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Hi, I live in South Florida and I have several Royal Palms (about 10
feet high trunks) that were damaged by Hurricane Wilma about (2) weeks
ago. The trunk and roots were not damaged but I am most concerned about
the 2 trees that have no leaves remaining. Will they recover? Is
there anything that I can do to help them? These were beautiful trees!
Any response will be greatly appreciated.



We all have scads of palms whose future is in question.
The only thing you can do is wait. If the tree has sufficient reserves it
will very soon push forth a new frond. If it was of questionable health to
begin with it may not recover.

I have not yet fed any hurricane stressed plants. I am watering on a regular
schedule and assuming temperatures stay high enough I will feed at the first
sign of new growth.

If any palms have remaining green fronds do not remove them- leave them on
until they brown completely. Palms translocate nutrients from old leaves
back into the tree, so any green frond is valuable. If the tree was stripped
of all its fronds, you can only wait.


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Toni
South Florida USA
Zone 10b
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