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Sabal Mauritiiformis

STEVE IN SO CAL
STEVE IN SO CAL
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I planted 20 of the above in my field nursery(full sun)  :angry: this spring from 3x9 liners...4-5 strap leaves.

Those of you who survived our last heat wave can attest to its brutality...it was 112f here in Fallbrook.

Happy to report all plants are doing just swell!!! Not even a pimple. Seems that they, like all Sabals, love heat and take full sun early.  :angry:

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

Steve- How much of that do you think was tempered by the unusally high humidity for So. Cal. at the same time? ???

Bill

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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Bill, can't rule that out, but new growth on my avocado trees was scorched...humidity certainly no help there.

I was just down in the field, and it looks like I'll lose some Torallyi (from the Humidity?)

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

Steve

I have S. mauritiiformis in full sun here in the desert and they do fine, I do like to grow them in some shade because the leaves get real big...they only burn if I let it dry out for weeks.... the establish one in the ground did not burn even after going 4 weeks without water and daily temperatures over 100F to as high as 118F.........

Phoenix Area, Arizona USA

Low Desert...... Zone 9b

Jan ave 66 high and 40 low

July ave 105 high and 80 low

About 4 to 8 frost a year...ave yearly min temp about 27F

About 8 inches of rain a year.

Low Desert

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Cool Mtn climate at 7,000'

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Wow...that's hot. How established is established? My biggest one, about 3' overall and fully palmate, is in afternoon shade...I agree they look better in shade.

Also, they're quite fast, would you agree? How about some history on yours....

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

My established one been in the ground for about 4 years and is about 3 to 4 feet tall...mostly leaves. I got it as a seedling.. Sabals do much better in the ground then in pots.

It grows fast in the summer heat, but its leaves are not as wind resistance as other Sabals species. They are also more frost tender than other Sabals...I try to keep them away from freezing that is below 25F when they are young....as for sun, I don't have a problem tolerating the hot sun... and tolerate drought fairly well but go better and faster with lots of water

I do have a few in 5 gal pots that I have not planted out yet....They grow slower in pots (as most plants) but they are steady growers. and take full sun too. I move them around alot sometime they are n full sun then into part shade.

I like S. mauritiiformis because of its large tropical leaves.

Phoenix Area, Arizona USA

Low Desert...... Zone 9b

Jan ave 66 high and 40 low

July ave 105 high and 80 low

About 4 to 8 frost a year...ave yearly min temp about 27F

About 8 inches of rain a year.

Low Desert

Phoenix.gif

Cool Mtn climate at 7,000'

Parks.gif
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I agree..it's the only green fan palm that I'd grow commercially. If you're ever at the Huntington, check out the small stand of them.

If global warming means I can grow Cocos Nucifera, then bring it on....

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