Palm trees

I just came from pruning palm trees at the inlaws......Sounds easy enough with all of the trees still being small enough to reach from the ground but as I have found out since moving to Florida some palms have 1, 2 ,3 or even 4 inch thorns at the thick parts of the branches........They are he!! to dispose of without getting poked a hundred times........I love my wife but I think her family expects a little too much out of me sometimes........They have over 15 of those thorny palms and I pruned every one of them today.


P.S......For hire:....Palm tree pruner.....$25 an hr plus food/beer/free fishing gear/ 5 first aid kits and 3 pints of fresh blood for I.V.. just kidding.

Glad You Put The Just Kidding My Son Is Looking For Work Right Now LOLOL I Feel For Ya Buddy I Always Had The Job Of Taking Care Of My Moms Roses Every Year. Now I Know That Them Thorns You Have Are Killer But I Always Hated Digging Them Little Ones Out From The Rose Bushes.

I use to have a 15 ft lemon tree in my yard.....not anymore....4 inch thorns or more like spikes.....I stepped on one a small fallen limb one evening in my sandals and it went through and pierced my foot....hurt and stung like a catfish fin and bled like a stuck pig..........I limped around for a week and soon after that tree was cut down to a stump.

Ouch been there done that and there wont be any in my yard or spanish bayonets either

I knew a guy a few years ago that did that for a living down in California. He worked ont he really big tall ones. Not something I would ever want to do thats's for sure.

Jim

I have not trimmed any palms for a couple of years now. They are just cabbage palms and I used a chain saw for most of the work. I would like a couple of kings and queens but they are rough on allgeries. I have a book on just palms and think we have something like 92 varieties. Have not looked at it in a while however.

Too many varieties to keep track of for sure.