Cross section of spiked & unspiked coco

Koa Man · Oct 12, 2010

Bermie said:
Looks like there is a groundswell for spikeless palm pruning both for aesthetics and health...can only be a good thing.

It looks like that in Hawaii. As I had stated earlier, almost all commercial accounts do not allow spiking on palms with nice clean trunks. I wish the state would pass a law to that effect. I would make a killing on palm trimming.

Jeffrey Man · Apr 27, 2011

LY and other problems

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david miller said:
lethal yellowing is spread by a leaf hopper, it closely compared to a virus and bacterium it will kill palms, here in broward county if caught they will fine you for spiking unless it a take down. spiking can spread the disease, but my argument is who disinfect there saw

You are right David, it is happening to Southeast Asia now. Not only LY but we are having problems with left eating beetles and black headed catapillar too.

John Paul Sanborn · Apr 27, 2011

Wow, don't Thailand have enough problems as it is? We need something to send to China to make up for EAB though....

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M.D. Vaden · Apr 27, 2011

Rftreeman said:
I just want to know one thing, what makes a 1/2 inch spike hole more damaging than a chainsaw cut to remove a limb, you are creating a "wound" (for lack of better word) on both but the saw cuts is a lot worst than the 1/2 inch hole.....educate me please....

A pruning cut is generally a cut that has to be made.

Like several cuts today to train vine maples away from the neighbor's yard, and away from a Hinoki cypress that could use more sun on the foliage.

But spike wounds are avoidable and not needed.

If just pruning cuts are made (the essential) then the damage amounts to a certain amount: a lesser amount. But if the spiking damage (the nonessential) is added to the pruning cuts, the total damage is greater, and uncalled for (on most angiosperms and gymnosperms that is).