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Thought this would interest all palm lovers- I live in southern California and have (had) a beautiful Canary Palm…approx. 20' trunk…never showed any problems. Canopy beautiful and green…new spears/leafs appearing often. I walked outside my house 3 days ago and I notice the bud/canopy slightly leaning (see first pic). About 1 foot below the bud/canopy, the trunk appears "dented". Using a bat, I tap the bottom of the trunk…sounds solid. Then I tap the top 1/3rd and sounds hollow. I rope off the area in case it drops…don't want it to fall on someone. This afternoon, it fell on its own (nobody was hurt). Here are the sad, but interesting pictures.

Hello everybody, What do you know about the problem of wild Brahea edulis? I've just read that this species is about to disappear in future years from its home environment. The problem is that domestic animals like goats eat the seeds of this brahea. Only solution is to remove these animals from Guadalupe. Do you know any news? Thanks for replies, Andrew

There's no way to "live trap" a gopher, so obviously if you want a garden you need to bait, trap, gas, etc. But if you find the dude just walking around I don't understand why you wouldn't just scoop him up and move him to a local park, canyon, median, roadside, etc.

in a private garden which is located in Palermo Sicily, the red weevil ,besides Phoenix canariensis his favorite, destroyed these palms: Brahea armata Brahea edulis Livistona mariae Pritchardia remota Parajubaea cocoides

Pea Straw? Never hear of that here in the States Troy, Sounds interesting. Any type of straw base product I've used for bedding [for pets] in the pass has resulted in tons of grass coming up. Maybe Pea Straw is different, if I can fine it here it would be fun to try. If not, I was thinking of getting some course compost or something like that.