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Sun, Oct 10, 10 at 20:19
| Here is my green Malayan dwarf coconut palm. It was planted March 2008 in my yard in Windermere,, Fla (near Orlando).
When planted: Summer 2009 - even fruited! Here it is today. The past winter was a bad one, so not much fruit this year. Also grew considerably slower than the prior summer. |
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| Very nice! I've been having some trouble getting mine to grow. They haven't moved over the last two months. Will probably have to replace them. |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 10, 10 at 21:45
| Beautiful! Im glad that it survived the winter. That was a pretty historic winter for Florida and you wont have to worry about another winter like that for 20 years or more hopefully! I remember seeing what I think was coconut palm by a resort in Orlando a few years ago. I wonder if its still alive after last winter? Anyways, I think Orlando is a great place to be trying coconut palms and it will be really happy there most winters! I think you will get a good amount of coconuts from it really soon! Thanks for sharing! -Alex |
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- Posted by royalpaulm Cen Fla 10a (My Page) on Tue, Oct 12, 10 at 19:47
| Thanks guys. Last summer I had planned on adding a couple more to my yard but last years freak winter scrubbed those plans. I only have the time to protect 1 cold sensitive palm during a deep cold blast - so this will be my 1 palm to baby. The rest of the yard is filled with palms that can easily weather the worst winter central Florida has to offer |
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| You're welcome! What all did you do to protect the tree last year? I'm curious because my highs and lows were within 1 degree of your location last year. |
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- Posted by royalpaulm Cen Fla 10a (My Page) on Thu, Oct 14, 10 at 11:02
| Last year I used Xmas lights and them wrapped with blankets and cloth covers - a pic is below. This year I'm planning on building a cheap PVC pipe cover to slip on it if temps fall below 30. I would then cover with plastic and heat with a small Space heater.
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