The Danger:

• Weevil Onslaught: Spring and summer bring peak weevil activity. These destructive insects can infest and kill your palms, ruining your landscape’s beauty and value.
• Multiple Threats: Our treatment targets not just the palmetto weevil, but also the highly destructive red palm weevil and South American palm weevil – all major threats to Florida’s palms.

Our Solution:

Rockaway Landscaping’s neonicotinoid insecticide palm drench program offers a powerful preventative and curative solution:

• Early Detection, Early Eradication: Our systemic treatment reaches hidden larvae, stopping them before they cause irreversible harm to your vulnerable palms, including Canary Island date, Bismarck, Queen, Coconut, Fishtail, Chinese fan, and Sabal palms.

Why Your Palms Might Be at Risk:

• Weevil Magnets: Stressed palms emit distress signals (palm esters) that attract weevils.
• Weevil Communication: Once a weevil finds a stressed palm, it leaves a pheromone trail, attracting others and creating a breeding ground.

Protect Your Palms Today!

Don’t let your palms become a weevil buffet! Our proactive approach safeguards your trees against infestations caused by:

• Over-Pruning: We strengthen your palm’s defenses, allowing it to recover from pruning without attracting pests.
• Physical Damage: Our drench application fortifies your tree from the inside out, helping it resist weevil attacks.
• Stress: We promote overall palm health, giving your tree the natural resilience to fight off weevils caused by nutrient deficiencies, harsh weather, or improper watering.

Rockaway’s Proven Protection:

• Systematic Defense: Our drench soaks the palm heart, root zone and trunk, delivering insecticide throughout the palm’s vascular system for continuous protection.
• Broad Spectrum Control: Our treatment combats multiple weevil threats.
• Long-lasting Results: Quarterly treatments ensure consistent protection during peak weevil activity.

Don’t gamble with their health and take steps to protect palms from weevils today! Contact us for a quote and let’s get you on the Palm Drench Treatment Program to ensure your palms continue to grace your property for years to come.

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Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to trim a palm:

1. Assess the palm: Determine the specific type of palm you have, as different palm species require different pruning techniques. Some palms are self-cleaning meaning they don’t need to be trimmed at all as the browning fronds will fall off on their own. Self cleaning palms include the popular King palms, Queen palms, Areca palms, Adonidia palms, and Foxtail palms.

2. Prune during the right time: The best time to prune a palm tree is during the spring or early summer, before the active growing season. Avoid pruning in colder months or during winter to prevent damage to the tree.

3. Gather the necessary tools: Before you start, gather the following tools: a ladder or an extendable pole pruner for taller palms, pruning shears (or loppers), gloves, safety goggles, and a pruning saw (for thicker branches). Clean your pruning tools with a mild bleach solution before and after use to avoid the transfer of pests and pathogens from one tree to another. Never use spikes for climbing palms or allow anyone contracted to us them on your healthy palm trees due to their likely causing damage to the cambium tissue under the trunk and increased risk as a result from insects and disease pathogens.

4. Safety precautions: Wear protective gloves, safety goggles, and a hat to protect yourself from any potential debris. Consider using a ladder with safety features or ask
someone to assist you to ensure stability. Beware of the spines, teeth, and sharp leaves associated with many of the popular palm species including Washingtonia robusta, Phoenix canariensis, Chamaerops humilis, and Bismarckia nobilis. Additionally the fronds of a mature Royal Palm, Roystonea regia can weight over fifty pounds making its removal from a ladder quite dangerous.

5. Remove dead or damaged fronds: Identify any dead or damaged fronds and remove them by cutting them off at the base. Use pruning shears or loppers for smaller branches or a pruning saw for thicker ones. Make clean cuts to avoid tearing the fronds.

6. Remove Superfluous Fronds: Identify any healthy fronds that are overcrowding the palm tree. Remove them to promote better airflow and sunlight penetration, which is essential for the palm’s health.

7. Avoid removing too many healthy fronds: It’s important not to over-prune a palm tree. Removing too many healthy fronds can stress the palm and impede its ability to produce food through photosynthesis. Aim to remove no more than a third of the fronds, focusing on the dead and damaged ones.

8. Clean up: Once you have finished trimming the palm, clean up any debris that may have fallen around the tree. Dispose of the pruned fronds properly, following local waste disposal regulations.

Lastly, remember, if you are unsure about how to trim your specific type of palm or if your palm tree requires more extensive pruning, it’s best to consult a professional arborist/tree service for guidance.

From our office in Atlantic Beach and satellites throughout Northeast Florida, Rockaway Inc proudly serves both commercial and residential landscape design, maintenance, lawn care, irrigation, and outdoor living carpentry client needs in Jacksonville, St Augustine, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Ponte Vedra, Nocatee, St. Johns, and Fernandina Beach.

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