How do I trim an indoor royal palm. It is growing gigantic and I need to control it a bit...?

Question

I have an indoor growing royal palm. I must be taking very good care of it watering it once a week and fertiziling every three months or so. It is now growing very large and I want to trim it down a bit. When is the best time to do it? Where is the best place to cut the fronds? Will the fronds if placed in palm soil germinate a new plant from the frond?

Answer 1

Fronds germinate? This is the first I've heard of this. As far as I knew they were just leaves. I also don't know how you would "trim" a royal palm except to cut off the dead fronds. If you cut off the growing portion, where the leaves come from, it will kill the plant. That is the only portion that is capable of producing leaves as Royal palms never produce branches like real trees. There are about ten varieties and they grow from ten to thirty feet tall. Sometimes suckers will grow from the base of the tree. These can be grown into new trees.
If it's outgrowing your house now might be a good time to find an outside location for it.

Answer 2

I cut mine back every two to three years to about two feet tall. Yes the fronds will germinate, at least mine did.