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Quintrex · 11th October 2007, 02:10 AM

Hi Ekka.
It certainly looks dead to me, no sign of green in the head or any evidence of a new spear shaft emerging.
In Sydney, Fusarium Fungus has decimated large poplulations of Phoenix Canariensis, starting at Centennial Park and Moore Park, then finding it's way to Rockdale Council LGA, gradually killing an Avenue along President Ave and 3 other steets which were showplaces the council put a lot of resources into maintaining.
A few years later, the fungus appeared in the Sutherland Shire, across a major river (Georges River). This was thought to be imported by Palms transplanted into the Cronulla Mall from all over Sydney prior to 1988 for a Bi- Centenary beautification project.
We treated many of these by extensive watering and applications of Sea-sol, but only achieved a survival rate of 5 %.
We annually prune these trees of dead fronds, fruit and extraneous growth, and sterilse all tools with concentrated bleach between each Palm.
Steve

11th October 2007, 02:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Quintrex Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 501	Re: Is this Date Palm\| Phoenix canariensis\| Canary Island Date Palm in Brisbane dead? Hi Ekka. It certainly looks dead to me, no sign of green in the head or any evidence of a new spear shaft emerging. In Sydney, Fusarium Fungus has decimated large poplulations of Phoenix Canariensis, starting at Centennial Park and Moore Park, then finding it's way to Rockdale Council LGA, gradually killing an Avenue along President Ave and 3 other steets which were showplaces the council put a lot of resources into maintaining. A few years later, the fungus appeared in the Sutherland Shire, across a major river (Georges River). This was thought to be imported by Palms transplanted into the Cronulla Mall from all over Sydney prior to 1988 for a Bi- Centenary beautification project. We treated many of these by extensive watering and applications of Sea-sol, but only achieved a survival rate of 5 %. We annually prune these trees of dead fronds, fruit and extraneous growth, and sterilse all tools with concentrated bleach between each Palm. Steve