Southern California Coconut - Orange County (Santa Ana)

[BayAndroid]

7 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Feed the Queen palm heavily and particularly in the fall (mid October) and your Queen palm is likely to handle the long cool winter months better. PalmGain is my favorite brand. 

Hey Jim, on this topic, would you recommend feeding all palms heavily in mid October, or should the feeding be specific to different palms? For example, some suggest SulPoMag in the fall. 

[Jim in Los Altos]

30 minutes ago, BayAndroid said:

Hey Jim, on this topic, would you recommend feeding all palms heavily in mid October, or should the feeding be specific to different palms? For example, some suggest SulPoMag in the fall. 

Will, I give all my palms a good feeding in October. PalmGain usually. The healthier they are going into winter, the less likely they are to yellow as much if the winter is cooler than average. 

[BayAndroid]

34 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Will, I give all my palms a good feeding in October. PalmGain usually. The healthier they are going into winter, the less likely they are to yellow as much if the winter is cooler than average. 

Cool, I'll give it a shot this fall. 

[29coolpalmdude]

I am very excited to announce that my palm tree's spear opened up! I wasn't expecting growth this fast early on, but here we are! Wow! I never thought it would make it this far let alone produce and open up another leaf. Here's the picture: 

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[SouthernCATropicals]

On 8/15/2024 at 6:41 PM, 29coolpalmdude said:

I am very excited to announce that my palm tree's spear opened up! I wasn't expecting growth this fast early on, but here we are! 

Looks great, be careful not to get impatient and separate the leaves manually too much, I did that a lot last winter and now all the earliest leaves are still attached but dangling and not contributing to the trunks fatness lol 

[29coolpalmdude]

Update for November 3, 2023 on my coconut palm growing in San Jose, California. The palm has some leaf burn, but opened up 2 spears so far, so doing pretty well overall. Here are some pictures: Any advice? Thanks! 

[Silas_Sancona]

21 hours ago, 29coolpalmdude said:

Update for November 3, 2023 on my coconut palm growing in San Jose, California. The palm has some leaf burn, but opened up 2 spears so far, so doing pretty well overall. Here are some pictures: Any advice? Thanks! 

Looking good  

Only advise i have is try to keep the temp above 45F in it's enclosure,  and on the drier side thru the winter up there and you should be off to a good start once spring arrives..

No fertilizer needed now as well ( " Slumbering plants don't eat ", so to say ).. Save a nice " wake up " feeding ( Fert. with a high K content is ideal )  for when it starts moving again come late March or April, depending on how soon it starts to warm up  ...Hopefully sooner this year compared to the last 2 years.

[Moose]

On 6/8/2024 at 4:18 AM, Palmiz said:

@AS in SA update please, would like to see how large yours is getting.

Curious if it's a palm 🌴 of Doom.

[Palmiz]

4 hours ago, Moose said:

Curious if it's a palm 🌴 of Doom.

That would suck if the overpruning caused it's doom. Hope it's still kickin

[29coolpalmdude]

Thanks for the reply. Is there any way I can get the leaves to green up?