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Originally Posted by Bonanza
If the tree is older and well established, you will always have more than one growth of seed pods.
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Agreed. 2-3 is more accurate, though often only one will complete the development of mature fruit . If you cut them early, there will be many more, and the pods will be produced from younger fronds that were not mature and intended to seed that year. Cutting seed pods early is not natural to the tree and likely unhealthy.
Also, there are diseases out there that will kill palms, that if detected early can be treated ( Texas Phoenix Palm Decline, Lethal Yellowing ), saving the palm. The early signs of these diseases appear in the formation of the blooms and fruit, and trimming pods prior to opening would not allow the early detection needed to save the palm.