[Arid_gardener] Queen Palm

[Tyler Storey]

Roy,
Dick is right on the money about the single growing point and the
advisability of starting over.  While some palms do produce suckers at the
base, and these can be transplanted, Queen Palms do not.  Once your growing
tip is gone, the plant is done.
I would go one further and suggest that when you re-plant, plant something
other than a new Queen Palm.  Queen Palms are widely planted here, but
they're really a poor choice.  If you look around, you'll find that for
every Queen Palm doing well there's a dozen that look awful.  As a Brazilian
native, they're adapted to a much more humid climate and much richer soil
than we have in the desert.  As a result, they require a high level of care
and tend to do poorly. 
So, take comfort in that you're not alone either in having a declining Queen
Palm or in having wasted money on "patent medicine," and do yourself a favor
and replace it with something more suited to this climate.
Tyler

tyler at tylerstorey.com
http://tylerstorey.com
602-738-2978
-----Original Message-----


Some palm varieties can produce suckers from the base but these should 
always cut off as I recall but can they be rooted?

A queen palm has, of course, only one growing tip. When that becomes 
compromised, the plant has, for all practical purposes, bit the dust and the

sooner you start over the better. I would, however, plant the new speciman 
at least 8 feet from the original. Personally, I would not, as hard as it 
may be to admit defeat, waste any more time on the dying or dead palm.

Contrary, or second opinions are welcome, of course.

Dick Gross, MGV
UofA Maricopa County Cooperative Extension

----- Original Message ----- 

> Roy
> 85205
> roy_horton5 at yahoo.com
>
> My queen palm got what I thought was crown rot, but a web site that links 
> to you calls it "frizzle top."  Either way, the crown rot medicine I put 
> on it did not help.  Maybe it needed the frizzle top treatment that the 
> web site suggested.  There is now only one dead frond on top of the palm, 
> but the trunk has some green on the bottom half of it.  Is the palm 
> completely gone, or can it grow again?  There has been no new growth for 
> quite some time, but as I said, the trunk still has some green on it. 
> Thanks.
>
>
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