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Hey, take a look at my crack

redant

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redant Grand Master

redant

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This bottle palm has been suffering from plumbers butt for years. The crack keeps getting deeper, wider and longer as the palm grows, yet it seem perfectly happy and healthy otherwise. No idea why it started.

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

Alicehunter2000

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That doesn't look good.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Mark Heath Veteran

Mark Heath

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That doesn't look good.

Agreed, neither does a plumbers butt!!

Orlando, Florida

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cfkingfish Grand Master

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A lot of crownshafted palms suffer from this, but this is somewhat on the more extreme side. This happens sometimes because of fast growth or a sudden calamity like a hurricane or recovering from a freeze or bug attack.

My advice? Get "Great Stuff" from a local big box store, stick that nozzle in the crack and let it fill up until it gets real hard, sand it down, and take a latex based paint and cover it up. It will look better, but more importantly make that area less prone to attack by the elements.

Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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redant Grand Master

redant

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A lot of crownshafted palms suffer from this, but this is somewhat on the more extreme side. This happens sometimes because of fast growth or a sudden calamity like a hurricane or recovering from a freeze or bug attack.

My advice? Get "Great Stuff" from a local big box store, stick that nozzle in the crack and let it fill up until it gets real hard, sand it down, and take a latex based paint and cover it up. It will look better, but more importantly make that area less prone to attack by the elements.

I did that a couple of years ago with water putty. Problem is as the crack got bigger the putty didn't fill the void any longer and it just dropped out. Thing is the crack isn't oozing or even looks like an open wound. It's like a big healed wound that just gets bigger, so I'm leaving it alone, gives the palm character.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

Miccles Mentor

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Hi - I wouldn't worry too much about your bottle palm just yet...........Here's a bottle palm suffering "plumbers canyon".

The pic was taken in Surabaya (Indonesia) earlier this year.

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Michael.

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Just north of Cairns, Australia....16 Deg S.
Tropical climate: from 19C to 34C.

Spending a lot of time in Manila, Philippines... 15 Deg N.
Tropical climate: from 24C to 35C.

Moose Grand Master

Moose

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That doesn't look good.

Agreed, neither does a plumbers butt!!

I was afraid to open this thread - see Mark's post :bemused:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

DoomsDave Grand Master

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Hmm.

All the plumber's jokes aside, I think that crack will get bigger, till the trunk stops widening, which will be a while.

That widening will make it futile to put in filler, unless you're prepared to keep replacing it.

You might want to paint the inside of the crack with some "tree tar" to seal it and, hopefully, stop rot. Unless you like hollow Hyophorbes, like that one in Indonesia . . . :bemused:

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Mandrew968 Grand Master

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This looks like a great reason to remove it--I am sure you have plenty of much cooler replacement palms--Also pretty sure your neighbors have plenty of hyophorbes to look at, if you ever miss seeing one...

DoomsDave Grand Master

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This looks like a great reason to remove it--I am sure you have plenty of much cooler replacement palms--Also pretty sure your neighbors have plenty of hyophorbes to look at, if you ever miss seeing one...

We worship the Hyophorbes here!

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Mandrew968 Grand Master

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This looks like a great reason to remove it--I am sure you have plenty of much cooler replacement palms--Also pretty sure your neighbors have plenty of hyophorbes to look at, if you ever miss seeing one...

We worship the Hyophorbes here!

Funny--they are ubiquitous in South Florida. Indica is a rare palm but bottles and spindles are EVERYWHERE. Archontophoenix and Howea are not common here either...

redant Grand Master

redant

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This looks like a great reason to remove it--I am sure you have plenty of much cooler replacement palms--Also pretty sure your neighbors have plenty of hyophorbes to look at, if you ever miss seeing one...

Not in my neck of the woods, kind of rural around me. I love bottles too, never been one to shy away from common palms as well as the uncommon.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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