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RE: palm

woah heh cut the trunk??
I assume he intends on injecting an insecticide?
this seems a bit drastic
This palm must be pretty big for it not to be cleaned of bugs by hand
If they have been sprayed once to no effect then I am guessing that the
culprits
are sap suckers and hiding under little waxy shields secreted to protect
them from predators.  Common names are many but I call them scale
insects.
Anyway you should be able to wipe them off with a damp cloth if the palm
isn't to big and if it is a small palm the 'cut' may end up killing it. 
As palms are grasses they have a central growth point
if that growth point is cut, removed or damaged the plant dies.

good luck,  rod

Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia
Home Page  http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/Weedsci.htm

             "I weed..."

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> From: 	Catarci, Camillo
> Reply To: 	C.CATARCI@CGNET.COM
> Sent: 	Tuesday, 5 May 1998 8:10 PM
> To: 	'mulch-l@cornell.edu'; 'newcrops@vm.cc.purdue.edu'
> Cc: 	Jarvis, Devra
> Subject: 	palm
> 
> Dear all,
> I have a small palm haunted by bugs. The guy who sprayed insecticide
> all
> over the plant told me the following day the bugs were all back. He
> asked me whether he could cut the trunk since the bugs are all in
> there.
> If he cuts the trunk, will the palm grow back, possibly without bugs?
> Thanks,
> Camillo 
> 
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