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What is this cold hardy palm


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Im going to attach pictures of it over the years, it survived 11 degrees temps in 2021 but its looking a little sad right now.

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Makes sense, there probably is a male in the vicinity but we dont really experience nighttime cooling or dry temps till late fall

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8 hours ago, SeanK said:

P.dactylifera - Generally need drier air and nighttime cooldowns for fruiting. Also needs a male plant nearby.

The air is definitely drier there in Beeville, that one looks nice, it is WAY better than the usual specimens here on North Padre ALMOST all of our P. dactylifera look BEAT UP from all the humidity they survive the cold no problem but the humidity makes their trunks look ragged and the fronds are never nice and symmetrical. I wouldn’t attempt to grow one here judging by how bad the majority of them look here on the Island.

The ones that grow in Vegas and Southern California look picture perfect in the hot dry air.

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Some days are dry but those when we get the coastal humidity sucks, i imagine it is more humid over there, the corpus mall has some rather tall and bueatiful specimens tho?I believe they are date palms.

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Just now, Victor valadez said:

Some days are dry but those when we get the coastal humidity sucks, i imagine it is more humid over there, the corpus mall has some rather tall and bueatiful specimens tho?I believe they are date palms.

Maybe being on an irrigation system makes the difference the only nice ones on the Island are a guy with a drip irrigation system running to each of his Palm trees his look superb. I would assume the La Palmera Mall has theirs on an irrigation system as well.

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Yes date palms can look quite good really here in Corpus, they can even fruit, I saw one the other day here in town where someone actually has bags over the fruit to protect them.  I almost wanted to knock on the door to hit him up about how the fruit turns out but I didn't have time to stop.  Dates do like water for sure, if you want fruit quality especially.  They can look tattered with salt breeze which I think might be why they don't look their best on the immediate coast.  No doubt they look their best in the hot deserts, but I've seen enough here to know they can look quite good with proper care.

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Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

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Thats really interesting, maybe ill try a couple over here. I dont love dates but my mom does

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What do yall think about starting some medjool dates from seed?Or it just comes out better to buy a plant

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16 minutes ago, Victor valadez said:

What do yall think about starting some medjool dates from seed?Or it just comes out better to buy a plant

I’ve started a lot of dates from seed, it’s easy, but if you sprout a Medjool date seed, you won’t wind up with a Medjool date, they won’t come up true to type, the only way to truly get what you want is to get a clone of the mother plant, through getting a pup that been cut off. Besides, getting a large date palm from seed would take forever. 

Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

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