Queen flowers making a mess

[Christopher Dillman]

Naive question here - ok to prune off these flowers, + what I presume are berries?, off my queen.

The berries? are as hard as plastic BBs.

Makes a big mess on my deck. I've been sweeping these up for years, thinking I should leave those flower blooms alone and not risk harming the queen.

TIA for any insights!

 

[happypalms]

By doing so you are saving yourself a mess  and the hassle of cleaning them up later on, or even better saving yourself a sprained ankle when you slip on the seeds. Also giving your palm more energy on growing by not spending its energy on flowering. The good old shin breaker cocos seeds great to hit with the mower. 

[Christopher Dillman]

7 minutes ago, happypalms said:

By doing so you are saving yourself a mess  and the hassle of cleaning them up later on, or even better saving yourself a sprained ankle when you slip on the seeds. Also giving your palm more energy on growing by not spending its energy on flowering. The good old shin breaker cocos seeds great to hit with the mower. 

Roger that!

The queen is too tall for my gardener to reach it with his pole saw. 

I guess I have to fork up the dough and bring a tree company over. 

[happypalms]

15 minutes ago, Christopher Dillman said:

Roger that!

The queen is too tall for my gardener to reach it with his pole saw. 

I guess I have to fork up the dough and bring a tree company over. 

I could suggest getting on a ladder with the pole saw on a extended pole, but that involves danger on yhe ladder stuff, alright if you’re 20 years young me at 56 I will leave that for the experts. 

[Harry’s Palms]

I have mine done every year . The trimmers can get the spathes out and save the mess . I just had them done ….no mess now!😄 Harry

[PalmatierMeg]

If you don't want slimy, smelly fermented seeds and visits from squirrels, swamp rats, iguanas or muscovy ducks, as well as slips and falls, cut off flowers and seeds from those invasives. You'll save yourself massive headaches picking up 1000s of seeds and pulling 1000s of seedlings in the spring and let the palms use the energy and nutrition for growth. 

About the only thing positive fusarium wilt did for my garden was knock off all my queens and the Washy.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Common palms but often beautiful palms especially for areas too cold for more exotic species. You’re in Encinitas so cold obviously isn’t an issue. Just cut off the flower stalks when they emerge and the flower and fruit drop will be taken care of. It won’t hurt the palm at all