I think you'll be hard pressed to find someone on this forum that will help you to kill off palms. That said I would assume you could drill holes in the base of the old trunks and put some poisen in them. Or get a stump grinder. Tha't how we get rid of stumps and roots for woody trees here in the north.

I purchased 2 areca plants from our local Homedepot. No plant care instructions. I purchased two decorative planters for them since they were going to be a focal point in our house. Both were doing fine. I transplanted them and used miraclegrow potting soil for them. I water them every 2 days. One plant is in the corner of the room approx. 4 feet from the french doors on the south side and 2 feet from a window on the east side of the house (this one wasn't doing so good after i brought it home. The other plant is in the same room just furter away from the window and door (this one was doing great). About 8 feet from the door and 6 feet from the window. The plants both started to turn a brown color. The one closes to the door is doing great the other one isn't now. I water both of them at the same time etc... Do you think that they just need more time to adjust to the new pots? The one that isn't doing so good now has two new shoots coming up the middle that just haven't opened up yet.

Well since this thread is about Areca Palms...

I rescued an Areca and put it in fresh palm mix, watered it very well then kept it in the house, when I decided to put it outside, my dogs got to it and I found it in the front yard with soil all over the deck!! :( I have since repotted it and staked it up since the stalks are sorta droopy.. Is there anything I can do to speed up the recovery? Are Arecas resilient plants that recover quickly?

Any help is appreciated!

Greg

Funny, but my cats leave my plants alone. They could care less (with the possible exception of occasionally nibbling on so-called Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sp.). But when I did have a dog years ago, it went wild for some reason on a potted palm, eating the foliage and destroying it. Getting back to your posting though, I'm confused as to what damage was actually done to the plant. Did the dogs eat the leaves, knock it out of the pot, etc. Why are the leaves drooping--was this due to root damage or they they bite into them?? In any event, palms do absolutely nothing in a big hurry expect occasionally dieing. Unless the dogs did severe root damage (which I doubt), the palm will eventually recoup. PS. They do sell non-toxic, harmless animal repellents for plants that you could pick up at your local nursery or maybe pet store for the next time the palm and dogs meet up. Good luck!