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Palm Nutrition & Deficiency Effects
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:06 am
by lucky1
Excellent document from floridaplants worth reviewing every year, especially for tropical palms that are finicky:
http://www.floridaplants.com/horticulture/palm.htm
Barb
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:48 pm
by tropicman
Thanks Barb
Very good read!
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:37 pm
by lucky1
It ticks me off though that some deficiencies masquerade as something else.
And of course you can throw that list away if the pH is off too.
AAAARGH!
Barb
THE BEST! Nutrient Deficiency/Pest site
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:10 pm
by lucky1
This is the best I've seen...recommend Bookmarking this for reference:
http://itp.lucidcentral.org/id/palms/sy ... index.html
Now we'll have no excuse at all...
"Stuck" palm spears?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:41 am
by lucky1
I suppose we should now list WATER as a nutrient!
This Triangle Palm spear simply wouldn't open after lengthening for nearly
SIX months 
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/539 ... 9bd240.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSC04412" />
After leaching all the palms in the bathtub to dilute toxic fertilizer levels (thanks Steve07), it pushed out really fast.
<img src="
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/543 ... 61f268.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSC04442" />
I've since discovered that one of the first symptoms of fertilizer toxicity is a slight "dimpling" or "bubbling" of petiole segments, usually at the tips.
This year old Wodyetia bifurcata shows it mid-leaf.
Needs increased watering to flush out the fertilizer.
<img src="
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/543 ... e94e65.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSC04439" />
Does this learning process
ever end?
Barb
