Palm Trees

[Brett IP]

Hi

I have about 10 palm trees I want to remove from my place. I know nothing about palm trees (types etc), except that I dont like them. Judging from the attachment, is there any value in these or do you just cut them down and thats that? They are massive, picture makes them look smaller than what they are.

Would be quite a mission to get them out & move them but they are really nice palm trees, to those that like them. Just thought I would ask before starting the chainsaw .

Brett

 

[Amadio]

Yes, your palms could be quite sellable.

Here is a company in Toowoomba, QLD which deals in trees, and on the site is a bunch of key words which you could use to search for a tree dealing company closer to where you live.

http://www.aceofspades.com.au/

 

[Brett IP]

Thanks

Ill look for one on the Gold Coast through that site

 

[Toon]

I'd definitely try and sell them as they are so established and would be worth a lot. Only a few weeks ago someone had a large palm transported to Ballarat from Adelaide by a company that deals specifically in palm trees. Made the local paper - http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/palm-tree-the-perfect-60th-birthday-present/1964349.aspx
Worth looking into before you touch that chain saw for sure!

 

[Housewash]

They are cocos palms, try and sell them as suggested.
They are easy to remove from the ground as they have a small very tight root ball.

 

[amy21322]

Brett,
IF, (and I say 'if') they are cocos palms, the local Council on the Gold Coast frown on them and almost treat them as weeds.

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/03/07/8530_gold-coast-news.html

Amy

 

[handyandy]

They are cocos palms, try and sell them as suggested.
They are easy to remove from the ground as they have a small very tight root ball.

I don't think its a cocos palm but rather the King palm.

http://www.justpalmtrees.com/images/King_Palm.jpg

A cocos palm has no green section at the top.

Cheers

 

[Sunfish]

I reckon it's a royal palm. If so it will double in size and then cost a fortune to get rid of. Domestic chains saws were marketed to get rid of these.

There is one in the front yard over the road from me and falling fronds would damage cars, or heads, and one fell on the electricity service to the house and they had no power for a day.

I've cut out half a dozen self sown ones in my properties while still small enough to take away in my trailer.

If you were lucky enough to find a buyer, would you want the destruction of your garden which MUST happen when digging mature trees? The chain-saw option for me.

 

[Housewash]

I don't think its a cocos palm but rather the King palm.

http://www.justpalmtrees.com/images/King_Palm.jpg

A cocos palm has no green section at the top.

Cheers

Look at the leaf structure, they are cocos palms, trust me I am a house washer

http://www.treetraders.co.za/viewTreeInfo.aspx?tid=7

 

[Sunfish]

Are you sure?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roystonea

Funny. We are talking about King, Queen and Royal palms.

 

[handyandy]

King and royal are very similar with the green stem before crown a cocos simply doesn't have the green stem it will go straight from truck to crown.

All three of these palms have similar leaf structure.

 

[vincenzo]

Look at the leaf structure, they are cocos palms, trust me I am a house washer

It might have been more convincing to tell him that you're a botanist

 

[Brett IP]

All I know is that you all know a lot more about palms then I do



Thanks for the info

 

[RPI]

Hi
I might be interested in taking them off your hands. If you can't find someone to buy them then send me a pm and i'll have a look at removing them.

RPI

 

[Brett IP]

No problems, Will let you know how I go.

 

[Perp]

I'm with handyandy and Sunfish; it's not a filthy revolting weed (Cocos Palm), but a much more attractive palm, but I'm not venturing an opinion about whether it's a royal or king palm. I'll just say that it's a self-cleaning palm rather than a messy non-self-cleaning palm (like Cocos!).

 

[Sunfish]

It's the "coke bottle" shape of the trunk convinces me it's a royal, and while they have a nice shape and are self cleaning when small they rapidly grow into a beast.

The one over the road (I'll try to post a pic but not good at that) has large seed clumps and the falling leaves hang up in them and it's too high to clean. The whole thing is about as attractive as an electricity pole. I was keen on palms 10 yrs ago but I've seen the error of my ways.