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Old 10-28-2014, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by billethkid View Post
is there any way to stop the formation of seed pods. They are too many per tree too many times per year and are messy and unsightly with the berries all over the yard.
The tree WANTS to make a pod or 2 per year. Cutting them out early ( unopened ) causes the palms to produce another pod. Let the pod open, bloom, and set seeds.
Then cut the pod out once the fruit is about the size of a grape, but still green, and you will have way fewer blooms for the year, and still get the pod out before the messy fruit ripens and drops on the ground.