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I can see CIDP and Washies here, but there is another pinnate species planted at the beach. Can Coco live here long term?

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Hard to tell , but they sure look like it to me. Harry

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100% Cocos nucifera

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Lots of Cocos nucifera along Tenerife’s coastline. Some do better than others, but they’ve been there a long time. Think it’s getting close to their Northern limit.

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Definitely an interesting mix of palms!  :)

Jon Sunder

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9 hours ago, SeanK said:

I can see CIDP and Washies here, but there is another pinnate species planted at the beach. Can Coco live here long term?

Yes, coconuts can live long term in the Canary Islands and are planted in several coastal towns.

The photo looks like the beach of Las Teresitas, not far from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Originally that beach was volcanic rock but was filled with sand from the Sahara and protected from erosion with an artificial reef.

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iko.

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1 hour ago, iko. said:

Yes, coconuts can live long term in the Canary Islands and are planted in several coastal towns.

The photo looks like the beach of Las Teresitas, not far from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Originally that beach was volcanic rock but was filled with sand from the Sahara and protected from erosion with an artificial reef.

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I believe you are correct on the beach site. Interesting that Cocos can live there. Looks like a popular spot 

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Hello all,

I know those palms since I live close to there.  It is the West end of Las Teresitas, and those 5 coconuts are a living or surviving miracle.   The soil underneath that area is rocks with a layer of sand on it   and a mass of roots of Washintonia filifera. I think there is little or no loam or clay which they would love to hold water and nutrients. They were planted in the mid 70s so they must have been fighting there for 50 years old or just a bit less. They rely on manual irrigation with a hose. So through the decades, they lived too many spans of neglect and droughts.  I think those do not fruit anymore and one or two are going toward the end....  Climbed and shaken by tourists, hit by anything during concerts and parties.

There are much better ones on the same beach, on the other side. The area is warm enough for nice fruiting coconuts, not as good as the SW of the island.  If you plant a new one with soil, irrigation and attention you can grow a very good plant with a full or almost ful crown and get a few good bunches per year.

Carlo

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