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Originally Posted by Bonanza
What a shame!
It's as though you are being held prisoner to your palms.
If you plan on staying in your home, it might be less expensive to have the trees taken out and plant a few (not 9!) nice shade or flowering trees in their place. Multiply what it costs you over a year for trimming and fertilization x 9, versus removing them and planting a few "real" trees over the next 5 to 10 years, and you probably will come out ahead in the long run.
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Mature, healthy queen palms will 'drop' 2-5 fronds per year, making room for the new fronds they produce. There are palms with a good shade canopy that do not 'drop' fronds as the new fronds are produced (Mules, Sylvesters, Canary, Pindos ) but the higher cost for these palms compared to the queen of equal height is significant.
There are shade trees that are not palms out there, but there is trimming, leaves, invasive root systems, tree bores, lichens, ball moss, gall, and shade to dense to grow grass under.