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New Sabal Palms put in a month ago

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I live in NW Florida and had 4 Sabal Palms put in. For the past 4 weeks, I've made sure they are getting plenty of water. When they planted these 12' trees a month abo they were of course, "Hurrican Cut", so they still have 3-4 sticks poking out the top that were topped.  Am I supposed to cut these off? 

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donalt Community Regular

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leave everything alone; the tree will be fine. no pruning is necessary yet for some time to come

 

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

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Welcome to Palm Talk, plenty of information here! Yes , this is to be expected with large Sabal palms. As was stated , it will be quite a while before you see significant change . Sabal are very slow to acclimate and get the new roots sent out. Some palms have to generate entire new root systems before they can grow a new set of fronds. Hopefully the folks who installed them did the transplant correctly. Have you seen any new growth at all? If so , these were done very well . Those sticks are petioles from old fronds , left to strengthen the crown while it recovers. That would be my guess anyway. Those are going to be beautiful palms when they come around , congratulations! Depending on Species ( there are more than one Sabal) it can be a statement at that size , even provide a bit of shade. Harry

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Merlyn Grand Master

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@DBG welcome to PalmTalk!  Usually I see them cut off the fan and leave the stem on Sabal transplants.  This keeps just a bit of green for photosynthesis, and also keeps strength in the upper trunk.  I'd leave them in place until you have a full crown of leaves again.  That may take most of the summer.  It looks a bit weird, but it's best to let the old stems die off naturally.

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sonoranfans Grand Master

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Ive seen them stacked on trucks with no green showing, like logs.  This is how they plant them en mass here, a dozen or more on a triler.  It took my neighbors sticks ~4 years to fill out a nice crown.  Establishing new roots is going to be slower without a crown for photosynthesis.  They will be fine in time, just keep watering.  

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Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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SeanK Grand Master

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I think those petioles are left in-place to provide support to the new leaf during wind.

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