Fishtail Palm Center Stalk Chopped

[miss.gypsea]

Hello All,

First I will admit that I'm a novice gardener, so please forgive any improper terms!

I discovered that a gardener chopped the center stalk off of one of my fish tail palms. Will the center stalk recover from this? Will it slowly continue to grow and sprout new branches?

The rains here in Tulum Mexico have just begun and I'm a little worried about the rain getting into the center stalk causing it to rot and/or pests getting into the center stalk.

Does the palm need to be chopped or will it recover from this?

Thanks!

 

 

 

[PalmatierMeg]

photos please? We need them to visualize and diagnose the problem. Welcome.

[miss.gypsea]

Thank you Meg. I will get up on the ladder tomorrow and I will take a picture and upload it.

Thanks!

[Steve Mac]

Gypsea, even before I see the photo, I would bet that the stalk will not recover. You know that it is a clumping palm (from your other thread) it can put out more stems, from the bottom.  But if the top was cut off a stem, that stem will die. Palms only grow out of the top (or put out another shoot from the bottom if they are a clumping species like your Caryota mitis).  It will not put out more shoots from that particular stem.

But as Meg said,  a pic would really make it clear.