Posted by Tony O on 6/19/2009, 10:59 am, in reply to "date palm health"
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Could it be the natural process of ageing? As the trunk swells, the older leaves loose contact with the trunk, yellowing and browning before falling off.
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: My date palms are about 16' of trunk.
: They have day lilies around them about
: four feet out and have lawn on one
: side. They look robust and they
: produce fruit each year but this year
: the stem of the oldest leaves has
: turned yellow. The new ones are green
: and healthy looking. I just recently
: fertilized this year for the first time
: in about three years after seeing this.
: The edges of the older leaves are
: slightly dried but not too extreme I
: live in Las Vegas and we have been
: getting a lot of wind lately.
:
: I cannot find anything anywhere about
: this can anyone help?
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