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Frost-Damaged Twin Foxtail Palms: One Lost, One Salvageable

palm trees Looking down into crown: brown brush. One trunk green halfway up, other has green in fronds. Twin palms. Questions: (1) How much upper trunk destruction to allow new fronds? (2) Can one be saved while losing other? (3) Are they salvageable at all?

Expert Advice

Left one: cut at soil level—kaput. Won't affect the other. Spray survivor's heart with copper fungicide, fertilize with balanced palm fertilizer. Cross fingers for strength before next winter.

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