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News Story on Proper Palm Pruning

Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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This has been out nearly a year but I just stumbled across it today. WINK in Ft. Myers news story on proper palm pruning featuring Doug Caldwell with the Collier County Extension. "Hurricane Cut" seems to be the standard up here in central Florida. Good to see someone getting the word out to the public on the right way to prune palms. Notice that the landscaper they interview says he has lost business because he advocates healthy palm pruning.

www.youtube.com/embed/r_MKXfpmuC4

Bob Johnson
Orlando, Florida, USA

Without reading the links yet, I cringe when I see hurricane cuts! You can tell which palms have been through it before from the pencil necking. It helps to show clients a photo of a pencil necked palm so they know the consequence :) I think people think that they're getting more for their money if more fronds are removed so they need to trim their palms less often. Little do they know that their beautiful palms are getting a hack job. I also think the hurricane cut looks terrible!

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    People can't especially seem to hack enough at sabal palms. They just did it out in front of the airport near where I live, looks terrible. Tourists arrive to see spindly sticks with just a few leaves on top- what are they thinking!?

    Here are some good examples for how it should look.

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    I've noticed in footage and pictures from Hurricane Michael that some Sabal palms snapped at a part of the trunk like this. I think that narrow spot is the time the palm was transplanted to that location.

    56f44ca4ba207_2SabalPalmsTampa5-Copy.jpg

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