Jastin 317 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 40 for me. Not too shabby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 44 for me, I'll take it!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 this is bizarre. 36 at my place right now, 4 miles inland, and so is National City, right on the water, yet downtown San Diego is 47 degrees... I guessing the city infrastructure and the ambient ocean water tepm's always heats things up there. It seems its always a few degrees warmer there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 Another ugly morning in those East Bay valleys...thank God for a bit of elevation! wow, Frisco is 50F Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 Stayed out of the freezing temps. 35.9. Looks like it's over for now. Steve, did you get any frost? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 About 50 here, just past midnight, with the full moon. Praying for all of you . . . Dave, from all the pictures you have posted of you garden, you have a ton of canopy which traps in heat and voids most of the radiational freezes that most have experienced. Looks like I need to plant a grove of Arcies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 That's my problem as well - almost no canopy. Lots of Queens and Parajubaeas in the ground to take care of that, but it will be a few years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete in Paradise Hills 130 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 usually there's a 4-5 degree difference, but 11 is the most I've seen... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enigma99 624 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) 30 this morning. Lower than the 31 I forcasted. NWS had me at 34 so was once again way off. Intellicast was 33 The weather station is a little down the hill and considering my bananas still have some life looks like it might have been a degree better than that. I really need a weather station this year. Time to shell out the $400 Edited January 3, 2015 by enigma99 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 usually there's a 4-5 degree difference, but 11 is the most I've seen... wow 11 degrees difference is HUGE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete in Paradise Hills 130 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 this is bizarre. 36 at my place right now, 4 miles inland, and so is National City, right on the water, yet downtown San Diego is 47 degrees...I guessing the city infrastructure and the ambient ocean water tepm's always heats things up there. It seems its always a few degrees warmer there.I'd been using weather.com. Am now using accuweather and when I searched for Paradise Hills it shows a current temp of 43. When I type in my address (also in Paradise Hills) I get a current temp of 48. So even my neighborhood has significant differences in microclimates.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 That's my problem as well - almost no canopy. Lots of Queens and Parajubaeas in the ground to take care of that, but it will be a few years... Canopy micro climates can make all the difference between life and death for our plants. I'm in the process of hunting down a bunch of fast growing trees to start planting this spring at my vista property. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 35F for this morning's low. I'm so ready for the warmup to begin. At least everything in the garden is green still. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enigma99 624 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 Top of the hill was 38F at 6am then dropped to 35. Time to start a move me to the top of the hill fund Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 I'm with ya Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Case 173 Report post Posted January 3, 2015 35 low here for the 3rd day in a row....but today id much nicer....thinking a 40 degree low tonight.tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enigma99 624 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 thank goodness clouds are on the way. I was in line for another freezing night. This stuff just won't leave! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 wishing you the best up there Derrick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Looks like we're clear for the next 10 days here...high 30s tonight, building to lows in the high 40s next week. Ready for a break! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete in Paradise Hills 130 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Yeah Ben. Get to planting those Brahea. My small ones go in the ground tomorrow... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Oh yeah! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 45.8 was my low this morning, anyone else?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 By the time I woke up it was over 40 degrees - warm up is finally here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enigma99 624 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) No freezing temps here either. Glad it is over Bananas are starting to show some damage though. But all palms didn't have any burn Edited January 4, 2015 by enigma99 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete in Paradise Hills 130 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Low of 45 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 It stayed just above 40F here. The only things showing stress in my yard are some coleus plants but they're total wimps anyway. Crotons, bananas, heliconia, canna, and, most importantly, all palms are looking like they did before this "cold spell." Let's hope that this is it for winter and nothing but mild weather is ahead and more RAIN, of course! