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Metal banding on palms

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June 20, 200718 yr

I have noticed more and more metal bands on the trunks of palms. These metal bands are about a foot wide and are usually about 4 -5' above the surface of the ground.

I see this particulary on palms that are planted in public places.

Is this to keep rodents from getting into the crown/seed? To keep insects from crawling up the trunk?Is this just a Florida thing, borrowed perhaps, from the Caribbean islands or Latin America?

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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June 20, 200718 yr

I see it occasionally here in California to keep rats from nesting in the crown.

Fred Zone 10A

La Cañada, California at 1,600 ft. elevation in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles

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June 21, 200718 yr

Saw it in Hawaii and was told it was for rats. Saw it in French Polynesia, and there it was for coconut crabs.

Dave

Riverside, CA Z 9b

1700 ft. elevation

approx 40 miles inland

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June 22, 200718 yr

Here's a photo of banded veitchia taken last winter in Eagle Rock. I don't like it And think arecina would be too restrictive for rats.

Los Angeles/Pasadena

34° 10' N 118° 18' W

Elevation: 910'/278m

January Average Hi/Lo: 69F/50F

July Average Hi/Lo: 88F/66F

Average Rainfall: 19"/48cm

USDA 11/Sunset 23

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?MTW

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June 22, 200718 yr

Happ:

Looks like whoseever palms those are might have a Xena the Warrior Princess fixation . . . .

dave

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