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Concentration of old Coconuts in Fort Myers


Mr.SamuraiSword

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When I went to Fort Myers last winter, I was surprised at the high number of Pre 89/LY coconuts in the area, not Naples but certainly impressive nonetheless.   Certainly a large concentration, 

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Straight out of Hawaii

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Id bet these two are the same age, but one clearly is dwarfed.

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Across the street from Edison & Ford winter homes.

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This one near a Taco Bell 

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Edison Estate of course has some Behemoths, 

 

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This one Is one of the tallest Coconuts Ive seen.

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Few More around town.

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Just thought It was fascinating how many big old coconuts were mixed in around town.

 

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This is my neighborhood, I can mentally place just about every photo. This part of town nestled up against the river has a great microclimate and a lot of mature trees since it is quite old (by Florida standards) I never get tired of walking around. 

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you guys on the west side of the state still have the old Jamaican talls......most of them on the east side got lethal yellowing. it started on the east coast of Florida so the west coast had a chance to pretreat the disease and save more of the old coconuts

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Nice! Those are beauties. I’ll be down there in December, can’t wait to enjoy some time in coconut land again. 

Zone 8b, Csb (Warm-summer Mediterranean climate). 1,940 annual sunshine hours 
Annual lows-> 19/20: -5.0C, 20/21: -5.5C, 21/22: -8.3C, 22/23: -9.4C, 23/24: 1.1C (so far!)

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12 hours ago, donalt said:

you guys on the west side of the state still have the old Jamaican talls......most of them on the east side got lethal yellowing. it started on the east coast of Florida so the west coast had a chance to pretreat the disease and save more of the old coconuts

Lethal yellowing hit the Naples Cocos bad too. There are still some massive Jamaican talls by my office.

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Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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Great pics. The crowns seem small though, considering their size and age. Maybe a lack of watering and nutrients over the years? Or the time of year perhaps?

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