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Charlie Pridham[_2_]
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Strange Date palm problem
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The fronds on my Canary Island date palm are snapping and keeling
over. This has happened to most of them. I thought originally
that it might be squirrel damage, but I am unsure now as the inside
of some of the fronds are an orangey brown further down from where
they have snapped. Is it squirrels, or some sort of dreaded lurgy?
Its most likely winter cold damage but it could also be Red Palm Weavil,
no cases yet in the UK except in imported palms but it is devastating
palms in southern Europe
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