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Pogobob loves coconut palms - Del Mar coconut update


LJG

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Bobs favorite tree he told me to grow in SoCal is the coconut. So when we road by the Del Mar one we had to check in. It's really turning into a beautiful specimen to rival any in the tropics.

:)

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Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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lol would this be that snark that everyone indulges in in here?? You are lucky that it wasn't bearing nuts and one hit you in the head. One day that palm will be a real danger to passerbys :)

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pedal by snark attack

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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lol would this be that snark that everyone indulges in in here?? You are lucky that it wasn't bearing nuts and one hit you in the head. One day that palm will be a real danger to passerbys :)

Haha. I am sure I just made a few more friends on PT Teri. :)

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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Another flawless San Diego specimen. That thing must have 30 feet of clear trunk on it. Btw bob is REALLY tall!

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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If you listen closely you can hear what the coconut is trying to say....

"Every second I live is agony".

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Carl

Vista, CA

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Can I get some tips on how to grow coconut palms in California? Can't wait to grow one

Encinitas, CA

Zone 10b

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Bags, it looks like a natural there in sunny California! Just stick one in the ground and soon you will have one as beautiful as that one-couldn't be easier!

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Bobs favorite tree he told me to grow in SoCal is the coconut. So when we road by the Del Mar one we had to check in. It's really turning into a beautiful specimen to rival any in the tropics.

:)

I keep telling you, wrong climate. Coconuts up here in Northern California put on three leaves a month! Must be the cooler nights we get. :hmm:

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Bobs favorite tree he told me to grow in SoCal is the coconut. So when we road by the Del Mar one we had to check in. It's really turning into a beautiful specimen to rival any in the tropics.

:)

I keep telling you, wrong climate. Coconuts up here in Northern California put on three leaves a month! Must be the cooler nights we get. :hmm:

I knew you would get the hang of it sooner or later. :)

Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum.

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That magnificent coconut is world-famous. That's more than most of us can say.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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If you listen closely you can hear what the coconut is trying to say....

"Every second I live is agony".

That is one sad looking coconut :sick:

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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Lol

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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That's pretty good Ron! now exhale :mrlooney:

:floor:

Bob, were you looking for this?

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I keep wondering what one would look like up here in WA, after seeing yours I can't wait for the free seeds you'll be giving away! Way to Grow Man!

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The Oceanside one was just starting to trunk... and did not survive this last winter. Removed about a month ago or so :(

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Id grow a coconut in a soil mix, heavy in pumice like Jeff Marcus does in his pots.

I'd dig a 4 ft deep hole, empty a large wheel barrel full of pumice water daily during the summer and not at all during the winter.

I once had a papaya over winter here with a mix like that.... Till it got hit by freezing temps, but the roots were great.

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Modesto, CA USDA 9b

July/August average 95f/63f

Dec/Jan average 55f/39f

Average lowest winter temp 27f

Record low temp 18f

Record high temp 113f

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Now that the coconut has been a proven success in Del Mar, why not try a Lodoicea maldivica? It should grow to be the real Coco del Mar (Coco de Mer). :greenthumb:

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Frank

 

Zone 9b pine flatlands

humid/hot summers; dry/cool winters

with yearly freezes

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why try? even in the most protected spots, you still have to stare at something like that in your yard.

Its sad to hear about "the oceanside one". that tree was probably the best looking one in so cal, but even still, couldnt survive long term.

Grant
Long Beach, CA

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Bobs favorite tree he told me to grow in SoCal is the coconut. So when we road by the Del Mar one we had to check in. It's really turning into a beautiful specimen to rival any in the tropics.

:)

Nice photo! ......although to me, everything in that pic looks really dried out.

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Freakin' hillarious post Len! Now with this turd and the Oceanside coconut carking, can we finally put growing coconuts in so cal posts behind us?

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Rock Ridge Ranch

South Escondido

5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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Freakin' hillarious post Len! Now with this turd and the Oceanside coconut carking, can we finally put growing coconuts in so cal posts behind us?

Not with the newport coconut still hanging on.

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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This is why the coconut in Newport does so well (hum, relatively speaking). Sorry, my wife isn't going to come and hug your coconut in Del mar.

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The Newport Beach Coconut is obviously getting all the attention! :) Here's Kim with California's best known Cocos nucifera.

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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This is why the coconut in Newport does so well (hum, relatively speaking). Sorry, my wife isn't going to come and hug your coconut in Del mar.

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I'm surprised that coconut is still alive considering that it always seems to look cold damaged

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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The Newport Beach Coconut is obviously getting all the attention! :) Here's Kim with California's best known Cocos nucifera.

Can't you hear what that coconut is saying "brrr, it's freakin' freezing here, I'd say get me outa here, but I'm getting all these hugs from all these beautiful women!".

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Here's a coconut palm on Raoul Island, technically part of New Zealand

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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I think Ron is still holding his breath, probably ready to pass out.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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That Raoul coconut is even better than the Newport craponut! Someone in Newport please put that thing down?

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Rock Ridge Ranch

South Escondido

5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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That Raoul coconut is even better than the Newport craponut! Someone in Newport please put that thing down?

I find the Newport Coconut to be incredibly valuable. I view it as the best this species will ever be in Southern California, and it has permanently dissuaded me of ever trying to grow one anywhere in California. I hope it stays alive so that the next generation of palm growers doesn't repeat the follies of the previous generation.

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until the large box stores quit trying to pawn these coconuts off to unsuspecting buyers in southern california, you're going to have plenty of novice gardeners giving them a try.

I have driven past the newport coconut plenty of times, but have never stopped to hug it. what does the sign below it say?

Grant
Long Beach, CA

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until the large box stores quit trying to pawn these coconuts off to unsuspecting buyers in southern california, you're going to have plenty of novice gardeners giving them a try.

I have driven past the newport coconut plenty of times, but have never stopped to hug it. what does the sign below it say?

If my memory serves me right, the sign says something like: cocos nucifera, Northern Most coconut on the West Coast. Who put that sign there? I took a close up of the sign, I'll have to dig around my photos to see if I can find it.

IMHO, the coconuts we have growing here in Santa Cruz as shown in the picture below are far healthier. Our warf was recently remodeled. :hmm:

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