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Caryota gigas


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Out in the front, no protection, down to 24. Shows major damage - not sure if it will make it. Planted 3/05 from a 24"

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Dave

 

Riverside, CA Z 9b

1700 ft. elevation

approx 40 miles inland

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leaf damage closer view

Edit 1/30- damage has increased some... most outer leaves are brown, although inner leaves still look ok... trunk and spear still not too bad. Fingers firmly crossed...

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Dave

 

Riverside, CA Z 9b

1700 ft. elevation

approx 40 miles inland

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Surprising what a couple of degrees makes, my Gigas all cruised through the cold of 27F.

GAry

Rock Ridge Ranch

South Escondido

5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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Dave,

My Gigas is at the top of my hillside. It has a few brown spots, probably saw 28F temps. But it's not bad. But 40 feet downhill, my Caryota urens looks pretty rough. I probably bottomed out last night at 26F. Yuck. But the spear looks unaffected and I suspect it will be ok...

Bret

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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No damage to mine at 29 degree low Saturday morning. No frost

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Fifteen galloners, in 27 FF, for at least two nights.

Some damage, about 50%.

Covered tonight, praying for Kamehameha to move me to Hawaii  . . .

dave

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Gigas saw 29 and had some burn but not major to newest leaf that had just opened at the beginning of december

Don_L    Rancho CUCAMONGA (yes it does exist) 40 min due east of Los Angeles

             USDA Zone 10a

July Averages: Hi 95F, Low 62F

Jan Averages: Hi 68F, Low 45F

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  • 2 weeks later...

Some not so good, like this one, exposed to three nights of 24.8 F (-4.4 C) and a fourth consecutive night at 27.8 F.  No white frost.

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This one's much better.

Under a tree, only four nights down to 28-29 F.

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  • 2 weeks later...

:cool: Here right by the  Bay, I had only 5-6 nights of 30-32 temps; one morning dipped to 29 in the back but the side was only 31. My older, bigger gigas, which was field-dug in San Diego County, had moderate but not life-threatening leaf burn , but an obtusa I grew from a 1gal. in the ground 10 feet away had no damage. These are not very cold-hardy plants, but considering how far north I am, they look pretty good.

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Zone 10a, at sea level, eastern shore of San Francisco Bay,where baymuck met dry land 100 years ago;  swampy  during the rainy season;rarely below 35F or above 95F;  Northern  California Chapter Vice-President and Oakland Lakeside Palmetum Director

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Looks like my gigas, posts #2 and #3, is gonna make it. Lots of spear growth over the last few weeks...

Dave

 

Riverside, CA Z 9b

1700 ft. elevation

approx 40 miles inland

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  • 5 months later...

The top photo is right after being exposed to nightly lows from 25-30F, several hours per night, for 5 nights. (Jan 07 freeze event)

The bottom photo was taken 8 months later in September. The Wodyetia didn't make it.

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Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

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  • 4 months later...

One plant 7' OA height

22f, multiple hours and nights below freezing

80% leaf burn

Fully recovered

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

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Two plants, 15 gal

19f, many hours and nights below freezing

100% defoliated

One plant died in Aug, the other still struggles

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

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  • 11 months later...

27F and many hours and nights at or below freezing with many mornings with a short period of light frost. Tossed a frost cloth over it and the only real damage is where the cloth touched the foliage. Exposed foliage only had minor spotting. I won't cover it next year.

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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  • 11 years later...

Two specimens have been at Lake Wire since at least May of 2011, possibly earlier.  At that time, they has short trunks.  They currently have large trunks and are among the canopy growth in the garden surrounding the lake.  From 2011 to 2020, they have survived an ultimate low of 26F and an advective freeze down to 28F in 2018.

Google Maps Link - Lake Wire - Lakeland, FL

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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