Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Trimming a Sylvester Palm
Would appreciate info on who to call to trim and diamond cut our Sylvester. When is the best time of year to do this? We've had our tree for a year and it has finally recovered from the bad planting by a local landscaper.
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Had my 8 ft. Sylvester for 2+ yrs. & haven't had to cut any palms off. Wait until the palm is completely BROWN before pruning.
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Once you have a dozen or more new fronds, you can prune the ugly fronds off any time of year you like. If you kept it tightly trimmed with only 10 or 12 fronds over the next 5 years and longer, the new trunk diameter would be a little smaller. You could actually cut every frond on the tree off every 2 or 3 years and not hurt a thing.
It isn't rocket science, and the less experienced the guy is cutting the frond, seems the more frond they leave. If using lopers or hand saw, you can't mess up really. As long as you cut only the fronds you want removed. I prefer to cut below the last thorn. |
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It was done five years ago after planting, and it was gorgeous. It took the guy all day to diamond cut the two trunks. I'm not talking about normal pruning of dead fronds. I mean the actual diamond cutting which seems like a rare skill.
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