It’s my pleasure.
There aren’t that many pests and diseases for palm trees to be honest. Only in southern Europe they struggle with the palm moth and the red palm weevil which causes tremendous amounts of damaged and even deceased palm trees. In northern Europe and in the UK we do not have those threats. Not due to our climate but due to the fact that the palm trees are too scarce and therefore these pests do not find enough places to reproduce and spread. You can check the symptomes with the info from this article but I’m quite sure that it isn’t what is happening with your palm (even if it has most probably been imported from southern Europe). http://palmvrienden.net/gblapalmeraie/2017/10/19/the-palm-moth-red-palm-weevil-everything-you-need-to-know/

You keep in mind that almost all plants deteriorate a bit after being planted. I even dedicated an article to that: http://palmvrienden.net/gblapalmeraie/2017/10/13/why-does-my-palm-tree-degrades-after-planting/

You may always share some more pictures of the palm and if possible also pictures where I can see the whole palm tree and its environment to have a better idea.

Kind regards
La Palmeraie

What would the unwanted guests look like or their eggs? We are not familiar with this plant as it is our first palm so any help with what signs to look like would be really appreciated. I can take some more pictures of the soil tomorrow and upload them.

I cannot thank you enough for replying to us, especially so quickly.

Dale

Those brown spots and splitted areas are winter damage imho. So definitely not a wrong treatment on your side in those few days. Problems always show up much later due to the slow growth of palm trees. Only in one of the pictures I see real holes, which looks like something ate its way through. Inspect the palm tree carefully in order to see if this unwanted guest is still there or not. Otherwise I don’t see any problems concerning the brown splitted areas, over time, new healthy leaves should appear.
 
Kind regards
La Palmeraie

We live in the UK and bought a Trachycarpus Palm Tree from a local shop about 6 days ago, this evening we noticed the tips were turning brown so we decided to give a bit more water. However I had a close look at the leaves and I noticed some seem split or have holes in them? It’s hard to describe so I have uploaded some pictures here.

We came across your site through a google search and it seems a great wealth of information, any advice would be gratefully appreciated.

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The light brown shine on the fronts looks to sunburn indeed. You can put a shade cloth above but I do expect it to worsen anyway. You might probably even loose all the burned fronts. This doesn’t mean however that the palm is dead. It will continue to grow but will have to grow a complete new crown which may take some time. The seller should have warn you to avoid this unpleasant start. The dark brown dried petioles are dead leaf ends. Maybe the wind made them hit the fence repeatedly and damaged them for which they died off early.

So for now you can’t really do anything then be patient. Your palm will most probably loose a major part of its leaves but will continue to grow. Make sure that the soil remains moist but not soaked wet.

Kind regards
La Palmeraie

My palm is dying! I just planted it two weeks ago and it is already doing so poorly. Looks like some of the issue is sunburn but I am not sure. The ends of the leaves are dark brown and curled. Is this from sunburn or not enough water? I want to save this palm as it was expensive. If it is from sunburn I can set up a shade over it until it gets used to the sun. If it is water I can adjust. How can I save this tree? Thank you!!

I would advise you to read my article about the palm butterfly and the red palm weevil, both are highly present in your region and especially the weevil created great damage on entire Phoenix populations in Southern France. Compare the symptoms to your palms in order to determine whether they are indeed infected and if so, which one of the parasites and which stadium. Now I have to say that the Phoenix is known for hiding its infection for a very long time and therefore the symptoms are frequently only discovered when it’s already too late.

http://palmvrienden.net/gblapalmeraie/2017/10/19/the-palm-moth-red-palm-weevil-everything-you-need-to-know/

Kind regards
La Palmeraie

My first question from Sri Lanka and I am very happy to help you try to explain these problems.To start you should know that the Licuala isn’t the easiest palm species to begin with. It needs very high air humidity, heath and shade. In its natural habitat it grows as under growth beneath big trees. The dry parts on the fronts of the Licuala planted in the garden should therefore be due to sunburn. The brown leaves on your potted palm is due to an inappropriate recipient and all the recent changes, transport etc. The bag holds too much moisture and you can see how the bottom half is completely soaked. Its lack of support could damage the fragile roots even further. I would suggest that you plant it in a container. This shouldn’t be any way different for the moving than the bag I guess? This way the roots can recover and the soil should have a better drainage. The heavy rains are even welcome for this palm so instead of moisturizing the fronts just place it briefly in the rain when it doesn’t rain too heavily.

Kind regards
La Palmeraie