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PLASE HELP! - Royal Palms with Hurricane Damage
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. |
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PLASE HELP! - Royal Palms with Hurricane Damage
Nitrogen is the fertilizer element that is supposed to add green, leafiness
(at the expense of fruit/flowers IMA). Fish emulsion and alfalfa are two natural sources. I have snowbird friends en route to the peninsula as I write. |
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PLASE HELP! - Royal Palms with Hurricane Damage
wrote in message oups.com... 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. -- Toni South Florida USA Zone 10b http://ww.cearbhaill.com |
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