Originally Posted by NanaNut2

Alright, I'm ready to admit what I did over a month ago to my Foxtail Palm. My fav palm over 6 feet tall was suffering from a spidermite infestation that would not go away. I sprayed three times as prescribed, Wiped the leave with mild soapy water top and bottom three times per week for weeks after that, then had another infestation on the newest frond. Out of frustration I grabbed my pruning shears and lopped it off at 8.5 inches, removed the infested fronds from the house and put the stump outside in 28 deg F weather for a week. When I read another poster showing his palm chopped off for the winter, I was inspired to look, and low and behold, it had begun to grow in that cold weather. The nursery promised me I got those mites this time ... lol. And had a great stroke of luck. It has recovered about an inch per week. I'll no longer have a 6 foot foxtail, it will be a one foot foxtail. But its alive!! And I do not recommend this radical treatment to anyone.
foxtail palms only grow fast if in alot of heat ,cool summer nights really slow down their growth,and beleive it or not my foxtails I have up stairs in my house grow better in my house than they do outside in the summer.I have them upstairs in my computer room wich is 83-88 degrees during the day and at night about 75-80 degrees ,so night time tempeture really determines its growth.



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