deadeyedick wrote:Liberation day for me. The neighbors behind me finally got their 30-40 ft palm trees trimmed. Damn things start shedding thousands of seeds every year by late May and about half come over the fence and into my pool esp on windy days where they clog the skimmer and many are small enough to go through and into the sand filter. I skim as much as I can about twice a day and have to back flush to keep the system running.
They leave every summer for the coast so they have pool service and landscapers take care of their place. I have been thinking of asking them if they would mind moving up their palm trimming schedule by a few weeks but I never see them until November and always forget.
Palm trees near pools is definitely a bad idea...the original owners planted four tall queens and three pygmies around the pool. We had problems with the seeds dropping into the pool and clogging the skimmer and filter our first year here. Our solution was to watch for the trees to sprout their seed pods. Once they mature and start to open, cut them off.
I manage the shorter pygmy trees...just finished yesterday, trimming all the seed pods and pruning the fronds with brown tips. We hire our landscaper to climb the tall trees to remove those pods.
We live in a breezy windy region...windblown grass seeds, flower petals like bougainvillea and dandelions are another bane this time of year....during pool season, I'm out skimming a few times a week.