worker dies while trimming palms

[trachy]

hy everyone i'm writing from italy does anybody clib trachycarpus fortunei here we have many tall till 10-12 meters but the diameter is about 15cm,i'll try to post a photo...what do you think about safety the trunk is it strong enough when i'm at the top?

 

[jf1962]

I don't think i would trust those small palms ... I got these pic from a friend that was in italy....

 

[trachy]

i' ve seen yuor photo it's my friend how lives and works in liguria region that palm it's a washintonia filifera...
so you did not climb up on Trachycarpus they have thin trunk but often quite tall..

 

[treesandsurf]

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I suppose spikes in palms is not a big deal because there is no cambium and they are monocots? I remember seeing spur scars on a lot of the palms in LA when I was there so it does seem to scar them.

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Actually it's quite the opposite. You're really not supposed to spike palms because they have no vascular cambium (monocots). They grow from the terminal bud (at the top) and do not compartmentalize, so all wounds on palms are permenant. Despite this, most people (especially in hawaii) still climb with spurs because it is the fastest and most efficient means.

jp

 

[jf1962]

Yea , that's right i did not climb no trachycarpus palm , we never trim them we just leave them like they are.. That friend of your in that wash - filifera , how does he like those leg straps for climbing palms,,,, some time when the palms are too tall for a bucket truck or you can't get a line w/ a big shot you have to use those hooks....

Later from SO-CAL

 

[MikePoor]

Hey Trachy, welcome to the buzz! When i lived in california the trchycarpus weren't over 20 feet but the washingtonia robusta in riverside, ca (near old orange groves) were 80- 90 feet, some even taller 30 m. (I've realy got to dig out the old photos) Palms with thick cortex (washingtonia, pheonix,etc.) can be spiked with little or no effect on health or wounding. But species with thin cortex (arecastrum, archontopheonix, etc.) are severely wounded by spikes as their vascular bundles are not protected by cortex! You palm climbers have all seen queens or cocos with holes all the way up....not pretty! Trachy those clamping climbers look great! Can you tell me more about them?

 

[trachy]

yes i know about the spikes i never use them for prouning palms...i use stuff that comes from electricity sector here are used to climb poles i'm trying to improve these stuff working on palms..my question is my wheight on the top of the trachycarpus...