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Time to trim in Arizona!

aztropic

By aztropic
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aztropic Grand Master

aztropic

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Don't know why people do this. :crying:

 

aztropic 

Mesa,Arizona

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Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

OC2Texaspalmlvr Grand Master

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:sick:

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T J 

ahosey01 Grand Master

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1 hour ago, aztropic said:

Don't know why people do this. :crying:

 

aztropic 

Mesa,Arizona

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Don’t be stupid it’s so they don’t blow over in the hurricanes.

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GottmitAlex Grand Master

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15 minutes ago, ahosey01 said:

Don’t be stupid it’s so they don’t blow over in the hurricanes.

Hear, hear!

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

Looking Glass Grand Master

Looking Glass

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Removing for transplant?  

Johnny Palmseed Mentor

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6 hours ago, aztropic said:

Don't know why people do this. :crying:

 

aztropic 

Mesa,Arizona

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I totally agree. Who likes looking at a bunch of sticks in the ground?

Stevetoad Grand Master

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9 hours ago, aztropic said:

Don't know why people do this. :crying:

 

aztropic 

Mesa,Arizona

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thats how you can tell they are males. 

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

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HtownPalms Rising Star

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You don't have to worry about over pruning palms here because no one prunes them at all. Fortunately when I do see pruned palms here they don't over do it like that. What a horrible thing to do to a healthy palm. 

JLM Grand Master

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Id have to say, probably the ugliest hurricane cut palm is a Butia. Butias look good with full crowns, when they are only left with a few fronds it looks terrible. Second on the list of ugliest hurricane cut palms is Sabal palmetto, it takes them too long to refill their crowns, looks horrible year round. Of course third is a hurricane cut Washingtonia, although they can row their crowns back within a few months and look normal again by the end of summer. The bottom line is, all palms look terrible with a hurricane cut, but some look *extra* terrible when hurricane cut :) 

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Palms - 1 Adonidia merillii, 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chambeyronia macrocarpa, 1 Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 3 Phoenix roebelenii, 2 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 3 Sabal palmetto, 4 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 8 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta, 1 Wodyetia bifurcata
Total: 41

Palmarum Grand Master

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Gah...

Maybe they are paid by the leaf.

 

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13 hours ago, aztropic said:

Don't know why people do this. :crying:

 

aztropic 

Mesa,Arizona

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I have an idea as to why although I am not a fan at all of doing this to any palm.  People over trim because it is expensive to pay a landscaper to trim what looks like 7 Robusta’s.  Trim down to nothing and you don’t have to do it very often.  They grow like weeds in Arizona also.  Most likely the home owner didn’t plant those Palms and views the more as work then beauty.  I have 3 tall Robusta’s in my backyard that are a pain to have trimmed. If I don’t time the trimming perfectly it will drop seeds all over my yard and my grass will have thousands of volunteers growing out of it. Volunteers growing out of rocks, crack, anywhere they can root. So I guess if there is one palm to over trim it has to be this one. 

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aztropic Grand Master

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Most were actually ancient fat filiferas,but there were also some canaries in the mix.I couldn't get all of them in the picture. Probably was a cost thing,and opted for the 2 year trim plan...:laugh2:

 

aztropic

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Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

OC2Texaspalmlvr Grand Master

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Most people who cut back there palms that far back is to prolong tree trimming service. Standard procedure in the OC in most commercial landscapes especially for Robusta =/ It's gawd awful 

T J 

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T J 

Jimhardy Mentor

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Because they have nothing better to do and they are a******s ?

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Probably an asshole property manager wanted them trimmed like that. If that is a recent trim job they will have to trim in a few months to remove seed pods to they will really look like hell !!!

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JohnAndSancho Grand Master

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On 3/26/2021 at 8:46 AM, Stevetoad said:

thats how you can tell they are males. 

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Years ago, before I started growing palms, my plane landed in Phoenix en route to the west coast and I asked someone, "I wonder what kind of palms those are?"  "I think they have them in Las Vegas too"

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aztropic Grand Master

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Almost exclusively Mexican fan palms around the PHX airport.

 

aztropic 

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Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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This is probably OK in front of the Playboy Mansion, but even then, you’re supposed to leave a few leaves on each...

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4 hours ago, aztropic said:

Almost exclusively Mexican fan palms around the PHX airport.

 

aztropic 

Mesa,Arizona

Theres a few brahea and dactys mixed in but yeah

 

On 3/26/2021 at 3:20 PM, aztropic said:

Most were actually ancient fat filiferas,but there were also some canaries in the mix.I couldn't get all of them in the picture. Probably was a cost thing,and opted for the 2 year trim plan...:laugh2:

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Ive even seen some Palmetto's on the west side with like 3 fronds left (not to mention the ones at the capitol)

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