Palms and Cycads: Droopy king palm, 0 by sdsmiley

sdsmiley wrote:
I recently purchased a king palm to replace one that died in our yard. The new king palm is beautiful with nice upwardly arching fronds. When I compare it to the palms that are in my yard, they look very droopy by comparison. Does anyone know what would cause my palms to droop? They are in an area that gets 10 minute spray irrigation three times a week, plus, I deep water the palms once a week. The temp this summer has been in the 70's - no hot weather, and we have very heavy clay soil. So I am wondering if maybe too much water and poor drainage would cause this droop? The palms are growing quickly and have had several new fronds this Summer, but the new fronds open up and droop. Here is picture of my palm looking droopy.