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Tropicdoc

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I couldn't resist..... I put my alfies in the ground. Zone 9a. I will protect them like Walt does his coconut in Central Florida until it they are too big or I  am too old. Maybe we will get a freak run of warm winters.

Alfies 2018.jpg

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Good luck! I haven’t seen mine in 9a yet so don’t know how they faired after this winter

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

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Godspeed, Tropicdoc. 

I can see by the pics, they aren't that small. I think you have an edge. I believe Keith's alfies were seedlings or one phase beyond seedling. (Much younger than yours).

 

 

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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I will not have a better chance than Keith unless I protect them. I have perfected my protection scheme with other palms so it’ll  work for several years. Bind the fronds up,  wrap a string of Christmas lights or a heat cable, then wrap with bubble foil insulation. 

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They got a way better opportunity to survive than your poor Coconut

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Pitch a small tent and a halogen light trained 85% on the soil and 15% base of meristem come late December... that'll do it.

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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I actually have 2 temporary greenhouses that I put up in the winter I could just put these over the palms but I want to save the greenhouses for my heliconias 

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