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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: -5ºC Fruiting coconut palm in Australia.
« on: December 03, 2023, 04:44:29 PM »There are 2 fruiting coconut palms that I know of in Sebring, FL. They were transplanted when they were about the size of the palm in the picture and have survived mostly unscathed in a warm spot for about 10 years now. In contrast, we had a dwarf coconut palm that got burnt back by frost every year until it finally died in a particularly hard freeze.
I've seen a bunch of shorter trees (~15ft tallest branch) in Sebring (Thunderbird Rd) and Lake Placid (Lake June Rd) and on US17. Trees in the city near paves roads and structures seems to take the cold weather due to obvious reasons. I'm trying 2x Dwarf in rural Lake Placid just under a Oak tree canopy for 3 yrs now. Seems to be working out nicely. Freeze/ frost with nutrient deficient myakka sand, it struggles- though mangoes love it minus the frost as long as you have irrigation.