The councillor for Parks and Gardens at the Mijas Town Hall, Daniel Gómez Teruel (PP), reported on Thursday 16th that treatment work is being carried out on the city’s Washingtonia palm trees to combat the Fusarium fungus. All trees that are removed will be replaced.
This is a disease that affects palm trees through the airborne spread of spores and also through contamination that pruners may cause by transferring the fungus from an infected palm tree to a healthy one via their tools. “We have over 1,200 palm trees in the municipality and we know that this fungus attacks Washingtonia palms very aggressively, but we also have dwarf palms and we are monitoring their evolution in these species”, said the councillor, adding that “it is a highly invasive fungus that sometimes wins the battle despite fumigation. High temperatures and humidity encourage its spread, and this year the environmental conditions are favourable for it”.
- Daniel Gómez Teruel, concejal de Parques y Jardines.
- JACOBO PEREA
Prevention
The councillor also urged residents to always disinfect the tools they use to care for palm trees to prevent the spread of the fungus. “We want to urge both the owners of these palm trees and the homeowners’ associations and property managers to be very careful with this fungus, which is highly aggressive and ultimately causes many palm trees to die; to carry out preventive phytosanitary treatments and to keep them up to date”, said Teruel.
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