The strings wrap around the blades and it strangles.

Mulch helps your palms in a many ways. It keeps weeds and grasses from growing up close to the palm and sapping nutrients and water from its root zone. It also conserves moisture, making irrigation.

Jan 11, Mulch for palms. Generally any mulch consisting of organic material is good. Often organic mulch from palm parts is stump grinder santa fe and not as esthetically pleasing as pine straw, pine bark or wood chips. My favorite mulch is that produced by tree service chippers especially that of pine trees and broad leaf trees. Palm trunk mulch is a lot like soggy shredded cardboard, but it's a mulch.

It's a very soft tree. Unless you have a really great chipper-shredder, the fronds are too tough to shred. The strings wrap around the blades and it strangles. Eucalyptus? I've used lots of it as a mulch and had no problems. Feb 28, I am pretty much with Matt on that one, Sometimes the base of the palm pushes itself above of the ground level/ or the ground around the base sinks/compacts and soil/mulch is a good way to encourage new root development that would have been hindered by contact with dry air.

The key is, both composted or uncomposted mulches are available. Mulch Benefits Mulch helps your palms in a many ways. It keeps weeds and grasses from growing up close to the palm and sapping nutrients and water from its root zone. It also conserves moisture, making irrigation more efficient and increasing a palm's drought tolerance during hot, dry weather.