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Post by easytiger on Jul 1, 2010 15:58:30 GMT
Hi All, I just wondered if anyone can help me with the above, the tree is approx 9 meters tall and i have noticed that the bark seems to be coming off i am a bit worried as i think it is top heavy and it seems to be thinning near the top as seem in photos  is it OK or is it sick,there are warnings of the red palm weevil in the Algarve but they attack the center of the leaves which is not the case here its the bark HELP is needed here i am at a loss as to what to do many thanks.    |
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Post by victoria on Jul 1, 2010 18:01:43 GMT
Hello Suzie ...
First, I think this should be in Pests & Diseases but I can't seem to move it ... doh!
Palms are never 'top' heavy. I am very suspicious it is the Red Palm Weevil, of which I know a great deal. Although you live in VdT you were obviously not present at that talk I gave last October to the Garden Club specifically about this problem. It looks like a male Palm which is attacked 80% or more of the time. Are you sure there is no damage on the crown? The bug goes in through the crown or down through a frond with a split or cutting (it appears you have some fresh cuttings of the fronds close to the trunk .....a 'no no') and into the trunk and just burrow their way down the tree so they are present in the tree itself. Does the tree where this canker is smell unpleasant, ie, like vomit? Can you see holes anywhere about the size of a thumb?
Answers to some of the above may give more definitive answers.
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Post by easytiger on Jul 1, 2010 20:05:12 GMT
Hi Victoria, No smell and lots of new growth on top,  looks like nature is just shedding the bark,just not sure i really do not think it is the red palm w, as they start at the top and go into the tree as you say, i did miss your talk as well, sorry about that  just wanted to know if it was some sort of disease . thank you very much. |
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Post by victoria on Jul 2, 2010 17:10:35 GMT
Hi again Suzie. We are going over to a friend's tomorrow till Sunday so I shall send the pics to him as he is a palm specialist and will get back to you in a couple of days.
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Post by easytiger on Jul 3, 2010 18:17:25 GMT
Hi Victoria, Thank you very much have a great day suzie x |
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Post by easytiger on Jul 4, 2010 15:15:03 GMT
Hi Victoria here is another photo  |
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Post by pete on Jul 4, 2010 19:42:04 GMT
It looks pretty healthy to me, but then I've no experience of large CIDP.
Something that does come to mind is, how long has this tree been in this position?
I know in certain parts its normal to transplant some pretty large palms.
I'm just wondering if that is whats happened here or is the top heavy affect due to the old frond bases falling off.
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Post by easytiger on Jul 5, 2010 15:49:22 GMT
Hi Pete, as far as i know the tree has been here since the house was built in the late 80's,we have been here since 2003 and its always been here, what i meant by top heavy is i was worried as the bark was thin under the leaves that it might snap ??it looks healthy to me also but as i have no idea if it was sick.  |
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Post by easytiger on Jul 5, 2010 18:35:30 GMT
Hi Victoria and pete, I think i have found my problem,i have been watching the palm this afternoon and i saw a baby rat running up the tree and entering where the bark is coming down,my next question is how to get rid of them ?? do i get rat poison and a tall ladders and put it in the holes where the bark is gone ?will this harm the tree or should i leave them alone will they kill my tree,questions, questions, sorry but i have no idea what to do  |
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Post by victoria on Jul 5, 2010 19:11:40 GMT
Hi Suzi I now see it's a female palm so would suspect it doesn't have the weevil disease. My friend was a little 'enibriated' on Saturday and I neer got an answer from him and have e-mailed. I will re e-mail wih your revelation of rats as I have never heard of this before.  Will get back to you as and when ..... |
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Post by easytiger on Jul 5, 2010 21:03:13 GMT
Hi Victoria, Thank you very much what a hot day its been phew |
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Post by victoria on Jul 6, 2010 20:42:57 GMT
Hi Suzie Well, after re e-mailing Stu he has finally come back to me with the comment 'it is diseased'. As you are away in the UK from Friday till the end of the month, I shall contact him again and mention the rats before he goes off to Hungary the end of the month for three weeks. Yes, another hot one today ... I kept in today in the a/c being a sensible sort of person at times ....  |
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Post by victoria on Nov 18, 2010 19:14:52 GMT
Hi there ... Just thought I would post an update on the disaster of the Red Palm Weevil here in our neck of the woods. It has destroyed most of the Canary Palms in the area this year alone. There is barely a couple left standing between us and Algoz, which is only 6km, and all the ones in Calvos have gone. Friends of ours who live five minutes away went back to the UK for 2 1/2 months in the summer returning last month. To their horror their five Canary Palms had all been struck by the RPW ...    ... and these were the critters taken from one of them ...    In our years here in this house (13 now) we have enjoyed this view of our neighbour's Canary Palm ...  Barely three weeks later it looks like this today ...  ... yes, that's how quick they can destroy a palm that size! It's all very sad. |
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Post by kedigato on Nov 18, 2010 19:24:15 GMT
That is awful, Sis, not only that these palms are being attacked by the RPW, but that such magnificent palms can be destroyed so quickly! Peter and I are both horrified and saddened that the one nearby has been stricken now as well. It is enough to make you cry, isn't it? |
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