It seems over the last decade more people have seen coconuts or crow shafts in datytona or Orlando or even cocoa beach! Is this the end of a whole topic on PalmTalk? Do you think any will survive?

Edited February 1Feb 1 by Maddox Gardening-youtube
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30 minutes ago, Maddox Gardening-youtube said:

It seems over the last decade more people have seen coconuts or crow shafts in datytona or Orlando or even cocoa beach! Is this the end of a whole topic on PalmTalk? Do you think any will survive?

Some did survive both January and December of 2010.  This one is a little different than those, but time will tell ultimately.  A lot of CFPACS members protected their stuff.  I didn't do a much but throw some C9s on the ground under two of my coconuts.  That probably means it will be a busy spring taking stuff out.

Already seeing a lot of brown on coconuts, bottles, lutescens and Adonidia. The weird one is a neighbors spindle which looks pretty good, especially compared to the bottles. They also have a triangle with some brown tips. My Thrinax and Leucothrinax were beaten up by the wind but look ok. My larger KO (maybe 8’ tall) is 50:50 on long term survival but not as bad as the coconuts. My small KO (1’) was slightly protected from the wind. I poured some pine bark mulch around it and it has less damage so far. My C. Hospita looks the same as it did yesterday but time will tell. My surprise was the Leptocheilos 3 gallons I have on the north side of my house. They rooted in the ground and I couldn’t move them without causing a lot of damage so I just poured some pine bark mulch on them. They don’t look nearly as bad as I expected. My P Sargentii looks the same as yesterday. The Pembana also aren’t showing much damage although they were somewhat out of the wind. The Roebeleniis look fine. I didn’t protect any plants other than the mulch. I’m too old for that.

No matter how low it goes, there's always survivors.

29 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

No matter how low it goes, there's always survivors.

Yep - right now they're in baggies of sphagnum moss inside........🙂

The obvious immediate freeze damage in my yard this morning (south merritt island), From 2am to 10pm it was just below 32F with a low of 27F.  Super windy advective freeze. 

Super tall coconut palm about 40 feet tall, fronds burnt and bronzed. 

Veitchia fronds burnt. 

I've got about 50 other tropical palms that I will be watching the next few days/weeks/month. 

Starfruit leaves curled up, outer fruit frozen.  Croton and Copperleaf leaf melt.  Banana melted to ground.  

Also, sometimes the damage doesn't show up for weeks later.   Palms may look to have survived the day after but a couple weeks later, plop over in decay mush.     Typically, adonidia/bottles/spindles croak later.