UPDATE OKC palms

[WattsZ]

A little update on our palms this summer, only one we lost was the windmill. I think bad location and heat where it was planted. It never really took off from the 7gal size that it was.  1) Mexican fan 2) sabal Mexicana 3) sabal Mexicana 

[SeanK]

When were these planted?

[WattsZ]

summer or spring before vortex. we have a windmill we've had since summer 2017 @SeanK

Edited August 25, 2023 by WattsZ

[SeanK]

18 hours ago, WattsZ said:

summer or spring before vortex. we have a windmill we've had since summer 2017 @SeanK

Looks like they've recovered well. How cold did it get?

[WattsZ]

On 8/26/2023 at 9:37 AM, SeanK said:

Looks like they've recovered well. How cold did it get?

if i remember correctly it was below 0 about 4 days and the worst was -9f. However, i do wrap them with lights and frost cloth. For that event when i realized (a couple days before that it was in fact truly coming lol) I built structures around each of them with insulation board and clear coro plastic. All but the small sabal. I didn't have anymore insulation board. so i built a pvc frame around it and wrapped that with a tarp and had lights underneath. They are all doing great for sure. Most winters i dont wrap the sabals at all and just cover on cold days, when i have protect them its usually not until jan-mid march