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Anyways, as technology advances, we will eventually have gene splicing, to the point that all the tropical palms can be spliced with "cold hardy" genes, that will allow them to survive any brief cold periods that may come to the South. Either that, or giant mechas/robots that can terraform, and create mountains where there weren't any before.
Why would you do that though? The point of palm trees is to have them in tropical locations, they'd just look funny in continental climates. Gene splicing should be limited to medical studies anyway, where it's more important.
Really? So I can expect to see loads of them in a place like Tybee Island, GA and Savannah? Interesting since I didn't see a single one there or on the Gulf Coast. In fact, 2014 pretty much wiped out every Queen palm (hardier than reclinata) in Gulf Shores, AL. Go figure.
2014 was a fluke. Those palms can be planted, and will do well, ordinarily.
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Ooooh I can't wait for those 14,000 ft mountains to be built across the Canadian border. Do you even take yourself seriously? You talk non-sense.
No, but advancements are being made in gene splicing technology, which will allow integration of cold hardiness into the desired tropical plants.
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Oh and yes those wonderful Summer's beef them up so much they would never let them look like this after winter 2014 when Mobile, AL went to 14F now would they? Yikes poor things thinking they were in a subtropical paradise.
2014 was a fluke, and even then, such damage did not happen in most areas of the coastal South. The palms looked fine in New Orleans and Houston, even with ice storms in their metros, because the temps were not cold enough.
Why would you do that though? The point of palm trees is to have them in tropical locations, they'd just look funny in continental climates. Gene splicing should be limited to medical studies anyway, where it's more important.
The applications of gene splicing are great for medical ventures, as well as for overall biological attempts. Cold-hardy genes injected into tropical plants allow for the survival of brief cold snaps.
The applications of gene splicing are great for medical ventures, as well as for overall biological attempts. Cold-hardy genes injected into tropical plants allow for the survival of brief cold snaps.
That's just stupid, I would despise palm trees like that. Takes all the exoticness away from them. Under your logic we will grow palms in barrow soon enough. I would hate that.
2014 was a fluke, and even then, such damage did not happen in most areas of the coastal South. The palms looked fine in New Orleans and Houston, even with ice storms in their metros, because the temps were not cold enough.
NOLA and Houston are warmer than the Upper Gulf Coast.
Those palms have since come back since I have photos of them. But the point is the warm summers do not eliminate the severe damage that comes from a winter that was not as cold as the 1980's.
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I think the second one is royal palm which is native to South Florida and at one point was native all the way up to Orlando.
Roystonia, we have some here, and they are quite prevalent in SoCal. They are generally hardy to 30°F
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