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Is My Palm Tree Sad?

AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
edited July 2018 in Problem solving
My palm tree has started to sprout from the lower parts of the trunk this year and not sure why.



The whole tree is about as tall as my house. Any suggestions? X

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Possibly some damage on the stem. If you want them keep them. If you want to reduce the size of the overall thing, Cut above the growing one ( in winter, not now). If you don't like them, slice them off close to the stem, again in winter.  You don't show the top , but it looks healthy enough to me.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    What's the black box thing on the trunk?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    edited July 2018
    Any chance of a photo of the top of the tree?  If the growing point in the centre has died (frost sometimes kills it), this is how they rejuvenate and I would follow fidgetbones advice.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
    Dovefromabove said:
    What's the black box thing on the trunk?
    Solar panel for party lights we have hanging between the trees, there is another one on the other side.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Erm ... how are the boxes fixed?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    If you've banged a nail or screw or other metal spike in the trunk to support your solar panel you may well have condemned your palm tree to a slow, lingering death as they interfere with sap and thus nutrient flows.
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  • AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
    Obelixx said:
    If you've banged a nail or screw or other metal spike in the trunk to support your solar panel you may well have condemned your palm tree to a slow, lingering death as they interfere with sap and thus nutrient flows.
    Eekkkk I’ll keep my fingers crossed it’s ok.

    Here is the the rest of it.


    It’s the one on the left. I’ve never done anything to either since moving in, no feeding or watering.
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