In San Diego we have lost so many of these in the past few years due to the South American palm weevil making it's way to Southern California. It is insane how many dead canaries are everywhere. It's a shame.
@@makeandeatgummyleeches5975 How long has the weevil been in southern euroupe? This is insane. I think it is going to get every last one unless they are treated with chemicals which is extremely rare. There are only a few companies I know of treating it and the pesticides are hard to get and extremely expensive if you want to purchase the stuff.
@@araucariasightings3247 In my country it arrived in 2017 [a bit earlier in select few areas] and it ravaged our Canary Dates amongst other palms, it is also a huge problem for our native endangered palm forests [only ones in all of Europe!] of Phoenix Theophrasti but thannkfully nothing has come of that yet. Intrestingly I've never seen a red palm weevil outside of the initial mayhem when they were everywhere and all the palms that survived that are still around unharmed. I had three p. Canariensis and only one smaller one made it and is still fine. It seems the phoenix genus is much more susceptible because I never saw one Queen or Fan palm fall, also p. dactylifera seemed unafffected. Such a shame to see all the decades old majestic Canaries with meters upon meters of trunk be reduced to nothing. I hope this helps, God bless you!
@@makeandeatgummyleeches5975 In San Diego we have the palmetto weevil which is the South American version but looks identical to the red palm weevil but is black in color. This is still out of control and it seems that there is no end in sight. The city does absolutely nothing and they sit dead up and down the streets and on hillsides and canyons where they had reproduced for hundreds of years. A few other varieties get hit but not very often. The second most likely to get it is the Bismarck palm(bismarckia nobles) then maybe phoenix dactylifera or brahea edulis and the chilean wine palm also. They think it started from Mexicans eating them down in Tijuana where they first found it.
What a beautiful palm 🌴👌
Big fan of your videos Gary
That is an awesome old CIDP
I like how the sun / lighting is perfectly angled to give Chuck an aura of majesty.
Amazing video great story brother so happy you were able to save the tree so many people would just hit it with a chainsaw
I used to live in Arcata, CA and in the plaza there are 2 Chucks! Planted in 1913!
Great story Gary. Really interesting as always. Cheers
Very nice
More Chuck for the Buck!
Smart people! I would have done the same thing
In San Diego we have lost so many of these in the past few years due to the South American palm weevil making it's way to Southern California. It is insane how many dead canaries are everywhere. It's a shame.
Same in Southern Europe.
@@makeandeatgummyleeches5975 How long has the weevil been in southern euroupe? This is insane. I think it is going to get every last one unless they are treated with chemicals which is extremely rare. There are only a few companies I know of treating it and the pesticides are hard to get and extremely expensive if you want to purchase the stuff.
@@araucariasightings3247 In my country it arrived in 2017 [a bit earlier in select few areas] and it ravaged our Canary Dates amongst other palms, it is also a huge problem for our native endangered palm forests [only ones in all of Europe!] of Phoenix Theophrasti but thannkfully nothing has come of that yet. Intrestingly I've never seen a red palm weevil outside of the initial mayhem when they were everywhere and all the palms that survived that are still around unharmed. I had three p. Canariensis and only one smaller one made it and is still fine. It seems the phoenix genus is much more susceptible because I never saw one Queen or Fan palm fall, also p. dactylifera seemed unafffected. Such a shame to see all the decades old majestic Canaries with meters upon meters of trunk be reduced to nothing. I hope this helps, God bless you!
@@makeandeatgummyleeches5975 In San Diego we have the palmetto weevil which is the South American version but looks identical to the red palm weevil but is black in color. This is still out of control and it seems that there is no end in sight. The city does absolutely nothing and they sit dead up and down the streets and on hillsides and canyons where they had reproduced for hundreds of years. A few other varieties get hit but not very often. The second most likely to get it is the Bismarck palm(bismarckia nobles) then maybe phoenix dactylifera or brahea edulis and the chilean wine palm also. They think it started from Mexicans eating them down in Tijuana where they first found it.
Meet chuck, the 150 year old canary island date-palm
wheres this at brother?
SF
hi chuck
Chuck said hi back. He wanted me to forward this message to you.
Dont f@ck with the Chuck✊
no kidding