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Trimming a Robellini

JorI

By JorI
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JorI Newbie

JorI

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I have a Robellini thats grown to close to a screen. It has 5 main trunks. Can I cut the trunk off at the base that has grown to close the the screen. 

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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Yes. Pygmy dates are by nature solitary palms and compete if forced to grow in an artificial cluster. Cut off a stem = kill the palm and remove 20% of the competition

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Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

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10 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Yes. Pygmy dates are by nature solitary palms and compete if forced to grow in an artificial cluster. Cut off a stem = kill the palm and remove 20% of the competition

How about making a Chamerops single trunk? Could you just chainsaw the ones you want removed at ground level and mulch over? 

Patrick Veteran

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54 minutes ago, Palmfarmer said:

How about making a Chamerops single trunk? Could you just chainsaw the ones you want removed at ground level and mulch over? 

Good question. The Chamaerops is one big plant, not a bunch of solitary trunks. You can cut the trunks at the base but be wary of the cuts, they need to heal as they are part of the larger plant. People do it often so it's not a big deal, but just be aware the Chamaerops is one plant, not several. Do he cutting when the palm is growing- when its warm. 

If you mulch over too soon before the wounds heal, that might be a vector for fungus etc. to infect the palm.

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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Make the cut carefully so as to not nick the other trunks. Otherwise you could damage that one and lose it at a later time.

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6 hours ago, Patrick said:

Good question. The Chamaerops is one big plant, not a bunch of solitary trunks. You can cut the trunks at the base but be wary of the cuts, they need to heal as they are part of the larger plant. People do it often so it's not a big deal, but just be aware the Chamaerops is one plant, not several. Do he cutting when the palm is growing- when its warm. 

If you mulch over too soon before the wounds heal, that might be a vector for fungus etc. to infect the palm.

Thank, yeah rot was my biggest concern.

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