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An Unprotected Coconut Palm That Survived The January Freeze!


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Here are a couple of photos of an unprotected coconut palm that I planted at a friend's house in Flour Bluff in Corpus Christi, Texas that survived the 27F freeze here in January.  It got down to 29F the second night, and probably was exposed to about 10 to 13 hours total below freezing between both nights.  It is a palm sprouted from a coconut I found on the beach at North Padre Island, Texas back in late 2014 or early 2015.

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Wow that coco sure took a beatin'.

Wow. And I'm worried about some brown spots on a single frond of one of my coconuts...

My hat's off to this coconut, John. 

 

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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12 minutes ago, GottmitAlex said:

Wow that coco sure took a beatin'.

Wow. And I'm worried about some brown spots on a single frond of one of my coconuts...

My hat's off to this coconut, John. 

 

Considering the freeze it went through unprotected, it looks better than mine that were protected.  So, this one should make it through our cool to normally mild winters just fine!

 

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Glad to see that! I think 27f is about the point where they'd have a 50% mortality rate.

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Wow John! Amazing coconut, I think it might just survive! Can't you get others as tough for you? 

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18 hours ago, RedRabbit said:

Glad to see that! I think 27f is about the point where they'd have a 50% mortality rate.

I think you are right.  If they are healthy and established, they should be able to take down to around 27F.

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11 hours ago, Cluster said:

Wow John! Amazing coconut, I think it might just survive! Can't you get others as tough for you? 

Hey Pedro,

It really is!  I sure hope we can get some others just as tough!

John

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Well. That is quite the "glass half full" take on the looks of that palm! Given that it's only been about two months since the freeze event, it seems very optimistic to conclude that there is nothing unpleasant lurking inside that particular stem waiting to manifest itself sometime in the spring.

Just my POV and perhaps a heretical concept to the adherents of the Kult of the Koconut, but it seems to be that the "natural" distribution of stable, healthy coco colonies (not just lucky lone youngsters) on the US fringes of the Gulf of Mexico and the southwestern Atlantic speaks eloquently to what their true tolerance for a lengthy cold spell is.

J

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