Thanks for that Katakata wrote:Oh right, thanks Multim!
That stripped (third) It looked a right mess.
Its always best to get the expert in and mine is a long way off needing stripping. It gets plenty new leaf growth but not so much trunk growth.
Maybe I should feed it.
What you probably fail to realise is that palms grown close to something don't grow vertically, so the scars are not horizontal, and also warm years produce a bigger interleaf node than cooler or drier years.