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Trimming my palms at this time of the year?

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Hey, should it be fine to trim some palms right now considering my climate? I will mainly trim my washingtonias, butia,,Roboliniis and camerops humilis (blue form).

Its has turned into a complete jungle now. so i need to give the palms a haircut. 

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It would be fine to cut off any dead or diseased fronds. For the health of your plant, never cut off any green fronds. 

JLM Grand Master

JLM

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Dead fronds can go, anything green stays.

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

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It should be ok to trim your palms now.  I wouldn't trim them beyond the 9 o'clock - 3 o'clock (horizontal) line, but from my experience you don't harm your palms if you cut off some green fronds once or twice a year.  If you have palm weevils or palm moths in your area you should trim your palms only when temperatures stay below 10 degrees celsius.

 

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1 hour ago, JLM said:

Dead fronds can go, anything green stays.

normally I would follow that rule but I need to cut away some fronds to let through more sunshine and make it easier to walk in the garden. Once the palms get taller I can stop cutting green fronds.

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7 hours ago, Palmfarmer said:

normally I would follow that rule but I need to cut away some fronds to let through more sunshine and make it easier to walk in the garden. Once the palms get taller I can stop cutting green fronds.

There are indeed exceptions, if it comes to allowing more walking space, i say chop away. Same with palms being close to the house, the fronds that can make contact with the roof gets the chop.

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

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it should be totally fine by this time of the year unless the palm is already stressed or sick. I generally wait for leaves to turn at least yellow to cut them but if its for space efficiency purpose i would say its ok

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