatures got pretty low for a couple of weeks and we had 3 inches of snow (which is extremely rare). I tried my best to protect the palm during this.

When it was first planted, I watered it every other day for three weeks. Since then, I water it 1-2x per week depending on rainfall and temp. Our landscapers also put down new fertilizer about three weeks ago.

I'm noticing that some fronds are now yellowing and browning. There are two that are basically dead (see pictures) and more that look like it might happen to them soon. Up until about a month ago, these fronds were green/slightly browning.

Wondering what to do next? Is this something I should be concerned about? I have not yet removed any fronds. Clearly I am new to this  and any help is appreciated.

[SeanK]

Looks pretty damn good considering it was planted at the wrong time of year. Start treating the bud with peroxide once a week. It may be nothing, but I lost one 20 years ago. It started losing leaves from the outside in. By the time the spear pulled, it was Labor Day (US).

[Jim in Los Altos]

To my eyes it appears to just be a case of an old frond dying off as is normal. When it’s brown, just cut it off near the trunk. As long as it has a healthy spear emerging, it’s doing fine. When the soil warms, you should see more growth. Pindo palms are not fast growers by any means even in perfect growing conditions. 

[TropicsEnjoyer]

21 minutes ago, SeanK said:

Looks pretty damn good considering it was planted at the wrong time of year. Start treating the bud with peroxide once a week. It may be nothing, but I lost one 20 years ago. It started losing leaves from the outside in. By the time the spear pulled, it was Labor Day (US).

i second this , better safe than sorry.

Recently i had a young queen spear pull about a month after last frost. I knew it was damaged but I never applied peroxide until the spear was already gone. So it doesn’t hurt to prevent.

[sunpalms]

1 hour ago, SeanK said:

Looks pretty damn good considering it was planted at the wrong time of year. Start treating the bud with peroxide once a week. It may be nothing, but I lost one 20 years ago. It started losing leaves from the outside in. By the time the spear pulled, it was Labor Day (US).

Thank you for the reply. How much peroxide do I use? Do I dilute it at all?

[Merlyn]

10 minutes ago, sunpalms said:

Thank you for the reply. How much peroxide do I use? Do I dilute it at all?

Just a decent sized squirt of regular 3% household stuff is good.  If it bubbles there is fungus present.  If it doesn't bubble, no fungus!  

I would give it a good handful of palm-type fertilizer too.  Just sprinkle in the mulched ring.  Palmgain and Florikan are the most recommended here, but I tend to use Sunniland Palm 6-1-8.