Adventitious roots question

[robsp2000]

I have some very unruly adventitious roots exploding out of the base of a royal palm. It would be great if I could trim about and 8" wide section off. I would just need to remove the outermost inch or two of that section of roots. Can this be done without causing serious harm to the palm? Thanks!

[Kostas]

That would not solve any problems nor correct the looks of the palm, while it can open doors to serious problems. What's far better is mounding a bit of loose mulch up the roots. Then these roots will grow and a nice mound of roots will form.

The adventitious roots form as a response to the palm needs and the environment. A vigorous palm wanting to grow bigger, will like to expand its root system. Also, a wet envirnment/very high humidity, will trigger the formation of a adventitious roots further up the trunk

[robsp2000]

Well that exactly describes my growing environment down here. I don't mind the look but one of the royals advantageous roots have shot out 4-5 inches wider than the trunk and getting pretty close to a PVC fence on one side. Just don't want it to push against it. I'm hoping it's reasonably close to the max they will extend. The trunk is already massive and I have about 15 ft of trunk height. 

[robsp2000]

Autocorrect got me twice in the thread topic and first post - lol

[MattyB]

I'd hack away. I'm not too worried about things like that and I usually have pretty good luck. Go machete crazy bro. I'm about to do the same thing to a couple of foxtails that are throwing adventitious roots over on top of other palms. 

[Josh-O]

9 minutes ago, MattyB said:

I'd hack away. I'm not too worried about things like that and I usually have pretty good luck. Go machete crazy bro. I'm about to do the same thing to a couple of foxtails that are throwing adventitious roots over on top of other palms. 

Cut cut chop chop

[robsp2000]

12 minutes ago, MattyB said:

I'd hack away. I'm not too worried about things like that and I usually have pretty good luck. Go machete crazy bro. I'm about to do the same thing to a couple of foxtails that are throwing adventitious roots over on top of other palms. 

Awesome.