Monitoring, plus feeding the palm
Standard is for mid-value palms. It is everything in Monitor, plus slow-release palm fertilization (real palm nutrition, not shrub feed) and as-needed treatment of issues found. Monitoring tells us what the palm is short on. Standard does something about it.
What Standard looks like
The same foxtail palm, 11 months apart.
February 2024, then January 2025, on a steady soil and nutrition program. Results like this can show in 3 months. Extreme deficiencies can take 3 years. No program can promise a recovery.
Why mid-value palms earn nutrition
Palms cannot store nutrients the way trees do, and Florida's sandy, alkaline soil leaches and locks up what they need. A palm that is only watched will keep declining if the underlying problem is nutritional. Standard adds a feeding program built for the deficiencies the monitoring actually finds, so a Fair palm has a path back to Normal rather than a slow slide to Poor.
Who it is for
The default for mid-value palms such as Foxtail, Royal, and Alexander. These are worth feeding and protecting, but they are not in the same high-value, disease-susceptible class that earns the full Advanced program.
Compare the tiers
Every palm enters at Monitor. The arborist raises it from there.
Monitor
- A visual by trained eyes every visit
- A visual check of every palm and tree for threats
- Early flags before a problem becomes a loss
- The data that tells us when to act
For resilient palms like Sabal, and any community with nothing in place today.
Standard
You are here- Everything in Monitor
- A nutrition program built for the palm
- As-needed treatment of issues found
- Full inspection and a photo of every palm, each visit
For mid-value palms such as Foxtail, Royal, and Alexander.
Advanced
- Everything in Standard
- Protective root and bud drenches against palmetto weevil and lethal bronzing
- Full inspection and documentation
For high-value, disease-susceptible palms (Sylvester, Medjool, Canary Island Date, Bismarck) and signature placements.
The next step
Put your mid-value palms in the plan.
Start with the free master plan. Our trained field team maps and rates every palm, and an ISA Certified Arborist places each one on its tier in one plan for 10 years.
Request the free master plan