Man...I was about to pay somebody to clean my pygmy up until I came across this video. Went out and grabbed one of those little hand saws today and had my triple and single pygmies cleaned up in no time! Never realized it could be that easy. Thanks for the great video!
I did landscaping in CT before moving down to central Florida thanks to this video I now know how to prune Robellini’s. I just finished a job today and the clients loved it. They were badly neglected with a lot of old seed pods and not much of the trunk exposed. Now they look great!
Thanks Jacob for sharing with us how to trim and clean the trunk of a Pygmy Date Palm. I always wondered how the resorts make those palm trees look so good. I have four in my house that I will be cleaning the trunks on.
Great video!! I have many of these in my new place in need of this work. As you were cutting stuff off I thought I'll throw down a tarp and save a little time.. Thanks for sharing.. peAce
I have 4 of these palms. They are beautiful, but I HATE maintaining them. The thorns are evil! 😀 I have been wanting to clean the trunks and this video was really helpful. Thank you!
I live in a park in FL. I just walked across the street and did my neighbors Pygmy Palm for free, just for the Lulz. It turned out looking great! I used a battery reciprocating saw and only had a hose for cleanup. See what you started!? Good man.
One you said to leave that brown fuzzy stuff on because it protects the head of the palm tree, I cheered like I was at a football game. It was taking SO long to take that stuff off, I didn't want to do it. Thanks for the guidance.
My roebelenii palm is getting very tall and is leaning quite a bit. Should I support the base so that it doesn't break in a strong storm, or even on it's own weight?
Great video. No gloves!?!?!? I get close to mine and get impaled. Respect! Good idea about the pressure washer. Will have to try that next time. Thanks for the tips in this video.
The Sykes plant in my home garden was planted 13 years ago. It used to send leaves twice in the same year. I sent leaves twice, but the leaves did not complete growth, knowing that I fertilize it with organic fertilizer in the fall season.
I have some of these and they’ve become very top heavy. One of them actually fell over and broke at the trunk. Is this common? How can I prevent this from happening to my other ones? The tree was planted in the ground outside. It was about 8-9ft tall. And it has never been cleaned like you show. They were planted many years ago.
Nice video bro. ? But why not use a small chain saw or a rectorcipicle zag saw? Would do the job much quicker & easier. Just my opinion. Gloves & goggles protect your eyes & hands a must. Gracias...👍
Looks great. Have you ever had a palm die from a tight high trim? I took the FL Best Green Practice Class at the University of Florida and they say trimming off green palm frowns for a high tight look is bad for the palms health. What's your opinion?
Gracias por este video. Necesito ayuda con unas palmas que sembré en mi patio trasladadas de otro terreno. ?Cuanto tiempo se toman para aclamarse a mi patio y tener raíces nuevas?
I use the tip of my arborist chainsaw to shape the cones. Takes a little practice but it makes quick work of the job. I use pruners for final clean up. Definitely have to have a tarp on the ground :)
Ron Hart I never used a chain saw on these palms but I do use the chainsaw on bigger palms like the Sylvester, sabal and Washington palms but I have used hedge trimmer. Lol thank you for your comments and watching
I do Roebelini palm trims all the time. My favorite palm to professionally trim. Please try using a chainsaw to Pretty up the heads then fine tune with loppers. Will cut your time in half
To be honest I have never cleaned a desert spoon before. But I did google it. That thing looks dangerous. Lol. I would probably start by nipping off the tips so I would get stabbed. But I would have to be up close to one to see what exactly needs to be done.
Unfortunately that's not the way to do a proper pruning on ANY type of palm-trees! And you shouldn't be using a saw on it either... Instead you should be using a very sharp blade sort of a sickle. Another common mistake is the overpruning of the fonds... You shouldn't be cutting them over the horizon line. You have the passion, I give that!
This is fine if you are a person without a chainsaw, so if you are educating homeowners I understand, but as a professional, this takes way too long. Just grab a chainsaw and shave the tree up it comes out much nicer and is more efficient.