Lethal Bronzing In Palmettos - This Is A HUGE Problem In Florida.

[@bennichollz8349]

Love that you’ve got some videos coming back out!!!

[@araucariasightings3247]

Here in San Diego we have fusarium wilt which is killing many canary palms and also in the last 10 years we got the South American palm weevil which has already killed most of the canaries and also on occasion kills so other palms. It is really sad to see all these old canaries dead everywhere.

[@AndrewOudin]

lethal bronzing is understood to be a phytoplasma infection, which can be thought of as a bacterial infection. Antibiotics like oxytetracycline seem to provide protection to palms in the early stages of infection.

[@jeffreyfeind]

I live in palmetto, I’ve been noticing it for over a decade. It’s bad. People planting Phoenix Sylvester’s all the new developments around here they all die from it quickly. It kills queens also. Even seen Pygmy Christmas and foxtail and silver palms die from it at a lesser extent then the palmetto/ Phoenix palms. It’s really sad. Seems the Royal palms are immune

[@RH421939]

Saw some in fort Myers

[@jeffreyfeind]

I live in palmetto, I’ve been noticing it for over a decade. It’s bad. People planting Phoenix Sylvester’s all the new developments around here they all die from it quickly. It kills queens also. Even seen Pygmy Christmas and foxtail and silver palms die from it at a lesser extent then the palmetto/ Phoenix palms. It’s really sad. Seems the Royal palms are immune