Coco nucifera in Orange County CA

[Kukapalm]

Has anyone been successful growing coconuts in Orange County? I did a forum search and saw one in Newport Beach and Coachella Valley.

[Hammer]

16 minutes ago, Kukapalm said:

Has anyone been successful growing coconuts in Orange County? I did a forum search and saw one in Newport Beach and Coachella Valley.

It is a long shot's long shot.  The Newport Beach one is dead.  AS in SA (think I got his handle right) is growing g one in a pot in Santa Ana.  

A former PT member was growing one down in Del Mar I believe.  Dunno what happened to it.

Recently Cocos have been discovered in Corona and Palm Springs area.  

There are anecdotes but it is REALLY a tough grow.  You have to have the most ideal micro climate, soil and luck to pull it off.  Best of luck!

Btw, I would not be stingy with the use of daconil throughout the year. 

[Jesse]

I'm up the street from you and I have one that somehow SURVIVED winter after planting it in October. I covered it only a few times.  I think I kept it too wet over the winter and it's now making the rest of my collection look great by comparison.  I did no soil amendments except back fill the hole with potting mix.  Its last leaf opened while hardly emerged and is currently working on pushing another spear.  I'm a little smarter now so I may try another one if this one bites the dust.  My motto is, If your not risking failure, your not trying.

[Chris Chance]

It's worth a try if it's going to get heat. Being up against a south facing wall will help.

[fastfeat]

I'm pretty sure that the famous Newport Beach coconut finally succumbed after hanging on for many years. 

[Palm Tree Jim]

3 hours ago, fastfeat said:

I'm pretty sure that the famous Newport Beach coconut finally succumbed after hanging on for many years. 

Yes....no longer.

[Pando]

There is one in Corona (not OC, but close)

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/51903-corona-ca-coconut

 

 

[fastfeat]

18 hours ago, Pando said:

There is one in Corona (not OC, but close)

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/51903-corona-ca-coconut

 

 

That's impressive. And I'll bet there are quite a few scattered thru the Coachella Valley still waiting to be found...

[PalmTreeDude]

I really wish Coconuts grew well in Southern California. I heard that you can start seeing them in Tijuana, Mexica. Anyone know if this is true?

Edited July 2, 2017 by PalmTreeDude

[GottmitAlex]

On 7/2/2017, 2:48:15, PalmTreeDude said:

I really wish Coconuts grew well in Southern California. I heard that you can start seeing them in Tijuana, Mexica. Anyone know if this is true?

Seeing them? Probably with a heavily magnified telescope 6 miles south of the San Diego border you might be able to catch a glimpse of some coco seedlings which already survived one very wet winter. 

The first pic is an 11 month old Golden Malayan dwarf. I planted it August 27th 2016 (My pride and joy)

The smallest one (2nd pc) was store bought, it's a Mexican tall, germinated and kept indoors from late Nov 16' till March of this year. I planted it first week of March.

The third pic s the Jamaican Tall. It has taken a while for it to produce new growth. But the growth it has put out, has all been quite green.

The fourth and 5th pics are Pacific talls. They have lost several leaves due to pronounced sunburn. However the new leaves are green as well and beginning to show pinnate leaflets.

Those brood lamps shown in the pics have been deactivated since February of this year. I have been watering the cocos 3 times a week since June. There's 3x3'x2.5' of pure sand underneath the cocos. The drainage is excellent. That said, the moisture meter shows dry readings after two to three days.

I do hope they make it one more winter in order to solidify their root systems.