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Are you able to offer help with palms at all? We had what we believe to be phoenix canariensis in our garden when we bought the house 3 yars ago. It was where the pool needed to be so it was dug up, rather roughly with a digger , split and replanted in two locations.
The main plant looked great for a couple of years, then stopped growing - we saw tiny snails deep down amongst where new growth was, but were not sure if they were a problem. Now, though, the plant seems pretty dead as new growth from the centre is brown and the plant is no bigger than when it was moved.
The smaller off shoot on the other hand is very happy and growing like mad. We recently cut off lots of side shoots in an attempt to get it to produce a trunk, as it was becoming rather lethal for visiting children. It has grown to 3 times the size it was when replanted.
Did we do the right thing in cutting the outside leaves and 'suckers' to promote growth of a trunk?
The dead-ish palm will probably have to come out this spring and be replaced by something else.
Many thanks if you are able to respond - anyone? Picture is of the healthy one.
your sick palm looks hopeless. Removing suckers can put more energy into the main plant, but in that species it will not speed up things much as it grows pretty fast already. Still, removing suckers can make the plant less dangerous.
