Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
PalmTalk

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

WELCOME GUEST

It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

guest Renda04.jpg

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana hole concern

Cluster
Cluster
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

Featured Replies

Hello everyone. Our King Palm has this hole, I only noticed it today as it had ants inside! I watered it a bit to remove the ants.

I am afraid this hole might compromise the palm's health or even kill it. The hole is 2/3 of an index finger long and I am unable to put my fingers inside, so not very wide.

Here are the pictures:

before the water

2a8ojcz.jpg

you can see the ants there...

18db3k.jpg

And finally tonight after the water:

3321bw0.jpg

I am concerned as this palm is already quiet big any advice would be welcome.

Edited by Cluster

I wouldn't spray tap water on the trunk. Try h202 Instead

Paradise Hills, 4 miles inland, south facing slope in the back, north facing yard in the front

  • Author

Thank you.

I wonder if the hole has been there for quite a while. I will avoid more water and try to get Hydrogen peroxide. Will I need to seal it though?

I had woodpeckers do that to a couple of my big old king palms several years ago. I caught them in the act. It's not life threatening. I sealed the holes with modeling clay that I blended to match the color of the trunks and it's been there ever since.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

Las Palmas Design

Facebook Page

Las Palmas Design & Associates

Elegant Homes and Gardens

  • Author

Thanks again for the replies, I am not sure about sealing it or not, but perhaps it is for the best. They did not seem to be doing much to the trunk besides bringing food inside, I doubt they caused the hole themselves:D or could they?

Edited by Cluster

Create an account or sign in to comment
Go to topic listing

Account

Navigation

Configure browser push notifications
Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.