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 It stayed just above 40F here. The only things showing stress in my yard are some coleus plants but they're total wimps anyway. Crotons, bananas, heliconia, canna, and, most importantly, all palms are looking like they did before this "cold spell." Let's hope that this is it for winter and nothing but mild weather is ahead and more RAIN, of course! If your coconut keeps pushing after this cold snap, Jim, we'll know you have something special!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WestCoastGal 2,339 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 It stayed just above 40F here. The only things showing stress in my yard are some coleus plants but they're total wimps anyway. Crotons, bananas, heliconia, canna, and, most importantly, all palms are looking like they did before this "cold spell." Let's hope that this is it for winter and nothing but mild weather is ahead and more RAIN, of course! If your coconut keeps pushing after this cold snap, Jim, we'll know you have something special!! Hey Ben, The good news is that my little coconut is still nice and green. Let's see if its spear starts moving again after the expected warmup. I threw a towel over it for a few nights just in case. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KennyRE317 23 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 my A.alex in the wind tunnel area of my home doesn't show any type of damage, in fact, except for the Wodyetia, Veitchia arecina, and 1 neoregelia everything else looks fine. even the broms i got from Hawaii earlier in the week Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WestCoastGal 2,339 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. DSC01150.JPG Gee and I have always thought it was a D decipiens because the bottom trunk area looked more bottle like. Also figured for our area it made sense although I've seen the size of the trunks from photos when more mature and kept thinking that bed was awfully narrow for three of them. Thanks. So what should I have considered seeing them that I didn't to make the correct ID? I've been driving by it since 2010 when it was much shorter and the highest frond was only to the top of the window. BTW great photo as usual! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. DSC01150.JPG Gee and I have always thought it was a D decipiens because the bottom trunk area looked more bottle like. Also figured for our area it made sense although I've seen the size of the trunks from photos when more mature and kept thinking that bed was awfully narrow for three of them. Thanks. So what should I have considered seeing them that I didn't to make the correct ID? I've been driving by it since 2010 when it was much shorter and the highest frond was only to the top of the window. BTW great photo as usual! Debbie, The best thing to do is Google Dypsis decipiens and it will bring up all sorts of pics and articles. There are some very distinct differences between king palms and D. decipiens. The crownshafts on the dypsis have a lot of white in them and the trunk has some white also with pronounced gray-green rings. Their petioles and leaflets are stiffer also. Jeff in modesto has a real beauty and it has endured some pretty cold temperatures and blistering heat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. DSC01150.JPG Jim, Is that a picture of you in a tropical rain forest or your back yard?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, where is this cunninghamiana? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, where is this cunninghamiana? Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, where is this cunninghamiana? Ben, Debbie lives in Gilroy. It gets colder there than where you live. It also gets really hot in he summer. I had several acres in nearby San Martin for many years and can attest to the harsher weather conditions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 3,289 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. DSC01150.JPG Jim, Is that a picture of you in a tropical rain forest or your back yard?? Josh, that's my front yard "rain forest.":) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh-O 2,780 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. DSC01150.JPG Jim, Is that a picture of you in a tropical rain forest or your back yard?? Josh, that's my front yard "rain forest.":) outrageous!! Nice job amigo!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben in Norcal 2,239 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Ben, Debbie lives in Gilroy. It gets colder there than where you live. It also gets really hot in he summer. I had several acres in nearby San Martin for many years and can attest to the harsher weather conditions. I was going to say that the damage in that pic looks most like desiccation from hot winds...but it's kinda hard to tell I guess. Some of it may be cold damage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enigma99 624 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Drove past this triple dypsis decipiens today not far from our house to see how it fared. Been checking it out the past few years after cold spells to guage how it does in our area. This year not so well. The palms are at garage roof height and this year looked very dried out. Suspect future trips will show burn. Not sure if the winds got to it more this year than in the past or consecutive years of freeze and frost took their toll. This was one of the initial palms I had on my planting list. Love it for looking more tropical. Here's a photo of it from just over a year ago taken on 12/25/13. We had multiple nights of frost and freeze around 12/15/13. Some areas (not sure of this location) got to low 20s. I'll grab another photo of it later in the week.image.jpg Debbie, That's actually a triple king palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. They are much less cold and dry heat tolerant than D. decipiens. Same as the ones in my yard in pic. below. DSC01150.JPG Nice Chambeyronia. Actually everything is quite nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
