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San Diego Coconut Trees

By SouthernCATropicals
December 19, 2023 in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/82283-san-diego-coconut-trees/

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SouthernCATropicals

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January 14, 2026

Before the Santa Ana winds comes in usually is the coldest temps of the year where I’m at and these last few days got down to mid 40’sf. Last year that same event brutalized my coconuts but this year the damage is very minimal. It’s kinda hard to see, but there is some spotting and leaf burn on the older fronds especially.

Unfortunately, the biggest coconut is extremely close to the powerlines now. My advice to people is assume that your coconuts will be as big as a date palm. We’ll see how that goes.

This coconut looks probably the best but it actually got an extremely bad white fly infestation. I smothered it in insecticide and will keep doing that when it comes back.