As you folks know, the Ag Ext is closed on weekends and Monday is a holiday. So the saga continues.
I printed out these photos and took to the local nursery. They gave their stock answer.... they had no idea what it was but "you should try this fertilizer..."
Sam
Well- you can tell by the frizzled fronds that the tree is malnourished- is it regularly fed at all? Minerals too? And add the base of the trunk to the equation and it spells trouble IMO.
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Thanks, it gets the same fertilizer as the rest of the yard/trees -
10-10-10 spring and fall -- or whatever is on the bag. All the other trees in the yard - fruit, pines - are doing great. But as you can tell I know nothing about palm trees. Interestingly I was talking to the next door neighbor about this one. He told me it has looked that way 15 years ago before I was there.Will post again when I find out something for the benefit of other folks.
PS - I'm surprised that there is not a website somewhere with photos of palm conditions. This must be a common question for the rest of the suckers out there who have these *useless* non-native trees.
Sam
PS -- I don't like palm trees as they are non-native to Calif, produce no shade or fruit and attract lovely rats in the top. I think I have solved the problem....
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I prefer the totem pole look myself..
Now, chop it down, grab a chain saw and have fun.. ;)
Them rapscallion Calif Ag Ext folks still ain't replied to me and won't answer their phone. Evidently all the county offices' phone lines are forwarded to the offcice in Davis. Jeez. Tomorrow I'm calling the Arizona boys and see what happens.
Anyway, anyone who can share some info about this tree - is this normal or not, etc - would be very much appreciated.
If you send me an email, please post to this newsgroup also as I do not check this account daily.
Sam
Dear friends,
I have been waiting for a reply to both emails and phone calls to the = Calif Ag Extension. Other than going there in person (300 miles) looks = like I won't be getting any help from them.
Are there any sites on the internet that show palm diseases? Thanks.
Sam
Anyway, anyone who can share some info about this tree - is this normal = or not, etc - would be very much appreciated.
If you send me an email, please post to this newsgroup also as I do not = check this account daily.
Sam
I have been waiting for a reply to both emails and phone calls to the Calif Ag Extension. Other than going there in person (300 miles) looks like I won't be getting any help from them.
Are there any sites on the internet that show palm diseases? Thanks.
Sam
+++++++++++++When I did a google search using the words "palm tree diseases california", I noticed a few sites that looked promising among the 1,800,000 search results. I didn't even have to go past the first page.
Thanks, Joe. I did the same at first also. Unfortunately I could not = find any photos of disease or pest infestation and I went thru at least =
10 pages of links before I gave up. I noticed that many of the links = were to the Calif Ag Ext at UC Davis -- which is impossible to get at = reply from.Sam
Try holding your breath instead, Doug Kanter.
The message from Steveo contains these words:
You've made a fool of yourself, Joesparebedroom didn't write the words you quote. They were written by Sammy.
Janet
Good opening line for a fight but negative reinforcement is a poor pedagogy that usually leads to the teacher being ignored, and opportunities for future instruction lost. Moreover, iirc, Doug Kanter has been responsible for posting piles of filth in this NG.
Filth: Anything you disagree with.
Grow up already.
Yeah, that's the kind of negative pedagogy to which I was referring.
By filth, I was alluding to gratuitous use of scat language in a News Group that would be inappropriate for minors and spinster aunts from New England. You wonder about people who make a point of not being courteous, and how their parents must have treated them.
I wonder much more about our society of spinster aunts who elected Bush/Cheney twice than I am concerned about a few language terms. Language is somethng people develop in life. It has nothing to do with parenting. If parenting had to do with the end result, I should be dead a long time now.
Just an observation.
I'm equally offended by your rape of what appears to be your native language. There might be children watching. You don't even know you're doing it, but reading above, beginning with "By filth...", you'll see it if you try.
So, I'm to guess that the pods got Joe, and all the dogs can come out now and use his lawn? Here doggie, doggie. Want to leave a message on Joe's nice clean lawn? Good boy/girl. Good puppy. I'm having forced carnal knowledge of a language? Sounds interesting. How does one do that? I'm not an English major and I'm not backed by an omniscient force so where's the problem? I dropped a comma somewhere? You do understand the meaning of the words coming out of my keyboard, don't you? So if we are communicating, why go retentive on me? If you want to be obscure, I applaud you. Obscurity becomes you.
It's not obscure at all. Matter of fact, it's capitalized. I find that as obscene as you find my choice of words at times.
Give me a freakin' break. I can't add italics, I can't add diacritical marks and you want to rag on me for using capitalization for em-pha-sis??! Oy gevalt.
So you are a pod, or are you Doug Kanter, or one of the many faces of Eve? What's with the multiple personality thing? . . But I digress . . .
Looking back through your posts, he said, staring over the top of his glasses (no not those glasses, the other ones) I don't really see anything reprehensible. If you will recall, I qualified my statement with an iirc (eark??). Anyway, jolly good, well done, and all that sort of thing.
Now run along and make us proud of you;-)
Don't forget to clean up that mess on your lawn.
No kidding. I'll be on the phone again Monday.
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