The Do’s and Don’ts of Trimming Queen Palms

[@thekidcalifornia7509]

That is so hilarious 🤣

[@marckenny3131]

Very informative 👍 Nice one Gary👍👌

[@Mrbfgray]

Tangent--I was thinking of building a gate similar but once in a great while the tapered down arrangement can strangle certain pets able to stick their head higher between spokes then slide down with no way to get back up on their own. I know of one instance where the kitten was rescued. (simple flatbar dividers between spokes should be able to mitigate that hazard with subtle aesthetic change) 0:40

[@kmak6627]

Just figured out the website. I’ll stop by in the next 2-3 weeks. I have some business down in Walnut Creek. Can’t wait to swing by and pick up some babies!

[@shawnamansfield4510]

OMG.. 😅🤣😂 you crack me up! And you taught me some things I was needing to know about my Queen Palms, So Thank You, for the laughs and brief education! I do have a question, how do you attach the latter to the tree? Thanks Again

[@ScaryHairyGary]

You are so welcome. and I tie a ladder to it. Then, cross my fingers

[@duhhhh1723]

Cool video,thanks for shating . Im a rebel so I Cut off the entire top of my My Mexican fan palm every year .I even cut about two feet of the trunk off at the top because I dont want it to get tall .Everyone freaks out but the tree fronds always come back strong healthy while the palm tree trunk remains short . Im wondering if its possible to force Queen Palms to remain small by cutting off the tops .Anyone?

[@johntully4608]

Thanks. Curious to see how they trim the cut bases of the palm fronds.

[@hookuppss00]

Went to golden gate palms in Richmond yesterday bought a couple plants,very beautiful place!! I have a question on the king palms what’s the best vitamin product to help with keeping them green and speed up the growth any information would be appreciated.thanks again o will be back to your place for more plants soon.

[@ryananderson5710]

They trim palms like that every day in Florida. They call it the hurricane cut. I hate it!

[@chiefredbird7315]

That's funny...I'm a Florida native and the one tree that laughs at hurricanes is the palm tree. Hurricane cut sounds like a Yankee term Caz in 60 years I've never heard of a hurricane cut. More like a death cut. 😅

[@MrOmarcal13]

I'm pretty sure the two palms in the begging of the video had disease on every frond . Even the new growth that wasn't cut seems to be leaning over quite a bit but they probably left it because it was green and they thought it world kill the tree.

[@chestermullins279]

I feel 😂

[@richoverton493]

Here in Arizona I’m having a issue with the executive heat. It’s drying out the fans of my trees. One queen lost all its fans from 2020’s long super hot summer. This spring (2023) a new sprout emerged from the top (we thought the tree had died). We are having another brutal summer and that one leaf/fan dried up so here we are again with a queen palm that looks dead. Btw: Every palm in this are is having the same problem so I’m 100% certain that it is not a watering issue. I think this is the same problem that the trees at the beginning of this video are having. It’s n

[@ScaryHairyGary]

I noticed this very same problem when I was first in Arizona many years ago. Queen Palms will survive there, but they hate it. They get nuked every year and so never look perfect. I’m guessing the foliage that grows from October until May looks good then they turn on the furnace and everything goes to hell. You should try growing royal palms as they seem to like the heat more.

[@richoverton493]

@@ScaryHairyGary I do have a 20 year old pineapple pine that does very well in Arizona. The queen palms do well most of the time, but every so many years it just gets so hot at fries the branches.

[@adityagauba630]

That's like the people who come to a salon once in 6 months and become bald so they don't hv to come every month 😂 saving the spending on shampoo too 😂😂

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Whats wrong with that? That's my strategy.

[@adityagauba630]

@@ScaryHairyGary but doing that and making a palm bald leads to pencil pointing in the trunk.. someone did that to one of my foxtail palm that was near the power line many years ago, and now the trunk is thin at that one point..

[@bigg368]

@@ScaryHairyGary me too. I get my hair cut twice a year.

[@tonyz376]

Boy, if that doesn't look like the 99 somewhere in the central valley (where the horribly pruned palms were)...

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Yep. Exactly

[@kmak6627]

Hey bud what is your website? I’m not seeing a link. I would like to buy some of your silver queen seeds. Loved the info on the Home Depot comment. Over half of the ones I bought died. I’m up in Chico (NorCal). The bummer is they struggled for two-three years before doing so and it’s a major time waster for my plans, lol. Your trees really are hardy looking and beautiful.

[@kmak6627]

Excellent video thank you

[@omarmadrigal40oz]

The wind broke the whole pineapple part from my queen palm tree, is that means that my palm tree is dead and I need to remove it?

[@MikeSvcs]

Where did you record the video?... California?

[@MargretteLamkin]

We have a Kentia palm does the 45° angle still apply and the five Fronds to that Kind of palm tree

[@ScaryHairyGary]

I would leave as many as possible on a Kentia as long as they look good and are not impeding views.

[@okantichrist]

It’s not the bark but the bite 😂

[@Mrbfgray]

I learned a few things.

[@bozerbrett7867]

Does it hurt the trees to cut off the seed pods?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

No, the trees will do better as all energy will focus on the foliage

[@rickkatz-tn7sz]

They could have suffered a really bad freeze

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Yes, that hypothetically could've been a possibility, but not during the year I encountered this travesty. We had a very mild winter that year. But it is good to think outside of the box, which you did.

[@garymarshall1246]

Can i ask advice, i was going to buy and queen palm in Canary islands. Was told by palm talk member, you nuts , you need professional trimming every year and drops ton of fruit. Can you recommend a simular looking palm with that tropical look? Its for my pathe entrance way. I one side i have a Royal and the other i want a tropical coconut looking palm that self cleans? Ok in dry full sun and windy days . I thought about Triangle palm or beccariophoenix alfredii, or King palms, but kings need plenty watering. Or the Spindle palm ?

[@auvorthegreat9448]

Get a Kentia Palm. Very tropical and doesn’t need much watering.

[@frankyancy1347]

Gimmie an exotic avocado tree. Just was able to buy #5 GEM (Gray E. Martin) and a #5 Jan Boyce! Wow!

[@olive6382]

OMGoodness land the plane!

[@SmfPawgy]

LMAO

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Yeah, it was hard for me not to while I made that video

[@bubscat2984]

Someone didn't wanna pay thier bill maybe?