The Palm Journal

Crown sprays can be useful, but they are not a substitute for systemic protection. Here is how I explain the difference to owners of mature Canary Island date palms.

My view: South American palm weevil is following a familiar invasive-pest pattern, and waiting for visible decline is not a protection plan for a valuable mature palm.

A September route through four residential properties: treatment work, the palms being protected, and what I watch between visits.

A dated owner record connects captured adult palm weevils on June 15 and 16 with an adult observed on one declining Canary Island date palm trunk on June 26.

An October 23 visit brought treatment and dated photographs to one Canary Island date palm. Continuing care remains a separate choice for the owner.

Five Canary Island date palms began annual care on October 23. A separate boot-removal request shows why the written contractor scope matters.

An August visit focused on three retained Canary Island date palms, with treatment, baseline photographs and an annual care plan after a separate palm removal.

A visit to Landscape Center helped an Oceanside homeowner choose a mature CIDP. Removal and installation are the next stages to coordinate.

An Oceanside visit brought pygmy date palms, birds of paradise and a Kentia into the same treatment record, including a first for SDPP.

An August 22 assessment and treatment visit included Chilean wine, Canary Island date and Sylvester palms. A field note about the whole collection.

Three Canary Island date palms treated on August 22, followed by four on August 24. A look back at one seven-palm job in Escondido.

An August treatment in Oceanside was followed by an October homeowner update. Here is what the owner reported, what it establishes, and what comes next.

On October 19, I treated five Canary Island date palms. A separate dead palm was not treated. Here is what the visit records and what comes next.

Today I treated a Canary Island date palm in Del Mar, applied palm-specific fertilizer and recorded the next recommended treatment. This is stewardship in practice.

Where we treat for palm weevil across San Diego County.

A September customer visit shows why I begin with the complete palm and crown before moving into details, treatment, and the next action.

Why I would start with a local palm specialist, and what I would ask before hiring a private-equity-backed treatment company.

Your palms are here, the weevil is here, and so am I. Why I believe local continuity matters as much as the treatment visit.

One Escondido property needed more than one partial answer. I had to connect identification, treatment, monitoring, and relocation decisions for the owner.

A mature palm can disappear in a day. A disciplined record preserves its identity, condition, history, and the decisions that came before the empty space.

I want a dated record of Old Escondido's mature Canary Island date palms before more crowns change or disappear.

The 1896 Albert H. Beach House anchors a photographic walk through the height, symmetry, and permanence mature Canary Island date palms bring to Old Escondido homes.

A dated field walk shows why mature palms are best recorded with the homes, streets, and neighborhood views they help define.

SDPP’s first palm removal was a weevil-infested Bismarck in Black Mountain Ranch. Photos and videos show the work and what we found inside.

An active San Diego palm-relocation search reveals how Southern California's specimen-palm trade flourished—and why Canary Island date palms are now being left behind.

I photographed the failing crown, sent the pictures, heard nothing, and found a fresh stump two days later.