Heights Hauling and Landscape Offers Tips to Help Palm Tree Owners
Recover from the Winter Blast
Source: Heights Hauling and Landscape
Dated: Nov 26 th 2013
Palm Tree Owners Need to Act Now to Ensure Proper Long-Term Health and Care of Their Tree
HOUSTON TX– With a new winter cold blast heading towards Houston, palm tree owners need
to take steps now to ensure their trees are beautiful again this summer.
Heights Hauling and Landscape is offering local palm tree owners a few tips to ensure their palms recover from the recent cold snap.“Taking steps now immediately after the cold weather will help your palm tree recover faster,” said Jeremy Goldstein with Heights Hauling and Landscape. “This will ensure you have a beautiful tree for the upcoming summer season.”
The first step to protecting the tree is to apply a copper fungicide to the frost damaged fronds once the
weather warms up. Follow up with a repeat application within seven to ten days. Do not apply more than
twice, or you may actually damage the tree further. “The fungicide helps kill bacteria that can kill the tree during this vulnerable time,” Goldstein said. “It’s very important for the future ongoing health of the tree.”
After the weather warms, it’s also important to remove the brown fronds from the tree. A gentle tug should
remove the frond. If the cold damage is severe and even the youngest leaf in the center comes out easily,
don’t give up. Once the spear leaf is removed, slit or puncture the collar of sheathing leaf bases to allow
water to drain away from the bud. However, if it is hard to remove, it should not be removed.
If the center does come out, we suggest treating it with not only the fungicide, but also a systemic insecticide both directly to the crow and around the base of the tree.
However, if the future growth of the tree is brown, the tree does not provide any new growth or the crown
collapses, the dead tree should be removed. Beware, the damage may not show up in the tree until six
months or a year after the freeze.
“Palm trees can provide years and years of easy maintenance and beauty,” Goldstein said. “Most mature
trees will be able the handle the occasional cold snap we get in Houston with proper care when the weather
warms up.”
Heights Hauling and Landscape is a farm direct provider of high quality palm trees throughout the Houston
area. They can handle the delivery and installation of palm trees for less. For more information about the
company, or to get a quote on a beautiful palm tree for your home or office, please email, call or text
Jeremy Goldstein
Cell / Text 713-291-9466
Email sodmonster at gmail dot com
www.datepalm.co - that's dot co not dot com
