Posted by merrill
on 10/17/2008, 6:36 pm, in reply to "Re: cut palm tree question"
151.213.162.102
Chances are if you removed a bit more trunk, you'd cut below the meristem and kill the palm. How far from the growing point do you cut the palm top off?
merrill
--Previous Message--
: It could recover fully and re-grow a new
: crown of fronds.
: The reason I say this is because its an
: accepted practice to help a
: Washingtonia recover from bud rot by
: removing sections of the trunk until
: you reach live bud tissue.
: I have done this myself and the palms
: recovered nicely. You cannot tell from
: looking at them now, that this ever
: happened.
: But you must prevent bud rot until it
: begins to re-grow in order to be
: successful.
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: --Previous Message--
: the top of this palm tree was cut off,
: when you say it might recover do you
: mean it will remain standing or could
: it actually regrow new palm fans?
:
: --Previous Message--
: It may actually recover next summer.
: Cutting into the trunk doesn't
: necessarily mean it will die.
: You will know for sure by June of next
: year.
: At this point you should apply a
: fungicide to the crown to help prevent
: bud rot and try to keep the crown as
: dry as possibly during the winter.
: Polar Palm Palace
:
: --Previous Message--
: The trunk of a tall Mexican or
: California
: palm tree was completely cut 3/4 of the
: way up. Is the remaining trunk that is
: still standing alive? If so will it
: ever regrow any palm branches?
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