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I have a large ponytail palm in my front yard. The tree is about 15 feet high and has three trunks growing from the large base. I came home today to find that one of thr trunks had broken away from the base. Inside the break looks like some kind of rot, brown in color. What should I do?


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  • Question asked on 11 Mar, 2010

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If the rot is in the base, you might find the whole plant dies - if its just that limb affected, pare back to the base to remove dead or infected tissue.

12 Mar, 2010

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