Good day everyone. Long time lurker, first silly question. A recent guest ran out of talent and skinned an entire side of a Royal Alexander. Fortunately the ground was wet, and sandy so I'm hopeful that there is minimal root damage (despite obviously been bent to the ground after the rear bumper caught it). My question relates to how I might try to protect it now from further damage by insects or whatever.

Tell the guest to learn to drive better, and your palm is scared for life now. You could get some pruning wound sealant and paint that on. Palms don’t produce bark to heal over the wounds. And send the bill to your guest. A fungicide treatment and insecticide may help. But in general the palm will live and look a bit unsightly, and unfortunately it will be a place of entry for pathogens to enter. Plant more palms In lieu of it might pass on to replace it with concrete barriers around it to prevent it happening again, either that or tell the guest to not drink and drive I assume that was the cause of such a good night that ended up with your palm being the victim.🤣

Palm may not have been planted in a good location to start. If so, just remove it. Otherwise, the palm will probably live on without doing anything else to it.

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

A heavy dusting of powdered sulfur would be helpful to prevent infection of the raw tissue.

1 hour ago, aztropic said:

Palm may not have been planted in a good location to start. If so, just remove it. Otherwise, the palm will probably live on without doing anything else to it.

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

Maybe not, but is is 10' off the driveway. The clown thought it would be a good place to maneuver a three point turn. We host guests with larger "camping rigs" known as "Overlanders". Most are pretty good at handling their large rigs... this guy wasn't.