Diamond cut Sylvester Palm

[Amazing Grace Landscape]

Is the something I can use to refresh the cut (make darker) without harming the tree, more like a stain not a varnish. I’m not sure which to choose?

[Amazing Grace Landscape]

This palm had a very very low alkaline soil. Moss and lichtens were all over. I used  mild dawn liquid and a wire brush scrubbed it clean. I’d like it to have a darker trunk. What can I use?

[Kim]

Interesting question. I've heard of people painting palm trunks white, mostly in Latin America and South America, but this is the first I've heard of making the trunk look darker. I would guess the vast majority of palm growers here leave trunks their natural color. 

I suppose you could look for a vegetable-based paint or stain and test it on a less-visible spot on the trunk to see if there is any reaction by the palm. I doubt a paint or natural stain would harm the palm -- those leaf bases aren't feeding the palm, or anything like that, but you wouldn't want to use anything that might be harmful if absorbed by the trunk beneath the bases. I think it could turn out to be a challenge to maintain the dark look. Eventually those leaf bases will dry out, turn gray, and naturally be shed.

[AZ_Palm_Guy]

@Amazing Grace Landscape here is a thread that was started previously on the topic. Hope this helps. 

 

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/81314-sylvester-palm-diamond-cutting-and-varnish-sealer/#comment-1178233

[miamicuse]

A few additional threads that may help.