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Leaning palm tree to fall over?

Eilitto

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Eilitto

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We bought a house in the Caribbean and have a leaning palm tree in the yard. 
it looks like it’s been leaning for a while, but it’s moving quite a lot in the wind and we are worried it could fall over. How can we check if it is fine or if we need to brace it? 

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Patrick Veteran

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How much is the lean? Palm trunks are very flexible.

I had a Livistona decora with about 20' of trunk, yet it was only 7' off the ground- yes it was leaning that much- and had been for probably the last 5 years. So, what's that a 70 degree angle from vertical? It never broke and was very flexy. I finally cut it down a couple weeks ago as the trunk was starting to show some stress cracks near the base- where all the stresses of the palm head's weight was concentrated. 

 

The trunks are made to bend and flex. Perhaps the Florida folks could attest to how they hold up in hurricanes- well I presume. They do just fine in earthquakes as I am in California.

Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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I would assume that since you are in the Caribbean its a coconut palm, they have very flexible trunks that are made to be whipped around lol
I imagine if its leaning just right it looks very nice.

Palms - 4 S. romanzoffiana, 1 W. bifurcata, 4 W. robusta, 1 R. rivularis, 1 B. odorata, 1 B. nobilis, 4 S. palmetto, 1 A. merillii, 2 P. canariensis, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 3 P. roebelenii, 1 H. lagenicaulis, 1 H. verschaffeltii, 9 T. fortunei, 1 C. humilis, 2 C. macrocarpa, 1 L. chinensis, 1 R. excelsa

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