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Old 02-10-2021, 04:48 PM
 
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The latest Euro weather model is showing 17F Tuesday morning at 6 am for San Antonio. Monday night would be the coldest night. Temps barely getting above freezing all day Monday.
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Old 02-10-2021, 05:27 PM
 
Location: The "original 36" of SA
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Mine should be fine. I have hardy Mexican and California fan palms (Washingtonia Filifera and Robusta). The fronds might defoliate, but they should survive.

Individuals that planted Queen palms should worry that they could lose their palm trees, if the forecast drops any further than predicted.
From what I understand (thanks to another poster in the past), most of the palms in SA are the hybrid version and are quite cold hardy. I know that in my neighborhood, we have a bunch of palms lining a few streets that are many, many decades old (we've lived here 20 years and many were already fully grown). The neighborhood story is that we did lose a bunch of palm trees long ago due to cold weather, but it was a freak occurrence. Considering the neighborhood is almost 100 years old, I'm assuming that it was when the temperature hit 0 in 1949.

We've personally never had any issues even when it has dipped down to 20 degrees.
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Old 02-10-2021, 05:46 PM
 
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From what I understand (thanks to another poster in the past), most of the palms in SA are the hybrid version and are quite cold hardy. I know that in my neighborhood, we have a bunch of palms lining a few streets that are many, many decades old (we've lived here 20 years and many were already fully grown). The neighborhood story is that we did lose a bunch of palm trees long ago due to cold weather, but it was a freak occurrence. Considering the neighborhood is almost 100 years old, I'm assuming that it was when the temperature hit 0 in 1949.

We've personally never had any issues even when it has dipped down to 20 degrees.
Yes, the hybrid Washingtonias are very hardy and should be fine in this cold snap. One of my hobbies is palm growing, so I am familiar with a variety of palms. If it gets below 18F the hybrids may have some leaf burn, but will recover in the spring. It would have to get below 10F, possibly 5F to have a chance to outright kill Washingtonia hybrids. Even the 1949 freeze did not kill all the palm trees in San Antonio. Some Washingtonia Filifera and Sabal Palmettos and Mexicanas survived. Most of the really old palms around SA are Washingtonai Filifera and hybrids, Sabals, and Canary Island Date Palms. Date palms will defoliate below 20F but will recover. Filifera and Sabals won't be touched, probably won't even burn.

A lot of people plant Queen palms in newer neighborhoods, and they are good to go for 5-10 years but every once in a while a hard freeze will come along and kill them. This might be one of them, if it stays below freezing for too long. Anything below 20F for queen palms and you're rolling the dice.
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Old 02-10-2021, 05:55 PM
 
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The warm weather last weekend tricked me into doing some planting. Lots of protection needed now.
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Old 02-10-2021, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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The warm weather last weekend tricked me into doing some planting. Lots of protection needed now.
Yeah. Not a great timing. Planting should be done just before Winter season, in November.
Water and cover.
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Old 02-10-2021, 07:16 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Things are changing by the hour. Now my weather app shows 14F on Monday night.
Going to beat the record low from 1949?
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Old 02-10-2021, 07:40 PM
 
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Things are changing by the hour. Now my weather app shows 14F on Monday night.
Going to beat the record low from 1949?
The all time record low is zero. It's not going to get that cold. Nowhere close to that.
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Old 02-11-2021, 01:07 AM
 
Location: san antonio
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It is global warming. The issue is that when it gets colder or rainier it will be bigger and more intense.

i was being sarcastic. it has absolutely nothing to do with global warming, it's called WINTER!!!
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Old 02-11-2021, 03:58 AM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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The all time record low is zero. It's not going to get that cold. Nowhere close to that.

Wishful thinking.
That cold probably would slow down mosquitoes and kill water bugs...
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Old 02-11-2021, 08:40 AM
 
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Pileup Involving More Than 100 Cars & Trucks Traps Drivers, Shuts Down Interstate-35W In Fort Worth

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/02/11/...5w-fort-worth/

Plan ahead for Sunday and Monday.
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