Garden Club of Cape Coral | ID’ing macronutrient deficiencies in palms

Diagnosing palm nutrient deficiencies

A Garden Club of Cape Coral column explains how to tell whether a palm's problem is a macronutrient deficiency by checking whether symptoms appear on older or newer fronds.

Key points Diagnosing palm nutrient deficiencies
  1. A Garden Club of Cape Coral column explains how to tell whether a palm's problem is a macronutrient deficiency by checking whether symptoms appear on older or newer fronds.
  2. Older-frond symptoms most often point to a lack of potassium or magnesium, and the column details what each looks like and how to treat it.
  3. Potassium deficiency can kill a palm if untreated, while magnesium deficiency is not lethal but leaves the tree less hardy.
  4. Recovery takes a year or more, and Lee County residents can get help from the county extension office in Fort Myers.
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