FREEZE DAMAGE DATA
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Freeze Damage update
by The Real Tree Doctor- 0 replies
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Just wanted to add a little information above freezing conditions for palm trees . Many people talk about palms that are freeze hardy and they seem to ignore the problems created by stress from freezing conditions on any tropical plant. Stress that is unusual to any palm can attract many different insect problems to the palm. These insects may not kill them immediately, but several years later the palm can die. Philip Hughes The Real Tree Doctor
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Freeze Damaged Galveston Bismarckia
by westbay- 0 replies
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I've saved this great specimen twice over the last 15 years. In fact after Hurricane Ike and the freeze that winter, I joined the Palm Society to get recommendations for treatment. February 14-17 We had 18 degrees for at least 24-30 hours. The unfolded spear is green below the freeze damage. I treated it after the freeze with copper fungicide and have been watering it weekly. What do you think my chances are & any suggestions?
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FREEZE PRUF
by gsytch- 11 replies
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I was looking online and came across this application protection. Has anyone tried it? It states to apply above 50F when anticipated freezes occur, preferably a few days ahead or 6-8 hours if need be. Curious, because it seems if it did work to some degree it may help those slightly marginal plams and plants get through. Greg
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Frost Damage in Febuary of 09
by falcon1988- 6 replies
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Good evening, I wanted to share what happened to my small palms and hopefuly they will recover if not then start all over and I can't wait for that freeze pruf to come to market sounds very promisg. Heres my Beccariophoenix madagascariensis 2 years in Ground Archotophenix Maxima less then a year Archtotophoenix Myolensis
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Frost/cold damage from record December 2010
by PalmatierMeg- 2 replies
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Yesterday (1/2/11) I photographed some of the damage my gardens sustained from my record-breaking cold December. I tried to protect the most sensitive small palms but when the last arctic front rolled in on 12/26/10 I was out of town, so everything except the Cyrtostachys (which I stashed indoors) was on its own. When I got home on noon Dec. 27 I ran about covering stuff till dark. Even so, some palms are pretty beat up. In lieu of inklings that my colder winters may be here to stay (no political commentary intended or desired) I am evaluating future gardening endeavors. Adonidias on east side of lanai. Too tall to be protected. They survived last winter and should thi…
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Gaussia attenuata
by deezpalms- 6 replies
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15 gal. size down to just one frond after several nights in the mid 30's.
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Gaussia maya
by epicure3- 7 replies
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After 29F low with no frost. About 30 gallon size. 5.5 feet tall. No discernable damage.
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Geonoma undata
by mppalms- 3 replies
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What min. temp will this palm take? I've read 30 deg. F (from Palms for SoCal) and -4 deg. C from a NZ source. Makes a big difference. Thanks.. Jason
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Get Ready For The Winter!
by PalmTreeDude- 1 reply
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Who is ready for the winter? I am not, especially not in Virginia! But it is a great opportunity to collect freeze data, like every winter. If you protect palms, what palms are you protecting this winter and how?
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Grass dypsis
by neoflora- 0 replies
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This a palm Mardy as well as myself collected in Mad. Absolutely perfect! Looks like a thin leaf onily.
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Green Fronds Falling
by jaybo- 1 follower
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In West Palm Beach we had 8 out of nine nights in the 30s. PBI registered 32F one night. I was surprised how little browning was observed compared to the Christmas 89 freeze. Now that we have been warm for a week, more palms are showing some browning of the fronds. But more interestingly, I have notice a few palms that appear damage free started dropping green fronds. Especially the Adonidia merrillii, Heterospathe elata, and Veitchia macdanielsii. This is a new cold damage outcome for me.
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Greenville SC Freeze Damage
by James Robert- 1 follower
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As many may know, In December 2022 we had a cold front came through. Dropped down to 7 degrees. I have several small pindo palms, medateranian palms, and windmill palms about 3'-4' tall in the ground. Almost all of the fronds on all the trees turned completely brow. There is a few spears that were coming out before the freeze that are brown as well. The weather now is starting to break. It is possible to get another day or to below freezing. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Do I cut all fronds off. Pull brown spears. Or should I wait a few more weeks. I'm afraid to ask this question, Are they all just dead. Thanks .
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Hedyscepe
by quaman58- 6 replies
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Have (3) 1 gal. plants; 2 in ground. 26F may have been fatal. Leaves are very dark. Anyone with established ones that can chime in?
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We live in Katy Texas and experienced a hard freeze a few weeks ago. I just trimmed off the dead/brown palms - all center pieces still enter but brown. The largest palm’s entire middle section is dry, brittle, and falling off. All have a lot of debris around the boots. What should I do?! New to palms. Thanks!
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Help! King Palm Winter Burn
by CrescentCity- 1 reply
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Hello all, Interested to see if the palm talk community thinks this Arch. Teracarpa is going to make it. Any help would be more than helpful! I’m in New Orleans and the winter weather is far past us.
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Heterospathe elata
by Zeeth- 3 replies
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3.5 hours below freezing, absolute low of 28.7˚ F.
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First winter with palm trees. Most of the damage is already done on my Sylvester since there shouldn’t be anymore freezing nights. The shorter tree had it worse than the taller tree, but just about all of the fronds are burned on my Sylvesters but some fronds are almost completely burned with a tiny bit green at the bottom of each frond and some are only burned half way down the frond. And the baby fronds in the middle are still green so they’re not dead. But how should I go about treating this in spring. Should I cut off everything except for the meristem or only cut the lower fronds? And should I spray fungicide or is there no need to.
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Howea belmoriana
by DoomsDave- 2 replies
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One fifteen gallon specimen, about 2-3 feet tall, under overhang, nearby area to about 28-29 F, for four days, no damage. Same sized specimen in the ground, same temps, under Pritchardia, no damage. dave
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Howea forsteriana
by doubravsky- 22 replies
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two - one under some canopy, the other no protection. Neither showed damage at 24.
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Hydriastele beguinii "Obi Island" surviving 35° unprotected
by John of Ponce- 1 reply
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I wanted to post a photo of my 3-year-old Hydriastele beguinii ‘ Obi Island Palm that survived despite not being protected and being in an open area of my yard when the temperature dropped to 35 degrees .
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Hydriastele pinangoides
by Trópico- 0 replies
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At low to mid 40s F, 3 leaf seedlings germinated last spring began to show copperish areas on the leaf tips that covered up to 50% of the leaf area and later turned necrotic, but the stem shows no damage.
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Hyophorbe indica
by epicure3- 4 replies
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29 degrees-no damage visible (yet) no frost 33 degrees- Nothing as well. no frost Keeping in mind that damage can show up well into the future, I was surprised to see no damage at all to an exposed champagne palm. It has about 5-5.5' of trunk and carries 5-6 fronds. It is (or was) flowering.
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Hyophorbe indica
by epicure3- 6 replies
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After 29F low with no frost. Palm covered with large sheet. About 8 feet tall, no trunk. No damage as of yet.
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
by epicure3- 15 replies
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29 Sun and Tues AM. No frost Extensive browning on all but newest frond. Covered with blanket. Not good.
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis x verschaffeltii (F1)
by cfkingfish- 0 replies
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Under partial canopy of my Bismarck, 5-6 ft OA (about a 7 gallon size) about 20% burn to exposed horizontal leaves after 29 and 31. Definitely a fast growing keeper!
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