I had it with this cold spring & hauling trees in & out. Days are sunny & 60's but on 10 pm weather, said down to mid to upper 30's tonight. Most of smaller stuff was already in except my 3 biggies I got in Fl. I got the big one up the 3 inch step to sunroom & tripped over my slipper as I was pushing it in. Fell strait FWD & my head went right into the trunk which stopped me. I felt the pain in my head but kept pushing it in & closed door. Looked in bathroom mirror & hair was wet w/BLOOD - about 2 inches up from front of my ear (good thing it wasn't my temple). Of course, I hit a big fat 1 inch thorn strait on! Big headache...what PAIN. I put peroxide on it. Big bump there & throbbing like crazy...tender. I checked the tree & there was a big ol thorn- broken.
All thru Sunday will be about the same temps & I'm leaving them in! Grrr
And, no I didn't have any vino tonight...But I'll have a glass now & maybe get rid of this headache. Guess I'll have to sleep on one side...Can't even touch it...YOUCH. Mother nature is being a real bitch.

you poor thing! thats something I would do!

I did something similar 20+ years ago with a Washingtonia robusta. I picked up the large 15 gallon potted palm to move it. As I rounded the corner the wind grabbed the fronds and the heavily armed petioles hit me in the face. I was cut up with surface wounds and looked a mess knocking on my neighbors door for gauze. Hard to explain how you lost a fight with a palm.

Cheers, Barrie.

Awww thanks. Right now I can barely touch my head there & last night couldn't sleep on that side. Still feels like I got stabbed in the head!
Barrie, I have a trachy palm & a large date palm & I feel sorry for you getting hit with THOSE thorns! Those are MUCH worse than my citrus thorns. I just feel lucky when I think of how bad it coulda been...like in my eye.
I sure had a headache last night, but part coulda been from laughing so hard at the "off Topic" forum..."pet peeves". I laughed so hard I was crying

OUCH Patty!!! That sound like me.. I remove thorns from my trees or at least trim them back because I am soo accident prone.. I do this while I am inspecting the plants for bugs.. I'd be picking thorns out of my body constantly if I didn't.. LOL
well.. ok so I haven't de thorned the finger lime.. that would take over a week to do.. but I stay clear of it.. keep it far from reach.. maybe that is why it is doing so well?? It doesn't get over loved???
I will be glad when this weather gets off it's yoyo ride..
Hope your booboo gets feelin better soon!!!
Gina *BabyBlue*

Thanks Gina, it wasn't too long ago I mentioned that I like having big thorns on the trunks to maybe keep squirreles off? As a joke, I said I'd wrap them in barbed wire LOL
Buddinman just told me that if a thorn breaks under skin, it can cause real problems (as did him a while back). I know that didn't happen..scalp is thin skin. I DO know that sucker pierced my skull & then broke & ripped thru my scalp (causing the bleeding). The thorn is broke in half & still hanging on tree. Still have a very tender bump there but getting better.
It's ugly, cloudy, drizzely & 50* now. Weather is calling for same till next weekend...with lows around 40*. I'm keeping them all in till it warms up, then I might have to get them acclimated to full sun again! Lousy spring.
Other years, I had a good tan by now!

ouch ouch ouch ouch
been rain rain rain rain and more rain here.. river will be at my door step by Monday it keeps this up..
closest the river has been to this house is the driveway.. that still too close for me..
you tried Ice on the booboo Patty?
Gina *BabyBlue*

No, ice would hurt too much. Doesn't hurt now unless I touch it, & it's getting better. Advil helped last night w/ headache.