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Caryota surgery

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tank Grand Master

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Some pics of my Caryota "himalaya" after surgery. It looked pretty beat up after this winter with a low near or at 20F. The spear pulled last month but it appeared to pull "mid-leaf" so I had some hope (although the pulled end smelled awful and had the consistency of jello). Well, I got impatient and hacked all of the ratty foliage off and then decided to wack it down to about where the spear pulled. This seemed to be the right thing to do because it imediately started to grow and was very reminiscent to what happens when you hack a banana down to its stalk. Growth was immediate and it grew about an inch in the first two days. Here it is two weeks after surgery.

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Jason

Gainesville, Florida

FRITO Grand Master

FRITO

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Jason, Glad to see it is on its way to a nice recovery. I had a lot of palms with spear pull this spirng. non smelled horrible though.

you must have gotten colder tan me. My meter had a low of 23 degrees. ironically tallahassee regional airport logged 25 as a low on 1/3...usually they are a couple degrees colder. however I think cloud cover played a roll.

keep us updated!

luke

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

tank Grand Master

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Not all spear pulls are created equal.

Jason

Gainesville, Florida

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear Jason :)

Great work & the cutting looks to be razor sharp ! :)

keep us updated...

love,

Kris :)

love conquers all..

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