Babcock Ranch Community ISD — Palm & Tree Assessment

The resources below provide additional context on the conditions, treatments, and ongoing research that inform our approach to palm and tree health. We share these so you can dig deeper into any topic covered in this report.

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• Palm & Tree Health Program
• Inventory & Data Management
• Palm & Tree Inspections
• Palm Nutrition
• Tree Nutrition
• Palm Pests & Disease
• External Resources Library

Real-world palm health insight from the field. Nutrition, deficiencies, and what actually works.

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Featured articles:

• Your Palms Are Talking. Nobody’s Listening.
• Why Your Palms Are Starving (Even With a Landscaper)
• Lethal Bronzing in Palm Trees: What Every Florida Property Owner Needs to Know
• Why Fertilizer Timing Matters for Florida Palms

Palm-specific research and extension materials from UF/IFAS—the leading source for Florida palm and tree science.

• Lethal Bronzing Disease (LB) — UF/IFAS Extension fact sheet (PP163)
• Disease Progression of Lethal Bronzing in Florida Palms — Bahder et al., 2018, Plant Pathology
• Detection of 16SrIV-D Phytoplasma in Palm Leaf Tissue — Bahder et al., 2019, Plant Disease

Florida Tree Health Care Company Thrives With Software — PlanIT Geo case study on Ptolemy’s use of TreePlotter INVENTORY for community-scale tree management.

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