Pheonix palms

Jaygee · 3rd June 2008, 02:42 PM

Ok wide world which ones of yous prunes pheonix canariensis. How do you climb them and how do you prune them. Does any one finish by a poncey decoration like me or do most of you get up and down to cut the fronds without getting stabbed.

dannyboysfc · 3rd June 2008, 08:15 PM

Get used to it, I try to be as carefull as possible but still get stabbed on a regular basis. I avoid those dirty nasty rats nests of a palm whenever possible.

carlos · 4th June 2008, 03:35 AM

I had a very nasty experience with one once, a fron slid down the pole saw I was using and got me in the gut. Leaving a spike in my abdomen, no doctor could get it out, until I had to be given a general anaesthetic and operated on to get it out.
I never look at Date palms in the same way anymore.

Ekka · 4th June 2008, 03:48 AM

You'd be best off with the old rope over the head and up you go.

Bloody terrible job, best out of a tower.

3rd June 2008, 02:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jaygee I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: France Posts: 4	Pheonix palms Ok wide world which ones of yous prunes pheonix canariensis. How do you climb them and how do you prune them. Does any one finish by a poncey decoration like me or do most of you get up and down to cut the fronds without getting stabbed.

3rd June 2008, 08:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
dannyboysfc Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Posts: 173	Re: Pheonix palms Get used to it, I try to be as carefull as possible but still get stabbed on a regular basis. I avoid those dirty nasty rats nests of a palm whenever possible.

4th June 2008, 03:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
carlos Sappling Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tasmania Posts: 6	Re: Pheonix palms I had a very nasty experience with one once, a fron slid down the pole saw I was using and got me in the gut. Leaving a spike in my abdomen, no doctor could get it out, until I had to be given a general anaesthetic and operated on to get it out. I never look at Date palms in the same way anymore.

4th June 2008, 03:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
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