Thought a thread devoted to palms that are recovering from a spear pull would be interesting. Please only show palms that are currently recovering in 2015.

Here is my first....Dypsis decipiens. ...thought it was a goner for sure.

It may survive but it can not afford a second similiar blow by cold for the next three years at least.

Hydrogen peroxide cured many of my spear pulls in the past. Thanks to this forum I learned about that gardening secret!

Brahea clara on the road to recovery.

Weird that this Bismarckia got so damaged this year. Other small ones were relatively unscathed.

Dave, what was your low temp?

That one shot in November hit 21 for a couple of hours maybe. It came out of nowhere when everything was still in growth phase...think that is why all the new small stuff planted last summer got hit. All the polar vortex survivors didn't flinch.

L. chinensis. ....and recovery.

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L. chinensis. ....and recovery.

They can get ugly from freeze damage, but they toughies for sure.

Actually Keith....that wasn't a chinensis. ...my mistake....that was a small A. wrightii. ...this is a triple recovering chinensis.

Of all the things that spear pulled....this was most bizarre.....a Waggie

I thought Waggies could handle upper teens with out damage?

I am just surprised that any of those trees would be so damaged by a quick 21 degree event. I am assuming that you had 21 degrees for an hour or perhaps even less (?) The same trees don't seem to be affected by the similar temperatures on my property. It's always quick when the mercury dips that low, so they seem to keep on growing without damage.

Just touched 21 briefly.....but spent all night getting there....probably 12 hours below freezing.

All this stuff was small and first year in the ground.

JxBxS is coming back! Yeah! .....was worried about this one...planted it really late summer.

Phoenix loureiroi var. pedunculata (humilis) survives a spear pull.

Good thread, David/Alice (I suppose I'll call you either name interchangeably out of habit Lol). Extremely odd that your Waggy had spear pull... Looks super healthy and green. Anyways, here's a few of my spear pull survivors that I was so scared would not make it (here's my thread I made when it did happen: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/44635-everyone-in-the-southeast-check-your-spears/ )

And yeah, my hands are a shade darker from spreading black mulch just in case you all were wondering Lol

L. Nitida #1

L. Nitida #2

P. Sylvestris

All three listed above were protected when temperatures got under freezing (they were brought inside the house). My nitidas spear pull was a total shock to me, it really came out of the blue. But they're doing fine now.

Edited April 13, 201511 yr by smithgn

Nitida and saribus are such nice palms....I should have planted a bunch more of them. All yours look like they are poised to take off this summer. Spear pull is a weird phenomenon with otherwise perfectly healthy palms. Guess that growing point just gets damaged much more easily than the rest of it.

I think you make a good point- the growing point is just that sensitive I suppose. Good to hear that my Livistonas are set to take off. This is really my first time experiencing spear pull and the regrowth. I'm still deciding on what has more rapid growth here, the L. Nitida or a W. Robusta... Either way, they're both fast and both spiny Lol

Chuniophoenix nana coming back...surprised by this one

Really happy about these two....

Arenga engleri that I grew from seed

Also Eric's mule is finally shaking off the cobwebs

Glad to see all your palms recovering nicely. I sure wish my Green Malayan coconut would pull through. I won't know probably till August, so I am not going to dig them up till then. If I do lose them, I will replace them with Jamaican, Mexican, and Panama Talls, since the Malayans just can't seem to make it here in Corpus Christi, although they do alright about 150 mile south of me in the Valley.

John