Canary Island Date Palm in October (Southern Posavje, Slovenia)

[coconut2024]

Hey! It's 5th October and the weather is becoming cooler but no frost, we did get 0C this morning just for an hour but it is warming up and will get to 18C today. Until November, it's forecasted to not get below freezing, maybe even not until early December. Today, i mulched the roots with dry grass and bark but I'm not planning to protect it with fleece until frost.

It grew 4 leaves this summer which is great.

Here are some pics of the palm:

[SeanK]

0°C already? I don't think your winter will wait another seven to eight weeks. What is the yearly average minimum temperature? Perhaps -12°C?

[coconut2024]

55 minutes ago, SeanK said:

0°C already? I don't think your winter will wait another seven to eight weeks. What is the yearly average minimum temperature? Perhaps -12°C?

It always get to 0 in October atleast once, but you can check for Brežice and it stays above freezing until late November. We are usda zone 8a, but it rarely goes below -6, and it warms up well above freezing many times during winter. Many people here grow oleanders in ground with little to no damage.

[coconut2024]

We are zone 12 by first frost date, which is from 21-30 Novemeber. On newer maps even zone 13. And we get from 50-60 frost days on average and Brežice is very mild for inland Slovenia.

[coconut2024]

1 hour ago, SeanK said:

0°C already? I don't think your winter will wait another seven to eight weeks. What is the yearly average minimum temperature? Perhaps -12°C?

And for the 0C, it was clear sky and mild breeze, so the heat escaped, but it doesnt mean that it's the start of the winter, temps like this often follows weeks of milder weather. In autumm, we still get influenced by the Mediterean, just like you do in Atlanta because of the Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

[Mazat]

2 hours ago, coconut2024 said:

Hey! It's 5th October and the weather is becoming cooler but no frost, we did get 0C this morning just for an hour but it is warming up and will get to 18C today. Until November, it's forecasted to not get below freezing, maybe even not until early December. Today, i mulched the roots with dry grass and bark but I'm not planning to protect it with fleece until frost.

It grew 4 leaves this summer which is great.

Here are some pics of the palm:

Andreas, i found this weatherstations:

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IBREIC10/graph/2024-01-31/2024-01-31/monthly and this one had -12.8 degrees Celsius in the last 3 years and other they all had -8 degrees Celsius and deeper. So i would protect your little CIDP better earlier than later and not take too much risk.

Good luck and success 🤗

 

 

[coconut2024]

6 minutes ago, Mazat said:

Andreas, i found this weatherstations:

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IBREIC10/graph/2024-01-31/2024-01-31/monthly and this one had -12.8 degrees Celsius in the last 3 years and other they all had -8 degrees Celsius and deeper. So i would protect your little CIDP better earlier than later and not take too much risk.

Good luck and success 🤗

 

 

Thanks for the info, also those -8 and even colder happen so so rare, on some winters even not.

[Hu Palmeras]

Your palm tree is very beautiful, my friend. I imagine it's actually a specimen of Phoenix Canariensis.

[coconut2024]

9 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Your palm tree is very beautiful, my friend. I imagine it's actually a specimen of Phoenix Canariensis.

Thanks! Actually it is a Canary island date palm.

[Hu Palmeras]

There are many of those here in Chile. They're Canariensis date palms. I believe they arrived with the Catholics during the colonial period.

[Mazat]

3 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

There are many of those here in Chile. They're Canariensis date palms. I believe they arrived with the Catholics during the colonial period.

Yes, this is a very interresting thought, dear Hugo 🤗

[Hu Palmeras]

Yes, I believe there are many in Switzerland as well. Phoenix Canariensis is the most widely cultivated palm tree in Latin America.

[Hu Palmeras]

6 hours ago, coconut2024 said:

¡Hola! Es 5 de octubre y el clima está refrescando, pero no hay heladas. Esta mañana tuvimos 0 °C solo durante una hora, pero está subiendo y hoy llegará a 18 °C. Hasta noviembre, se pronostica que no bajará de cero, quizás incluso hasta principios de diciembre. Hoy cubrí las raíces con pasto seco y corteza, pero no pienso protegerlas con vellón hasta que hiele.

Le crecieron 4 hojas este verano, lo cual es genial.

Aquí hay algunas fotos de la palma:

Very cool my Friend

[Hu Palmeras]

6 hours ago, SeanK said:

¿Ya 0 °C? No creo que tu invierno espere otras siete u ocho semanas. ¿Cuál es la temperatura mínima media anual? ¿Quizás -12 °C?

You should grow them at home, my friend. They're also very beautiful palm trees.

[SeanK]

6 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

You should grow them at home, my friend. They're also very beautiful palm trees.

The minimum here is approximately 10ºF. Too cold for CIDP. Plus, we get a light snow in a normal winter.

El mínimo aquí es aproximamente -12º. Demasiado frío para CIDP.  Además, en un invierno normal se cae poca nieve.

[Hu Palmeras]

In Chile, there are canarienses and it snows. It's cold. You could try it. Or buy a Jubaea chilensis. I have Michel Lancel, who can sell you a giant one. He'll ship it to you from Chile.

[Ben G.]

Looks like you palm is off to a good start. I hope you have a mild winter and that it continues to grow well for you.

Thank you for posting this. It's great to have representation from palm growers in new locations. Perhaps there are others posting here from Slovenia, but I am not aware of any. 

[Hu Palmeras]

Very cool my Friend🌴🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜🦜🦜

[Hu Palmeras]

Friend, I liked your profile picture. It's very funny, friend.

[coconut2024]

2 hours ago, SeanK said:

The minimum here is approximately 10ºF. Too cold for CIDP. Plus, we get a light snow in a normal winter.

El mínimo aquí es aproximamente -12º. Demasiado frío para CIDP.  Además, en un invierno normal se cae poca nieve.

Same thing here, light snow but 50 years ago, whole winter with -20 and snow all winter long.

[coconut2024]

1 hour ago, Ben G. said:

Looks like you palm is off to a good start. I hope you have a mild winter and that it continues to grow well for you.

Thank you for posting this. It's great to have representation from palm growers in new locations. Perhaps there are others posting here from Slovenia, but I am not aware of any. 

Thanks for the hopes. What about you in Texas? Does it get cold there, i mean I was once in USA and i was in New Mexico, Alberqueare and it was very cold but no snow.

[Hu Palmeras]

1 hour ago, Ben G. said:

Parece que tu palmera ha empezado bien. Espero que tengas un invierno suave y que siga creciendo bien.

Gracias por publicar esto. Es fantástico tener representación de los palmicultores en nuevas ubicaciones. Quizás haya otros publicando aquí desde Eslovenia, pero no conozco ninguno. 

Friend, you should grow them. They are palm trees, and there are many of them in Chile.