Can you grow date palms in Puerto Rico?
We were watching a PBS show on the date palm. I hadn’t actually tried a date until after we watched this special. It is a very tall palm that apparently requires its ‘feet in the water and its head in the sun’. I wasn’t sure if Puerto Rico was too humid or not? Im thinking AZ would be much better suited.
They are native to the middle east.
As a result of watching this show I tried some dates….They are pretty good!
Tags: Date, date palm, Grow Date Palms, how to grow dates, Puerto Rico
November 16th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Funnily enough, I was just looking up a few “viveros” today and Vivero Anones (http://www.viveroanones.com/) does list Date Palms and Dwarf Date Palms for sale so they must grow here. I’m sure the folks at Las Marias could give you more info.
November 16th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Thanks for the link! That is actually about 10 miles from where we are moving to. Sure enough “Palma de dátiles”.
I am going to put this place on our list of things to do/visit when we visit in Feb.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:42 am
We have a date palm growing here at the rainforestinn — http://www.rainforestinn.com
The palm tree is not very big but we’ve been told it will never make dates because our 240 inches of rain a year is too much.