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Adonidia Base damage/hole - termites?

13 years ago

While cleaning out the beds yesterday, I noticed a portion of bark separating at the base of my Adonidia Palm. Investigated with a few finger pokes and the pieces fell away to reveal a soft, spongy, sawdust-like degeneration in the base of the tree! (close up pic) I am alarmed and concerned as the tree looks generally healthy outside until this portion of bark fell away.

Is this damage from termites or some kind of fungal infection?!

Has anyone seen this before? Can I treat this myself or should I be calling a palm tree service co. to investigate?

This post was edited by AJLJ on Sun, Jun 9, 13 at 7:04

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AJLJ
Original Author
13 years ago
Additional pic of tree (size reference)
tropicbreezent
13 years ago
Doesn't look like termite damage to me, more like a fungal problem. But you might need someone to look at it to find out why it happened. Adonidias don't normally just come down with something like that without cause. Maybe some sort of mechanical damage that let the fungus in.
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AJLJ
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the response. I am arranging a Palm tree service to investigate. I will post the outcome here.

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