Removing Palms from 20’ Palm Trees damaged by the freeze

Do you mean fronds?

Cut the dead fronds/limbs down unless you’re willing to look at them for a loooong time. They won’t fall until they rot and break off.

What kind of palm?
When I had Washington palms I would have to cut fonds every few weeks. At least it seemed like that. Just get a pole saw and start cutting.

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Would something like this not work? I use it around my property but never had to deal with palm trees.

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Cut the dead fronds/limbs down unless you’re willing to look at them for a loooong time. They won’t fall until they rot and break off.

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Depends on the type of palm but basically this.

There are Mexican fan palms near me that have 7-10 years of dead fronds hanging off of them on an unmaintained property I have to drive by. Looks absolutely horrible.

If all the growth is dead, specifically the spike of green new growth which should be coming out of the top of the palm, the tree is completely dead and needs to be removed.

I have three that died in the snow storm, two of which I haven’t gotten to.

Around here the sabal and pindo palms are fine, the Sylvester palms got hurt but made it, while the Mexican fans & Pygmy dates either died or look horrible.

Would 2nd this and also recommend a hard hat. The fronds are usually ok but the leaf bases are heavy and will hurt from 20ft, especially if they're the ones with teeth

If you can hire that done for $75 per tree, jump on that as fast as you can before he changes his mind.

I think you can rent a pole saw at Home Depot, but if they have got one that extends to twenty feet, it will be a bitch to hold it up.

Had that problem many years ago and just cut them down because it was too expensive to trim. Left about a foot of the trunk and use them for planters.