Hey All-
Part 2 of the california cold update a reminder of the coldest dip so far from my precious post
A major difference in my treatment from last year is I actually stopped watering about a week before the cold snap hit in both places-
I left the thermometer out in CA and recorded a dip to 29*F here this year, it was very short and surrounded by several 40*F days, so take these observations with a grain of salt.
These plants were active selection experiments to see what would survive-
Chrysophyllum caimito-
10/11 of these died- this one is holding on though!
Eugenia arrabidae-
2/3 of these survived- it looks like they are also cold tolerant
Eugenia involucrata "Orange"-
These are from marcos and recently listed for sale again- looks to be quite cold tolerant 2/2
Eugenia pyriformis-
again I think the burn is from overwatering
Eugenia squamiflora-
Pretty sure the burns on this one are from overwatering not the cold
Plinia inflata-
Reports of cold tolerance of this species may be true- both plants are looking okay right now