"John Keller" wrote in message
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I have had an ongoing problem problem with three tree queen palms. One of
a
group of three first started to show wilted new fronds. I was told it was
Frizzle Top and I should treat it with Magnisium Sulfate and Palm
fertilizer. We did this accourding to instructions on the packages.
The problem has improved a little on the first tree for a while, but it
and
the other two trees have also shown troubling signs. We looked close and
all of the trees have a creamy white, waxy coating on the fronds and
trunk.
The coating washed off with a high preassure streams of hose water.
I cannot determine if this coating was a normal function of the tree, and
unrelated to the problems we have been having, or is a disease or scale
problem. Any ideas.

It sounds like a combination of Frizzle Top and a fungal infection. Look at
the base of the trunk for a "shelf-like" fungus. That is Ganoderma and it is
fatal. My suggestion would be to get rid of the Queen Palms and replace them
with Foxtails. Queen Palms are a high maintenance palm. Foxtails are
self-cleaning and they look a lot nicer. If you take out the Queens remove
as much old soil as possible and don't replant for 2 years in that spot.