pruning a palm tree help

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keepingactive Thousand Oaks, CA(Zone 10a) Aug 17, 2010

Hi,
I'm new to DG and would appreciate any help in how and when do I prune a palm tree.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 17, 2010

Since you're a subscriber you might try asking in the palms & cycads forum--you'll find more palm experts there. That being said, I don't believe that you're really supposed to prune palm trees. If it's one of the ones that has fronds die off over time and form a "skirt" on the trunk of the tree you can choose to cut those dead fronds off or leave them be depending on what look you prefer, but I don't think you can really do any pruning besides that.

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keepingactive Thousand Oaks, CA(Zone 10a) Aug 17, 2010

ecrane3: Thank you. I did post this question in Palms & Cycads. I did not see that forum until after I posted under Beginner Gardener (which is what I am anyway). Actually, I think I have have outdone myself and put my question in Beginning Landscaping also. Guess I was on a roll!

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