| Ihave some queen palms planted just over a year ago when we re-landscaped the back yard.
Never had the soil tested, but it is very damp and claylike. Prior plants were mostly shrubs and fruit trees (all bearing copious amonnts of fruit!).
The palms are growing....slowly....but they don't seem healthy. Tips (last inch or so) of the pins on each frond are gray/brown. Also the individual fronds leaves are not broad at all (which queens don't tend to be, I know) but rather very thin and narrow. They look very unhealthy.
I've tinkered with watering levels which helped some...
The palms have been fertilized 4 times with the solid Jobe's Palm spikes...which are the solid railroad spike sized things that are put into the ground.
The palms are, however, sprouting new fronds from the center...so they can't be that sick.
Where can I get soil tested? How much does that cost?
And, how do you go about "fixing" the soil with fertilizer more thoroughly when you have existing plants?
Any ideas or steps to take? | 
