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He charges $20 a tree or $15 if the customer has 50 or more trees. His customers are private owners, condominiums, hotels, resorts, and golf courses. “We’ve tried to make it affordable because we want everyone to use it,” he said. Hawaii Coconut Protectors opened for business in January 2000, and Visintainer said he has focused primarily on Maui. Since January 2001, he offered the service throughout the state.
Visintainer notes that it costs between $200 and $500 to have a diseased tree removed. Replacement trees cost $100 a foot, so a typical 50-foot tree sold by nurseries runs $5,000. Coconut palms grow a foot a year and reach a maximum height of about 100 feet.
