How to Poison a Queen Palm
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Comments (6)Welcome to AZ and to the forum. We sure hope you post often. It sounds like you've gotten the information you need from mangled--great information as usual. Despite swearing I'd never buy queen palms since they don't LOVE it here the way so many other palms do, I did purchase some awhile back and they've done well. Mine at only about 9 feet tall and they get ten gallons of water twice a week, plus palm fertilizer in early spring, late spring, and then mid-summer. That *should* help keep the yellow fronds away but you never know. They are not the easiest palm to keep happy here (the way Mexican and California/Desert and date and pygmy palms are) but they sure are lovely when happy. I would never recommend them to friends who like super low maintenance plants, but I do a lot of things I wouldn't recommend. :) Good luck and keep us posted! Take care, Grant...See MoreQueen Palm vs mule palm (hardiness)
Comments (11)Njoasis, I may get the mule pal on ebay for 30 bucks. But in the case of a queen palm, if I used mulch burlap around the trunk with x-mas lights under it, would it be enough? I would also throw a garbage bag over the fronds if necesary. Is there anyway that maybe from the cold, it will stop growing at maybe 10 feet? The mule palm gets to 20 so out here it might stop at 10-15 feet. So thats easy to protect. I would protect it the same way as the queen palm except I wouldn't cover the fronds....See MoreHow big will my queen palm need to get before it has trunk??
Comments (1)I'm sure it still needs to grow quite a bit before getting a trunk. The palm on the right has been in the ground for two years, and the palm on the left has been there for about the same time, but that one was planted smaller to avoid the crowns from growing into each other when they mature. If you look at the base of the larger one, you will notice two or three rings of trunk. (For reference, the wall in the back is 6 feet tall)...See MoreHow do I prune Queen Palms?
Comments (2)Here's a good link... Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.rnzih.org.nz/Plant_Doctor/Trimming_Queen_Palm.htm...See Morestanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
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