The mayor of San Javier, Juan Martínez Pastor Bando has published a proposal from the Department of Parks and Gardens for the fight against red palm weevil, for the purpose of adding preventive treatments that are being held in the palm age prevention legislation in the palm of a private nature.
The side recalls the obligation for the owners of palm trees to maintain good plant health through the application of preventive treatments, each 45-60días both Canary Island palms, as date palms and Washingtonia.
It also places special emphasis on symptom control as the decay of central leaves of the crown in the case of Canary Island palms, or infestations in trunk, suckers, and even in the wake of the Washingtonian gummy exudates reddish or brown in trunk, sour smell.
If there was an infection or suspicion of it, the owners of the palm must notify the Department of Parks and Gardens (968 573 700 Ext. 5415) which will facilitate service appropriate advice.
The band, whose failure can result from launching disciplinary proceedings, he notes the time of pruning between 15 November and 15 February, ever green and the further obligation to spray and seal the cuts.
The text prohibits the abandonment or burning of yard trimmings in places not suited for it, and establishes the obligation for new palm plantations EC plant passport available.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier