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fr8train307

Trachy Troubles...

17 years ago

I'm having huge problems with all of my Trachycarp-i. Over winter, all of my many trachys aside from my stone gate princeps and false takil are, or have gone into, serious decline. My little latisectus is dead, same goes for my younger wagnerianus and martianus. My larger wagnerianus looks very dead but I'm hoping summer may bring it back. All of my other palms have pulled through very well (all of the sabal, brahea, phoenix, washingtonia, chamaerops, butia, and so on).

Before winter I've sprayed fungicide and another sprays that are supposed to kill bugs and the like (just thought I should mention this).

Do you all think that it may be the soil? I read that trachy's like acidic soil, and I had them in neutral cactus soil that I got at Menard's (for all those outside of the midwest it's essentially the same as home depot).

I didn't over water them, if anything I under watered them, always waiting for the soil to be complete dry a couple of inches in before I watered. So I don't know, how does everyone on here manage to keep their trachys alive and well?

I'll post pic's tonight as I'm not currently on my computer.

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Comments (10)

  • 17 years ago

    Are these inside or protected outside?

  • 17 years ago

    turtile
    They're all in clay pots indoors. I can't afford to plant my non-generic palms outside, but it seems they're dieing anyway :'( (trachy's that is, the rest are fine).

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  • 17 years ago

    You say there in cactus soil. Are you sure they are draining good ?

  • 17 years ago

    I sprayed for bugs too,My guess is that the oil in the bug spray infected the crowns/spears,I lost more palms indoors this year than outside!,most were Trachys,one was a W.filifera

  • 17 years ago

    Topher
    Yes they were drain draining good, at least so I think. I rarely watered and let the soil completely dry out before watering again. Maybe this was still too much?

    Jim
    I'm sorry to hear that you've lost some palms as well. The bug spray I used was specially formulated for plants, maybe trachys are just very sensitive? I'm really disappointed because I'm going to have to start all over again with these plants in the summer, when I could have had a nice head start. Not to mention that they're expensive. I hope that in the future I can prevent this from happening again, but I would really like to know how to prevent this (or at least have some idea).

    I was going to post some pics of the sick/dead palms for a better idea of what's going on with them, but my internet is acting up so I'll try again tomorrow morning. Thanks again for the feedback.

  • 17 years ago

    The spray I used is for inside house plants and I'm sure it's what killed my palms, in the future I will just clean the leaves because everything you spray on palms goes into the crown.I'm sure it was the oil in the spray that suffocated/infected the spears.I lost,2 latisectus,2 wagxfort,1 S.tamaulipas and 2 W.filifera.

  • 17 years ago

    Maybe not enough water? Did all of the leaves start going at once or was it the oldest leaves first? Were the leaves turning yellow or brown?

  • 17 years ago

    Not enough water yeah that was my next guess.
    I know in the summertime it seems you can't give them enough !

  • 17 years ago

    Fr8,did the spears pull on the palms you lost?

  • 17 years ago

    Thank you all for taking the time to answer.

    On my wagnerianus first the tips on the bottom leaves began to turn black and then all of the leaves turned black. The other ones just turned brown, they're all in very well draining soil and were only watered when completely dry. I don't know, maybe it was under watering, but only my trachy's are dying. Everything else, including my tropicals are fine. :( I've treated all my palms similarly this winter, and only my trachys are suffering.

    None of the spears pulled on any of them.

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