Maspalomas Sunny periods Max 22.7c Min 18.4c Humidity 70-87% Sunshine 5.5hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 12.15hrs 22.0c Sea 19.9c UV 11.1

Maspalomas Sun Max 25.9c Min 18.0c Humidity 53-85% Sunshine 11.9hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 14.00hrs 24.5c Sea 19.7c UV 9.1

When I inspected my plants on a visit to the UK end of January/early February their good health along with the long range forecast for the rest of the winter suggested no losses......until the beast from the east had other ideas. Not being able to give protection to the vulnerable meant when I came ...

à This was after six weeks.

Pretty much matches the UK growth rate I get when I start them off in the greenhouse in early spring.

Resurrected this thread with what appears to be four years of posting missing. I had posted some info about growing Colocasia in the very dry climate here. The leaves keep going over prematurely and tend to force the corms into dormancy from which they don't seem to come back. I bought another winte...

That was a good system of protection to use where you are, Adam. It clearly worked.
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Maspalomas Sun Max 24.4C Min 17.0c Humidity 58-84%
Sunshine 12.0c

Puerto Rico Temp 12.45pm 23.5c Sea 19.8c UV 9.5

Maspalomas Sun Max 24.8c Min 16.7c Humidity 57-85%
Sunshine 12.0hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 13.30hrs 24.0c Sea 20.0c UV 9.3

Maspalomas Sun Max 24.4c Min 17.0c Humidity 61-84% Sunshine 11.4hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 13.45hrs 23.5c Sea 19.9c UV 9.7

Saturday 2nd June
Maspalomas Sun Max 23.7c Min 16.6c Humidity 55 -82% Sunshine 11.5hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 13.00hrs 23.0c Sea 19.5c UV 8.9

Sunday 3rd June
Maspalomas Sun Max 24.1c Min 16.4c Humidity 52-77%
Sunshine 11.7hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 12.00hrs 22.5c Sea 19.6c UV 9.2

I suspect the growing point of the palm was under the snow cover and your minus eleven was above the snow. I'm sure the insulating power of lying snow saved the palm from extinction. So glad for your gobsmacking recovery icon_cheers I'm hoping for a similar recovery from a 'beast from the east' spea...

Back in Canaries so the following:

Maspalomas Sunny Max 24.3c Min 16.9c Humidity 55-82% sun 11.6hrs

Puerto Rico Temp 14.30hrs 23.0c Sea 19.7c UV 9.3

Dry enough to stop the rot

Cloudyandmuggy

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