While many palm species are adapted to windstorms, a hurricane can damage even the most tolerant palms. This 3-page fact sheet provides suggestions about what to do after a windstorm has occurred once it is safe to venture outside to care for the landscape.
Written by Monica L. Elliott and Timothy Broschat, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, September 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep465
Tag: Palm Care
Pruning Palms (ENH1182/EP443)
Perhaps the most fundamental question to answer when discussing palm pruning is what should a healthy, properly pruned palm look like? Consumers must be educated that palms are supposed to have round crowns, not feather-duster crowns. Learn more with this 9-page fact sheet written by Timothy Broschat, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, April 2011.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep443
ENH92/MG318 Cold Damage on Palms
Revised! ENH921, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Timothy K. Broschat, describes how cold temperatures affect palms and how to treat them following a cold weather event. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, September 2010.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg318
PP 246/PP166 Palm Problems: Field and Laboratory Diagnosis
PP-246, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Monica L. Elliott and Timothy K. Broschat, includes tips to determine when laboratory diagnostics may be useful and how to interpret and/or integrate field and
laboratory diagnoses. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, June 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PP166