Freeze Damage to Palms in Las Cruces New Mexico -5F (-20C)

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:17 pm

Interesting videos about Palms, and Cactus going through -5F (-20C) freeze and some surviving.
Instructions how to recover the plants.

Featured Palms:
Hybrid Mexican Fan Palm, Pindo Palm,Date Palm, Mexican Fan Palm, California Fan Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm, Needle Palm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81fxNatT ... 0B&index=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCaICH_Z ... 0B&index=4

Whole Series (Includes Palms, Cactus and trees)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAC7D15407921960B

zack · Post by **zack** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:35 am

Are you sure about the temperature

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:21 pm

I think so, -5ºF = -20.556ºC according to online temperature converter. He mentions -5F in the videos, at the beginning of the first one and again later on in the other videos.
Is the math wrong, or are you surprised that palms can live through a temperature that low?

I'm not sure if these same palms could live through the same temperatures in a snowy climate,
but where he's at it seems like it was a very dry cold.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:02 pm

zack wrote:Are you sure about the temperature

Yes! Place in like El Paso TX, and Tombstone AZ seen temps as cold as -5F in Feb 2011.