Last Chance to Save Your Freeze-Damaged Palm Trees

A few weeks after a Florida freeze is when many palm trees actually die — and it’s not from the cold. In this final video of our freeze recovery series, we show the hidden stage that often kills freeze-damaged palms weeks later. If you watch this video all the way to the end, you’ll see exactly what develops inside the crown of untreated palms and how to stop it before the damage becomes irreversible. When freeze-damaged palm fronds are left untrimmed and untreated, the damaged spear tissue begins to break down and ferment. This attracts flies that lay eggs inside the crown of the palm. Those eggs hatch into decomposer fly larvae, which feed on the damaged tissue and expand the cavity inside the growing point of the tree. This is the stage we warned about earlier in this series — what happens when the wait-and-see approach is taken after a freeze. What You’ll See in This Video • Real footage of decomposer fly larvae inside freeze-damaged palm spears • Why damaged palm tissue attracts flies and insects • What the “wait-and-see larvae stage” looks like • How to inspect a palm for spear pull and crown damage • How to check for insect activity inside the palm How to Treat Palms at This Stage In the final section of the video we demonstrate how professionals treat this stage of freeze damage. You’ll see how to: • Inspect the palm crown for spear rot and insect activity • Remove loose or damaged spear material • Apply insecticide using a pump sprayer into the crown cavity • Treat the growing point area where insect activity is occurring Common Insecticide Ingredients Mentioned In the video we discuss common insecticide ingredients used to control insect activity in damaged palms. These ingredients are commonly found in many garden center products. • Bifenthrin • Imidacloprid • Spinosad Always follow the product label directions and local regulations when using insecticides. Palm trees don’t always die immediately after a freeze. Sometimes what kills them happens weeks later inside the crown of the palm. If you haven’t seen the first two videos in this freeze recovery series, watch them next: • How to Save Freeze-Damaged Palm Trees • When to Trim Freeze-Damaged Palms How to help protect palms from freeze starts here: https://palmtreefertilizer.com/help-f... #PalmTrees #FreezeDamage #PalmTreeCare #PalmTreeRecovery #PalmTreeTips #FreezeDamagePalms #PalmTreeMaintenance