The thing people mess up when trimming a palm tree is really bugging me lately

I was helping my dad clean up his Mexican fan palms in Phoenix last Saturday and he kept cutting the fronds way too close to the trunk. That leaves a wound that can rot and attract bugs, you know? He argued with me about it for like 20 minutes before we looked up a video from the local extension office. Has anyone else run into neighbors or family who swear they know the right way to trim trees but are actually doing it backwards?

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ruby6595d ago

My neighbor Bob cut his sago palm so bad it died three months later.

the_claire4d ago

My uncle once tried to "rescue" a plant by moving it into more sun and it just... gave up. Three months later it was a brown stick. Bob probably had good intentions, sago palms are just dramatic.

sean_barnes245d ago

Are we really acting like a sago palm is some irreplaceable piece of the ecosystem? Bob probably just trimmed it back and nature did its thing, three months is a long time to blame him for it.