Help with, Phoenix palm pruning.

OutofMytree

There are three common finishes to Date palms around here. I refer to them as the home owners finish, the landscapers finish and the tree worker or arborists finish.

Home Owners finish.



Note the uneven surface, the pockets of saw blunting sand, the delightful array of skin piercing weapons.....




The landscapers finish.



Oo look Mummy, its a giant pineapple, can I have a bite???? If you have ever seen the Adam Sandler movie "little Nicky" and recall the fate of Adolph Hitler in hell you will understand why this look always makes me smile.

The tree workers finish.




After all the spiked hands, the mush in my shirt, the close encounters with feral nasties, the blunted chains and the burned out 66 bar...... This is my favourite pruning technique for Date palms.....

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newguy18

f??k me,look at the spikes on that thing,kill all those damn things.

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kiwi_tree_steve

Hey just finished this job, took me 4 hours, but i just took my time, the lady was so happy she payed me an extra $100.00


heres some pics,

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newguy18

Is that a homelite saw your using?

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ArborealTerror

Steve ROFL - Love the picture of you with a face coated in palm gunk. Nice job. Do you like the spikes? When they stick in the end tends to snap off. If you have any keep an eye on the puncture point. Usually your body will make a small abcess around it and then it will come out (puss and all). If they are not out after a few days or you start getting an infection in the wound get yourself to a quack (or lance and clean it yourself with sterile needle)

The saw. Echo?

kiwi_tree_steve

hey guys, the saw is a Solo 647, i got from the old man, and new guy i think it is a homelite rebadged, i dont know to much about it, but the price was right.

prity lucky, no real spikes in the body, the groundie got one in his leg, but washed it off with saline, i guess well see!!

time to sink a few, while watching the All Blacks, school the Aussies again

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kiwi_tree_steve

here's a pic of the saw just for you NG

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Eric Frei

Now imagine what goes through your head when the customer says ... "but you missed all those flower things, they're supposed to be cut out too!"

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kiwi_tree_steve

hey Ekka, thanks for the advice, the customer knows that im a student, and that it is my first palm, and was charged accordingly, if she is unhappy, ill happily head right back up and clean them off for her, however she was over the moon when i left.

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newguy18

Thanks,looks like a homelite sitting on my work bench collecting dust.Your first palm?oh you will have fun through out the rest of your career.

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treekiwi

Good job Steve , bet your looking forward to your next one. She should be happy with that Spikes are good fun, especially when there floating around in your arm somewhere