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Mar 14, Generally, you’ll need pruners, garden knives, and pruning saws when you are trimming a palm tree. Wear safety glasses and protective gloves, as well as heavy pants and a shirt with long sleeves. Remove any hanging, dead or unhealthy fronds. Feb 23, Pruning Your Palm Trees - Part of Palm Tree Care. 1. If Palms' fronds are yellow, brown or broken prune them off.

2. Remove loose petioles or boots by hand. If they don't pull off, leave them on. 3. Care of Palm Trees include removing Palm flower and fruit stalks. Dec 01, If you have palm trees, you may be wondering about the proper way to prune them.

Some palm trees don't need to be pruned, like our native cabbage palm- it automatically sheds its dead leaves. If you have palms that aren't self-cleaning, you may choose to prune them periodically. Just use a pole saw to remove any brown fronds. Jan 28, How to Prune a Pindo Palm. Cutting a pindo palm back should only be done if the leaves are completely brown. Even then, make sure not to cut them down flush with the trunk. The rough appearance of a pindo palm’s trunk is actually made up of the stubs of dead bushleaning.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.

Jul 26, If by pruning palm trees you cut healthy leaves, you subtract important nutrients, which weakens the plant and can cause disease or even death of the plant. You have to be very attentive to this so as not to impair its growth and prevent diseases. Pruning Your Palm Some of us prefer a clean looking palm and remove the frond (leaves) before they should be. Wait until the frond turns completely brown. By cutting them off too early it robs the palm of the nutrients as the green frond can still photosynthesize.