Phoenix
dactylifera with foliar diseases, Lasiodiplodia and Pestalotiopsis. No root diseases
were cultured. Cloudy rainy day with drops on the lens. This palm looks worse after
several treatments. This was an over watered site with two adjacent dates that look
fine.
The
same
palm as above. A decline of the oldest leaves and moving upward in the canopy. This
half dead leaf caused a fear of a other known fungal problem in dates. The lab culture
proved our visual guess to be wrong. Note the symmetry of damage in the displayed leaf. We
ruled out salt/wind damage due to the healthy adjacent palms. The real killer is the white impatiens flowers in the background, the reason for
the daily irrigation. These annuals were being pushed into the late April heat
in South Florida. This is one Date that believes water loving annuals around
$ 8,000.00 palms is foolish.
us with "Trees"